Idiot posts cluttering up the forum

Tyvek can tear of quite easily compared to cloth.Tyvek that I'am used to are for disposable coverall/boiler suit.It do give very good protection againts dust and particles though.Very light material.

 

Do you not think that some threads are so outragious that they must be non genuine? The guy that wanted to build a submarine comes to mind. I think that some are people tring to participate but dont have a genuine question so --hey make one up!!, what they may not realise is that you can tell .The question is just so badly written ( maybe on purpose to disguise its intent). I appreciate that if you dont know then you dont know, but some questions --Oh boy. Is it just me or does any one else think this.

I agree with the multiple question marks, Its like kinda demanding an answer to the issue now.

 

Yes... multiple question marks should only be used when you have been working outside on your boat for a few hours, your up to your armpits with grease, grime, and gunk, you have 30 minutes of sunlight left, you've got a trip planned for the boat in the morning, and you can't remember some little piece of information that is critical for getting the darned thing back together... Otherwise, it's just rude...



And no, I don't think people make up questions. What I think they do is decide they are too lazy to do their own research before creating a thread. It's almost as if these people have never even heard of Google... which then makes me wonder how they even found this place in the first place. Instead of googling and finding out for themselves, they somehow miraculously stumble upon boatdesign.net and decide that it's akin to a magic 8-ball or the Oracle at Delphi or something and they decide to start asking questions to make all of us trained monkeys type responses. I think it's an entertainment sort of thing.

If I recall the sub guy correctly, he asked if anyone was building one. I could easily imagine that he had actually done a bit of research on the matter and was unable to come up with a link or a list of names of builders. I doubt there's a forum for such things... so I think he was just curious how rare of an endeavor it was and was mining for information. Personally, I found that discussion to be quite educational and amusing.

 

Yes I agree --I should have mentioned that, yes some people think of the Forum as a free workshop manual, and do none or very little investigation to see if there topic is, or has been already discussed, which is very often the case!!!. I am sometimes confused at people with what appears to be fairly expensive boats, yet ask the forum questions that could easily be answerd by the local Merc dealer over the phone.

I still think some questions are fabricated though,--kinda testing out the 'experts'. But the 'experts' know it and refuse to bite. Bit like a fish checking out a dodgy lure.

 

I agree, they're just looking to get a reaction out of people. But it can be amusing when people DO bite.
The submarine thread still brings a smile to my face

 

Probably the answer to every question that is asked on this forum could be sourced elsewhere and like myself Google is where I found this forum.

It must be frustrating when people find this forum for the first time and ask a question that has been asked before, but I as well as I'm sure others are thankfull for the kindnest and patience that other members have exhibited in helping out.

Poida

 

Thats the point, right there. Search it. I dont think you even have to register to search the fourms. Now granted, I've been told to search stuff, even after I did and couldnt find the answer I was looking for, but some people don't even try.

 

I agree,
the kindness, generosity and patience of the members here is what has kept me here.

I have tried to like other places, like the wooden boat forum, but seriously, it seems like over there if someone asks a newbie question about something like epoxy, or god-forbid CPES, they might get accused of being a troll first, and then flipped off by some brief recomendation to buy a book, or search the forum. These same people who have just dished out this advice will probably then launch straight back into hundreds of posts-long threads rehashing the same old left/right, religious/athiest, war/peace, environmentalist/technocrat arguments. What about boats?

I come here to learn about and share what little I know about boats and boat design and building/restoration. And here, in the meantime, the company is pretty damn good too. I used to be a little concerned about the general need for a politically correct climate (or political abstension)- but after seeing what the other options are, I wouldn't change a thing.

I now go to somewhere like the WBF to view or participate in some political squabbling, vent a little steam about such, or just see who is currently insulting who!

I don't know about other people, but I have never had the greatest luck with searching within the forums. Sure I find a lot of good interesting stuff when I try, and generally I learn alot in the process, but what I learn is usually not the same thing that i was looking for .
I even think that i've had better luck searching for things on this forum from google, than I have from searching for from this search feature (no insult intended Jeff )

And whats all this about multiple punctuation marks??????

I don't know what you are talking about.......!!!,,&*.

 

The multipe punctuation marks are as you say extremely annoying but-- not nearly as annoying as those bloody smileys.

What on earth could posses a grown man to put into his work little smiling faces of various expressions. Its a bit like those people that say yeah at the end of every sentence, constanty needing veryfication that thier words are being understood.

Hi Hansp -- How are you today?

 

Hey, lighten up Jack!!!!:idea: Long time dead mate. :idea:

OK, guilty on all counts to some degree.
I guess I use the forum for bouncing ideas off for my project;And a little light relief. I have had some advice
that tallied with what I wanted to do, so I took it.
Basically, we go our own way in the end-for better or worse!
I generally don't read more than a couple of lines of dubious posts, unless
after mischief.


Hey hans hows the work comin along?
Too true about the WBF. A haughty lot in main but also some good sorts lurking.
A lot friendlier here as you say.
I was referred here by one of the older timers for being too keen on the "frozen snot."

 

Hey Jack,
I am OK today- buggereed after a long week of study and work- and after my first sleep in for a while, just trying to get my self together to start on some research.

That is funny what you say about the smiley things.

I have a particular personal and professional appreciation for the written word.
It was mainly this reason why at first I Never Ever used those little faces and symbols.

I resisted.

Then it was like an infection. An addiction.
I used it once, and slowly I degraded from a 'grown man' to a pathetic hollowed out shell of a smiley winky big grin rolleyes addict.
In my normal emails to freinds and collegues I would reach and grasp for these same familiar faces... faces that had abandoned me.. a stumbling despereate addict.
how could I express my sarcasm and well meaning humour without little winky?
When my writings for my study would take me over my countries sorry indigenous affairs, or ecological concerns- my words felt hollow, unless blessed with a frowny yellow face or two, and maybe even an explanation sign.
Even being lost and confused, would mean nothing to me, and present no path forward, unless I could invoke and stare into the sacred eyes of dear old confused question mark head.


Stay clean Jack-
these bloody smileys are not childs play-
they have reduced the ravings of more than one hopeless addict to nothing but a chain of yellow shapes, interspersed with a few random remianing relics of the mother language, and human culture.

Big Grin, Big Grin, Big Grin, Winky.

Hey Rolly,
Work is coming along pretty slow at the moment. We are having a little break from our secondary carreers as boat builders...
Once it warms up a little, as it currently is starting to down here, my girlfriend and I will be spending a lot more time out on the boat finishing off things. (and even hopefully sailing one day!)
Our focus has been on cleaning up the mess our lives became after dropping everything other than boat restoration for four months or so... Financially, academically and practically- we have decided it is time to install a dishwasher, buy a new vacuum (that works) and replace our clothes washing machine that broke down just after we bought the boat- the combination of things that made our lives as boat builders that much more difficult...
My boat efforts of late have been focussing upon ironing out the little wrinkles in the production of actually getting out to our mooring. Trying to power our inflatable by something other than my poor attempts at rowing...
Or maybe building or buying a tender to tie up under the jetty.


How is your work coming along?
Making much progress?

Hans.

 

I hate the little smilies especially this one . No I will continue to resist the temptation.

 

Hans,
We managed to glass the hull 8wks ago.(omigod-is it that long ago)
But since then have been too busy at work.
Just owning a boat is a major commitment let alone rebuilding. As you well know! Have multiple work projects on the go and need time to study as well.
Bills don't stop either.
All the best,
Roly

 

Boat..

My brother in law went bottom fishing with rod and line last night..3 of them.. no luck with those big garouper or rays..cast a floating drift net for small fish..ahh..a few kg of fresh fish for lunch and dinner today..the beauty of having a boat..a friend just bought the boat a few days ago (fibre glass) to replace his 'write off ' wooden boat.

 

I just caught a mouse in my house. The bugger was smarter than I am!

Saw him by a stairwell, chased him into a closet and set out all I had- a full armada of sticky traps. Heard nothing for a half an hour or so.

Next, thing I know, he's scampering past my feet as I read these here forums at the bottom of the stairs. I chase him into a little nook and set the traps ALL over the nook, taking up every last square inch of space and then I just wait.....

I see him four or five times. Each time he walks up to the sticky trap, sniffs its edge, and then walks away. Obviously, he's seen these before. But I figure he'll soon get impatient and, indeed, finally after an hour or so, I hear some commotion and I've got him. I decide to let him suffer for a few minutes. Actually those sticky traps aren't always reliable and I wanted to let him squirm for a bit to get nice and stuck. The only sticky traps that are worth a damn are the ones made in Mexico. You can tell they are good because they are completely devoid of any English on the package. You just go into a mexican grocery store and look for the package with the mouse/rat on the front with Xed out eyes. So I come back, not two minutes later, and he's escaped! But not from one of the Mexican traps, from one of the cheap imitation American ones that I bought at about 2am one night last year when I last discovered such a problem. In this case, I've got to say, don't buy American! I think the Mexican ones must use some sort of cyanide or something. Whatever it is, they work pretty well when you can't get out to a hardware store to buy the real snappy kind. Anyway, I knew he escaped.

An hour later, I see him in the basement.

So I go down to the basement and rummage around. I know I've got one regular spring-wire trap down there somewhere... looking looking looking. I find it. Put it down near the stairwell with a little dab of peanut butter on it- forget the cheese and stuff. Mice like peanut butter and it's cheap and you don't need to cut off a slice of tasty cheese for an unwelcome pest. There's no food down there, so he's sure to try to head for the stairs when he gets hungry.

And 10 minutes later..... SNAP! Got him cold. Dead.

A very large (full city block) old-folks home is being torn down a few blocks away. I think that's what's causing the problem. I can't wait until I'm old and senile enough not to notice these things running around my house. Hope there aren't any more.