After a quick look on the memberlist, I realised that some members have more than one username. I'm asking you: what's the point?

It's probably a challenge when it comes to getting the *****

It could be funny though. Start a topic under one name and keep posting answers under different names! One man band lobbying!!   

Can you (or your alter egos) answer that one?

Another 110 of your postings under this name, then Phil.

When you're creating your clone, please introduce him/her  to us.. He'll get a proper welcome

however i believe if you enter a tpoic from the banter caagory you are excused from the meeningfullness in your reply.  however if it was for example to queery a race or specifics you would find little rambling in there.  so in some cases random rmabling it ok.  well thats how i justify it to myself

Yep, I just have to ask contender443 and he explains so well that, when he's finished, I can't understand the question I've asked

There is another harry44981- made by me ages ago, i forgot, then re registered (hence the "!").

Hydrogrpher youe got like 5 posts a day which is alot, youll be at the top pretty soon at that rate.

Hi All,

I've been a long time reader, recent first time poster, and feel in awe of the amount of time and effort spent furthering your sailing knowledge.

I can only dream of stepping up through the ranks from "Newbie" to the heady heights of "Really should get out more". But the name doesn't encourage me to do so. However I shall try (without my boss finding out) to post as much as I can.

Yeah another notch

Yipeeee!

Wave Rider is Far too distracted from work !!!!!

I knew you'd do it today.... Another 296 before joining sailorgirl... Good luck   

We are not worthy.  No one can post the true quality 'junk' that you do, have. We all try but fall short of your high standards. Please don't stop now.  Just think of the problems you will cause the admin group when you get 1000 posts!

lol

They'll have to add a whole new lines of stars! Like the old generals who've fought many battles and can say proudly "I've done my duty!"

On another hand, it's a bit like "Employee of the month" in McDonalds

Ok thanks for pointing that out Black No Sugar i hadn't noticed !

Aaaaa thats a bit worrying ........o well !

Thanks Dave, you're giving me a golden excuse to post Number 200!!

Yipeeeeeeeee!!!

Wanna fries with it?

lol. i don't know why i have four. i've only posted twice... and now it'll be 5.. yay again...

lol thats quite random, i dont think il be able to do it on this forum {bows down to sailor girl} but gona try n work my way up to the highest post number. but iv got to try and have them all makeing a bit of sense, that is if u ignore all the spelling mistakes.

Originally posted by Garry Originally posted by ghotio Hi All, I've been a long time reader, recent first time poster, and feel in awe of the amount of time and effort spent furthering your sailing knowledge. If you look at the posts I'm not sure how much 'furthering of sailing knowledge' is going on especially in this section... There are some interesting sailing threads but the're getting fewer and fewer

 I was trying to be sarcastic

So was Garry! And you've got to admit that the likes of me don't help serious sailing discussion... Mind you, I tend to stick to the Banter section (where  and no-brain comments are "de rigueur"! )

Finally, as you can tell from old postings, it's hard to be sarcastic on the forum. There's always one who doesn't get it...

Note to self "sarcasm to a minimum" check. As a Newbie I need to learn the  etiquette of the posting world. So please, any more useful advise, let me know so I don't wreck the peace, love and harmony

 lol

You're getting the hang of it, Mr fish! 

its the old email joy of expression-less sarcasm.. never seems to work in the desired way!!! ach well, whit can ye do!

The best way to get over sacasm problems are to find a suitable emoticon... worked on msn. no idea which tho

Even if they do, they don't want to admit it!!

It's the idea that "English rules the world, so why bother..."

Now Spot, I'll post something obscure and derogatory in French and you put something in German and we count how many feel offended  .

D'accord ?

I said if you want.

Yeh spot I  can speak a bit of german not much but a bit, before christmas I did work experience at Alliance. My German isnt great but I can get by. My French is better.....

Just don't mention the war.

Don't tell em your name Pike!

Dad's Army, They were invaded by the Germans and took them back to the village hall.  The German comander told them that they would all have their names put on a list with dire consequenses.

Captain Mainwaring says 'Don't tell em your name Pike' to a guy named Pike.

It was funny when it was on the telly, honest.

Oh dear oh dear oh dear... the if i shout louder they will understand attitude annoys me soooo much.
Wer not the center of  the universe.....

And you speak antarctia..... isnt that a continent not a language.

I've studied french for 6 years and like you when i hear them speak it goes straight over my head. they all talk so fast. i'm better with reading and writing the french. I can handle very basic spanish and i mean basic...

oh dont even get me started on french i thought i was good at talking and writing when it came to the crazy listneing exam i just sat there with a blank page - lol  started imajining "friends" where joey starts to speak french - very funny

lol i think we must have got it pretty easy then, they changed the sylabus for our yr and like half the room nealry burst outlaughing with how easy it was.

i did german for a couple of years, but dropped itr due to pressure for diene deutschen rellies to converse with them in german. I do french GCSE, but i'm crap at it - "je ne comprend pas" and "je voudrais un chocalté chaud avec creme chantillé" tends to get you by when skiing.

I agree with Dave, speaking loudly and slowly in english in a frnech accent and using lots of hand gestures suffices!

Whoooo hoooo, thats really good Ian!

I found German quite a logical language to learn. Lots of grammar, but  I actually like grammar !! Still, for the sheer elegance of the phrase, the refinement of the vocabulary and the pure emotional power of each word, I prefer French.... yep, I am a little biased

lol, biased is ok, I must admit I like french better, I found german to hard to learn too much gramar.... but then again my exams results dont believe that...

and i think i can trump anyone on the languages front.... guess which one I learnt for GCSE

........ russian  

I still split the posts!!!

Nah seriously, I do agree with some of your points. Because of lack of time in the timetable, lack of interest from the majority of students, and plenty other good reasons teachers will give you, language learning in this country is quite poor.

Like most GCSEs, you don't demonstrate you can handle the subject on the day of the exam, you only show you can play by the rules. Once, I've filled a Spanish GCSE reading paper (higher level, too!!) and I got most answers right, despite the fact I don't speak a word of Spanish... but I know the rules of the game.

If you really enjoy travelling and meeting people, there are two ways: you can try and discover other cultures and customs by learning the language.... or you can follow BWD's advice: SHOUT loud enough, until you get someone who speaks English!!

Lol it only realy works I find if you got to the more touristy areas, depending on the country i supose, But to me it is disgusting that we take it for granted that they will speak english.

admitedly I did fall back on that wen working in germany but I think that is ok as I did have a french exam when i got back and would have reverted to german if i had spoken too much.

I managed to get a Cin GCSE russian after learning for 3 years and a D in french after 5 years and countless french exchanges.....

I just think the english school system is c$*p as it is no matter if it is languages or anything. Thats why I opted out of the British controlled sytem as soon as possible.

lol I study the International Baccaluriate in England, so still english school just international exams ... best of both worlds

n yeah the french dont sail Cadets either

now, I'm genuinely interested...

Where do you study?
Were your parents/guardians an influence on your choice?
Will you get the same opportunities when it comes to applying to unversities? Or have you got offers already?

I'm not nosey, nooo, just interested.

If you dont want to reply on the forum, drop me a line in a PM.

Many thnx,

XXXIsaJ

There is an alternative to learning the language fully - marry someone French they have 2 children. Hey presto you have 3 translators!

Mind you when all 3 of them start in French I do not stand a chance, so it does help to know some.

Only way to learn a language is to live with it day in day out.

I spent one summer working in Paris and found that if i got up in the morning and read the french papers on the way to work I could understand everyone and speak much better french.  If I got up and read an english novel then the day was a disaster.

In Singapore my kids (6 & 4) are both learning French and Mandarin at school and they love it.  It is absolute rubbish to say kids can't cope with two languages until they are 11.  BUT when we go out, everyone here does speak english so even if you do learn Mandarin it is very difficult to get to use it...

Live in the language, day in, day out... that's the only way to grasp a language (even imperfectly, trust me, I've been trying for 15 years!!)

Have you noticed, all polyglots out there, how unsettling it is the first time you DREAM in a foreign language?? Or is is just me...

the english system is very strange currently im studying for my a levels, however i bleieve gcse's are sucha  waste of time i menan in my business sudies exam i got an A which was the highest mark in the clas and every1 else had studied it at gcse, but i do love french mainly cause i can speak it well kind of-  would be a good place to live but did any1 see that thing in the newspaper about ppl in normandy geting really cheesed off at english people living there?  it sure scared me away for another couple of years

Originally posted by lasergurl Its really hard to post for like the first or second time. Cos you don't know anyone... and also i find that whatever i want to say has already been said. i read all the banter ones everyday but can never figure out what to put or say. So given that this one seems pretty random i'm gonna make this my second post. Yay!!!

Hi Emm, you do know someone...So you've actually got a Laser now? I guess it's a radial, how old? Did you get the new controls? I can't believe how much the kit costs....

We have plenty of wind right now, but in summer it's typically from the south west with sea breezes on sunny afternoons. To be honest, I would say England in general isn't a windy place compared to say Australia. Someone out there will know(and probably shoot me down in flames!) but I would guess our average summer winds are between force 2 and 4. Looking back, I don't often sail in a flat calm or survival conditions in summer.

BTW, You can say on Hayling (as it's an Island), or in Hayling, take your pick!

The accommodation at Hayling is good. If you come over let us know, we can show you the sights, the good pubs and the right places to eat!

Maybe Contender443 can come along and revive the contender fleet, now the 600's seem to have gone!

Yes there is an obituary on the BCA website homepage. He was Mr Contender, he was at the Nationals dinner last year and gave a very interesting speech.

It seems the success of the Contender was very much down to his enthusiasm for the class. All classes should have a Freddy Gale.

Oh poor guy.
Omg how much did i miss being away from here for just one day, about 3 pages back BNS you asked me botu my schooling etc, I got to school in Essex, an international school called Anglo European. My parents didnt relay influence my choice other than sending me to this school in year 7, it was the fact that the school did the IB that I chose it.

its very good but soooooo much work... was that all you asked I forgot while reading the other pages of posts.

Thank you for yor reply, KnightMare. Essex would push the school run a little bit too far out  

However, I'm going to try and see if there are other schools in our local area that offer the same facilities.

Good luck with your work and, remember, Easter holidays soon!!!

lol, yeah takes me an hour to get to school.

where do you live? and good luck with finding one.

Ps the easter hols this year are realy annoying as my school has changes all of its dates by one week and so all the dates for sailing events had to be changed........ grrrrrrrrrr

Originally posted by Spot192 you´re able to talk german??? never met a brit who was able to speak german.

ok, can't resist...

Vot is your name?

and if you are too young to remember Dad's Army(stupid boy), you must  know Only Fools and Horses!

(sorry if thats already been odne on ths thread but I ain't reading 10 pages just to check!)