Two topic forum

   Hi - been hanging around this forum a bit recently. Most subjects seem to end up with the same people arguing about one of two topics:
1. Handicap vs Class racing.
2. PY / GL conspiracy theory

Should I just get used to it and look elsewhere or is that the limit of whats discussed?

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H2 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 26 Jul 17 Online Status: Offline Posts: 750	Post Options Post Reply Quote H2 Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Two topic forum Posted: 22 Nov 17 at 12:56pm
	Hi - been hanging around this forum a bit recently. Most subjects seem to end up with the same people arguing about one of two topics: 1. Handicap vs Class racing. 2. PY / GL conspiracy theory Should I just get used to it and look elsewhere or is that the limit of whats discussed?

laser193713 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 13 May 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 889	Post Options Post Reply Quote laser193713 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Nov 17 at 1:04pm
	No, if you scroll down to the what boat section you'll find endless discussions about which boat is suitable for double handing with kids and partners and also single handing too. It seems nobody has designed anything suitable yet so perhaps there's a gap in the market...

423zero Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3420	Post Options Post Reply Quote 423zero Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Nov 17 at 1:09pm
	Repetitive stress syndrome, keep typing PY & GL There are lots of topics not covering above, I recently started a topic about electric cars!!!

zeon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 20 Aug 16 Online Status: Offline Posts: 316	Post Options Post Reply Quote zeon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Nov 17 at 1:13pm
	The short answers is yes. The forum is not what it was, for a lot of reasons. Sign of the times.

JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Nov 17 at 1:16pm
	Sadly there's a lot of truth in that.

Eisvogel Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 09 Dec 16 Location: Birmingham Online Status: Offline Posts: 135	Post Options Post Reply Quote Eisvogel Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Nov 17 at 1:18pm
	Probably a conspiracy by the GL/PY committees.
	Enterprise 20361 (Eisvogel), Laser 102727 (Halcyon), Laser 121986

ian.r.mcdonald Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 24 Feb 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 440	Post Options Post Reply Quote ian.r.mcdonald Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Nov 17 at 1:22pm
	but surely there are only 5-6 people involved with posting anyway? those of us trying to get involved are either ignored or rubbished which is why people look and dont post

iGRF Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 11 Location: Hythe Online Status: Offline Posts: 6499	Post Options Post Reply Quote iGRF Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Nov 17 at 1:56pm
	There's a simple solution, post about something else we're all as bored as the next man and just as eager to talk about boats, bits of kit etc, the trouble is lots of it has already been done. Forums can be very transient places if you don't participate, I read lots of stuff, just because folk don't respond doesn't mean the contribution is any less valuable. Every Troll knows unless you post something outrageous that sets their eyebrows twitching and smoke comes for their ears, 'they' will never post. You have a boat lots of us are interested to read about, how about a couple more tales in that section where you get to talk about recent outings (forget what it's called but there's a heading somewhere). Edited by iGRF - 22 Nov 17 at 1:57pm
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turnturtle Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 05 Dec 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2538	Post Options Post Reply Quote turnturtle Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Nov 17 at 2:34pm
	There's few topics which do the rounds, one of which is a new thread every other year or so questioning the breadth of conversation going on on the forum, and the quality of the contribution. Seems it's here again... and thus signalling a retreat to private chats on WhatsApp and closed groups on Facebook again.... shame, but a sad reality of no longer living with Web 1.0 Edited by turnturtle - 22 Nov 17 at 3:06pm

DiscoBall Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 03 Jan 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 305	Post Options Post Reply Quote DiscoBall Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Nov 17 at 3:00pm
	Pretty much seems a feature of internet forums generally. In fact also seems quite prevalent in real life in clubs of all types - couple of popular contentious themes of conversation and occasional forays elsewhere. I suspect you could actually copy posts from old threads to a new topic on a similar theme and nobody would actually notice...