Slow learner

Originally posted by winging it Grumpf, any particularly wrong with same sex marriage, or did you forget the hetracil again.  You know denial isn't good for you.

I wouldn't try to convince my daughter to engage in either, kitesurfing or same sex marriage, both are pointless, the one more dangerous than the other and both more expense than I would wish to countenance.

If you really want to learn how to sail properly enrol on a dinghy course.  Get a bit of practise, then go back and whip the yotters' asses.

Grumpf, any particularly wrong with same sex marriage, or did you forget the hetracil again.  You know denial isn't good for you.

Originally posted by Moet In a bay down the road, they do that type where they have paragliding sails attached. s for windsurfing

Hmm yes, lots of same sex marriage amongst that lot, but it does teach an element of what you need to know, i.e. appreciation of the wind, the direction it comes from, how you can harness it to make your craft go where you want it to, but hey, it sounds like that's not what you're doing anyway.

You are off to work in what they call a lead mine, basically all you need to do on those is learn how to mix drinks, wear sunnies on top of your head, and practise aligning the end of your nose with who ever you glance at.

Oh and yawn, practising a good yawn is very valuable for that sort of sailing..

I like that expression iGRF and shall use it. I shall yell back and call the blokes yottie t**sers. BTW following an accident some years ago, I had to have a knee replaced recently, (had it put in 3 months ago this Friday) so one of my retorts is "Don't yell at an amputee!". That shuts them up for a bit.

Thanks for the supporting words.  I need that. Windsurfing is quite big here as the winds are very strong. In a bay down the road, they do that type where they have paragliding sails attached. In a nearby bay they race so fast across the bay that stopping must hurt. I think I'd need steel quads and arms for windsurfing


Edited by Moet - 13 May 13 at 9:45am

Thanks for the posts Jim C and Pierre.  Well I don't mind the shouting - I rather like being able to yell "Fore sail ready" etc but there is a real blokey approach to things that I don't respond well to to! I like the idea of going out with someone and just asking questions all the time. I have an example of what I mean - last Saturday we got on the yacht and one guy was put on keyboards. Now for me, and I'm going to insist when I am on them, I want 5 minutes instruction about them. I can usually see which sheet is which and there is often a label anyway, but I don't know if the clutch released lets it run or stops it. Now that takes just 30 seconds to explain, but there is an expectation that we know it,. so this guy was yelled at all the time and kept getting the clutch wrong and didn't know which to pull the rope etc and there is no need for that. My way is "Just tell me how, and I'll give it a go" but I just can't understand how I am supposed to know something without being shown how to do it. And I may need more than one time. Where else in education are we supposed to just know something? It's beyond me. Yes, the language is an issue - it really is a foreign language that needs learning.


Edited by Moet - 13 May 13 at 9:44am