Sixpence
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probably because not many want to have fun
ducks and runs for door
ducks and runs for door
l'escargot
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Hang on, how many birthdays have you had this year?
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Happy Birthday you troll. Two posts to go and whoever is was that ranted on about reaching another 1000 posts will be proved right.
l'escargot
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....As I see it, these forums exist at 2 levels - as a fund of shared knowlege where folk with a common interest can ask advice or bounce ideas around, and as a "chat room" where people familiar with each other can joke and banter....
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Once you start setting boundaries and defining a purpose for (these) (any) forums you are sliding down the slippery slope of disappointment and frustration......
....As I see it, these forums exist at 2 levels - as a fund of shared knowlege where folk with a common interest can ask advice or bounce ideas around, and as a "chat room" where people familiar with each other can joke and banter....
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Once you start setting boundaries and defining a purpose for (these) (any) forums you are sliding down the slippery slope of disappointment and frustration......
Lakesailor
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Hey you never paid for the 6000 post .gif did you?
totopalm
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Oh things will be changing all right (Dylan). This could be the winter of your discontent, we are all back on land, seasons
over, the grumps and gramps will soon be posting, it will be
fun tho???. What am i saying? think i'll go back to sea /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
over, the grumps and gramps will soon be posting, it will be
fun tho???. What am i saying? think i'll go back to sea /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Sixpence
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Using stolen property here ( phil ) , and thank you
just to rub him up the wrong way again /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
just to rub him up the wrong way again /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Sixpence
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fair cop guv /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Lakesailor
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bugger.
Sixpence
Well-Known Member
Is that an offer
Sammo
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Well done dave,… I think
Why are you being so nice Brendan, stopit it unnerves me.
Erhumm .
I like to think I have never been a troll, but I shall always be a newbie as most of my posts go in the bin.
In the past on here I have been laughed at, complimented, shouted at, insulted, sneered at, tested, offered out, praised and thanked. I have had personal bolockings from very high ranking moderators aka Kim. I have also been swore at in English, French, Welsh, Cantonese and Swahili an for some reason I still come back for more,
I have been beaten up so many times on this forum that I have lost count, especially in PBO, so much so in fact that I have now learnt to be very careful with what I write ensuring that it is interesting, and never inaccurate, egotistical or controversial.
This however hasn’t stopped the beatings.
………….
Why are you being so nice Brendan, stopit it unnerves me.
Erhumm .
I like to think I have never been a troll, but I shall always be a newbie as most of my posts go in the bin.
In the past on here I have been laughed at, complimented, shouted at, insulted, sneered at, tested, offered out, praised and thanked. I have had personal bolockings from very high ranking moderators aka Kim. I have also been swore at in English, French, Welsh, Cantonese and Swahili an for some reason I still come back for more,
I have been beaten up so many times on this forum that I have lost count, especially in PBO, so much so in fact that I have now learnt to be very careful with what I write ensuring that it is interesting, and never inaccurate, egotistical or controversial.
This however hasn’t stopped the beatings.
………….
Lakesailor
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I know it's your birthday and everything, but I have to disappoint.
Sixpence
Well-Known Member
sounds like a normal day to me
Sixpence
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you have no idea how happy that makes me /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
misterg
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I see it as the other way around. Before the lounge was created, far more joviality went on in the main three boating forums, and the balance has, long term, gone from fun, frivolity and joviality, to mainly boating on those forums
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Hmm... I'm sure you're right based on the number of threads, but there seems to be something different in the 'atmosphere' and the readiness with which people respond in a negative sense, rather than in a constructive manner. I hasten to add that I've always had constructive and helpfull answers to any questions I've posted!
Perhaps with losing some of the frivolity to the lounge, some of the good natured aspect of the banter in these forums has been drained away. (Although there are a few good ding-dongs in the lounge - "Toys all over the floor" LOL!).
Dunno - perhaps everyone's just tetchy cos the UK season is drawing to a close.
Interesting post, Mr. Stingo, /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Andy
I see it as the other way around. Before the lounge was created, far more joviality went on in the main three boating forums, and the balance has, long term, gone from fun, frivolity and joviality, to mainly boating on those forums
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Hmm... I'm sure you're right based on the number of threads, but there seems to be something different in the 'atmosphere' and the readiness with which people respond in a negative sense, rather than in a constructive manner. I hasten to add that I've always had constructive and helpfull answers to any questions I've posted!
Perhaps with losing some of the frivolity to the lounge, some of the good natured aspect of the banter in these forums has been drained away. (Although there are a few good ding-dongs in the lounge - "Toys all over the floor" LOL!).
Dunno - perhaps everyone's just tetchy cos the UK season is drawing to a close.
Interesting post, Mr. Stingo, /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Andy
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Hey! I know it's your birthday and all that, but we're meant to be discussing newbies and being nice to them.
Sixpence
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Nobodys nice to me so why should I be nice to anyone ever ever again
scuse please , got to fetch teddy from the corner /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
scuse please , got to fetch teddy from the corner /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Would that be Teddy Newbie?
Sixpence
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Has his registration gone through yet , he'll be posting on here before you know it
BrendanS
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one of that factors that made discussion of the idea of the lounge over the years quite heated. Many said it would detract from the atmosphere of the main forums, if all the non boaty threads and conversations were stuck in one forum.
Many others said that taking the non boaty threads out would improve readability for those that just wanted to read boating only threads.
Personally, I was one of the former, and I think the predictions were correct
Many others said that taking the non boaty threads out would improve readability for those that just wanted to read boating only threads.
Personally, I was one of the former, and I think the predictions were correct