How do your nearest and dearest refer to the Forum?

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Mine , a 19yr old daughter and the current Mrs Motayotty rudely refer to it as the 'O.F.F'.
I knew they took the P--s at the amount of time I spend ammassing all the humour and information related to boating and thought maybe they meant -'Outstanding future fun' or maybe even 'Overlook fendoff failures'.
I had even considered 'Our future Ferreti'. Ohh that sounded promising!!!!
Then to my dismay the code was stopped and I found they considered us the ------------- /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif 'Old Farts Forum'?????? /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
They assure me it is in jest, . So what do yours think of the thousands of hours spent on here?
No Offence intended even to scutllebutler's. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
well,ive got to say that i think in the main the place is manned by, shall we say,the older generation (inc myself) suppose thats the way it is.there doesnt seem to be too many young-uns about !! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
myself and 'er in doors, are sitting together reading this and she nearly fell off her chair laughing, /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

when she recovered from said laughing fit, she announced that she felt a certain amount of empathy with your wife and daughter. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

she then informed me that her "code" was PITAS, a pain in the arse site, as it seems to take up a lot of my evenings,
but she then says it's a very informative site, as well as entertaining /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
My other half refers to them as the sad old gits site and can't understand why I spend so much time here.

Which is probably quite valid, why do I waste so much time here?
 
They don't know!

I'd never be trusted near a computer again!

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Though they are wondering what the blue flaggy thingy is on the wall /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
The kids ask me if im talking to my little friends on the Geeky Boaty Forum /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Suppose spending hours on Facebook and the like is OK.
 
I think swmbo just thinks that it keeps me out of mischief!

On the other hand, no. 1 son (aged 16) thinks the forum is bangin'. Despite his having no interest in boats whatsoever - to the extent that he has not yet had time to have a look at the old man's new boat - he had a computer problem late one night which no amount of swearing could resolve but which was fixed within about 15 minutes after a request was put up on here. Briefly, Brendan and the others who made useful suggestions were referred to in our house as "Dad's cool mates".
 
Let's be honest, we are 'in denial'! I believe these forums are addictive and I wouldn't like to admit to my nearest and dearest that I have another addiction of which she is unaware. I confess that at the moment I have a Word document page open and minimized so that I can quickly be typing a business estimate or whatever should she appear on the scene. If I get caught, I usually say how important it is for safety/savings/instruction to see how others deal with boat problems. Heavens, I am so, so SAD!

And she doesn't believe a word of it, of course. It really is so difficult being married to a shrink. My problem is that my wife understands me ...

Martin T. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
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Oi, I'm not old until Novemeber, and Chas25 is certainly not either /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Although I do get called an old fart /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
372 days and will be old though /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
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Oi, I'm not old until Novemeber, and Chas25 is certainly not either /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Jez, what qualifies as "old"? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

I don't think I'm going to like the answer /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
If you're older than Twenty Several, you're old to these guys. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

I admit to being Thirty Several now! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Yes you were right, you didn't like the answer did you? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

(shouldn't have asked really)
 
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