The Solent Easter Sunday 2004

[jackeen's Missus]

Dear Boss,

Will explain all edits by pm....they were my fault in the first place ...

But female circumcision is a rite of passage (Iknow, I know...don't) and not seen as a punishment well by the peeps I used to know anyhow...

Now I was getting Willow all calm & used to the idea of a gentle cruise again after a previous traumatic experience...and now you've got every laydee reading this on a knife edge again (I know...LEAVE IT )

Missus

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by jackeen's Missus
But female circumcision is a rite of passage (I know, I know...don't) and not seen as a punishment

Yes, this is the opinion in the Fuller household too

[jw.]

Originally posted by jackeen's Missus
I don't know how you get away with anything in a house full of women...wait till I see Angela...

That'll likely be the reason he's not managed to get the time to fix those motors before now. Wall paperin' and stuff.

[willowkis]

Anytime Willow...& we can go on a river & slowly & stop when you want...the Hamble is nice with The Jolly Sailor at the top)

Hi Kathleen,

I'm fine on a river, it's just the sea I'm scared of

Kim

[willowkis]

Originally posted by jon fuller
The next step is the firm but fair practice of female circumcision, a punishment recommended by many African countries I believe.

(The punishment will actually be performed by billy (Father Ted, ((I shot JR)) [/B]

JF, if you lay one finger on Kathleen, I will personally take it upon myself to castrate you with a potato peeler

Kim

[willowkis]

Kathleen,

That sounds great, a weekend it more suitable for us too, Thank you...

[Jon Fuller]

Originally posted by willowkis
I will personally take it upon myself to castrate you with a potato peeler

Kim

Promises promises

[jackeen's Missus]

Originally posted by jon fuller
Promises promises

Thanks for springing to my defence Willow. If you need something more effective for the job I know where you can lay your hands on a nice propellor...

It's just lying around on someone's coffee table and I'd say it could really cut it as they say....

No cavitation either...will grip and slice through anything in its way.

Missus

I'm talking about our BOAT TRIP BTW

Because that's what this thread was all about...BOAT TRIPS!!!

BELIEVE IT OR NOT

OH AND...All edits here BTW carried out with the permission of the Boss and only involved the removal of terrible swearwords & suchlike to which you gentle peeps need never be exposed...

All were OK'ed by the Boss ... (PM - Wise)

(Well- Behaved Missus)

& I've just checked the thread again (Bogib's copped 2 insults not intended for him at all...good comic timing B.!!!)...and you need 'panodil' just to get thro' it all....

[Tosspot2]

Missus - empty your mail box please

I´m on nightshift this week so no problem with my timing and I still have sense of humor.

[Johnny Rocket]

Originally posted by jackeen's Missus
...until now the commercial peeps were floggin their wares in a more subtle way...since charges for the commercial interests were introduced things have taken a slightly more serious flavour...

Flippin 'eck! I get distracted by the real world for a few days and you lot go off behind my back, get pissed up and have a serious discussion hidden in the middle of a rambling thread about the Solent!

I'm slightly confused about what you mean though K. Charging has been discussed, but nothing's in place yet. So what's changed?

I don't have a problem with one-off commercial posts (so long as they are relevant and conceivably useful), but if companies are using the forums to spam people then I need to do something about it. Perhaps we're going to need some sort of formal terms and conditions.

As a general principle any sort of trade membership will be to recognise the benefits that the forums bring to the company, not to buy the right to abuse the forums. You'll have noticed that I can be a bit protective about RIBnet at times (!) and I want to make sure that I get it right so any comments and suggestions are always welcome -- even though I may end up ignoring them

Onwards and sideways . . .

John

[Johnny Rocket]

Originally posted by jw.
Don't update the software. The new one is not as nice to use. It's slow too.

Has it got any better now you've had a couple of weeks to find your way round it?

I reckon it's easier to use, and at least as fast as version 2 if not faster!

If youv'e got any particular issues let me know and I'll see what can be done. One of the great strengths of V3 is its flexibility . . .

John

[jackeen's Missus]

Wasn't a suggestion for action just a fear about future ethos...have explained what you missed (in edits!!!) in a pm.

Like it when peeps declare vested interests ; it's always helpful to know where people are coming from.

Missus

[jw.]

Originally posted by John Kennett
Has it got any better now you've had a couple of weeks to find your way round it?

Nope. I've learned it but I just find it fiddly. Difficult to quantify. I'll pay attention and let you know.
One irritation is the popup which contains the content of the first post. As soon as your cursor is on the list it pops up and covers the ones below so you can't read the topic without shifting the mouse off screen.
It's confusing identifying the poster and postee. If one pays particular attention it can be sussed easily but it's just, er...fiddly. And small.

[/QUOTE] I reckon it's easier to use, and at least as fast as version 2 if not faster!
John [/QUOTE]

Nope. Using a dialup, the pages take ages. I often click twice incase the mouse has failed to respond. Then, eventually, I find I'm two pages back.

[Johnny Rocket]

Originally posted by jw.
One irritation is the popup which contains the content of the first post. As soon as your cursor is on the list it pops up and covers the ones below so you can't read the topic without shifting the mouse off screen.

I've got to admit that it's something that I don't find especially useful and I have the suspicion that it's a feature put in by some tchy type because it's cool! On th eother hand, several people have singled it out as something they like. I can't see an easy way of making it user selectable, but I'll put it on the "to think about" list!

It's confusing identifying the poster and postee.

Not sure about this. Do you mean in the subject list where it used to have a separate colun for thread starter? Or something else . . . ?

Using a dialup, the pages take ages. I often click twice incase the mouse has failed to respond. Then, eventually, I find I'm two pages back.

I've made a few changes to the configuration settings which ought to speed it up. Let me know whether or not it seems to make any difference.

John

[jw.]

Ok, ta. I'll report back after I've used it.