Survivor - Ubeaut forum

[Wongo]

This week my vote goes to …

No seriously folks lets get back to basic.

Let’s talk woodwork and share some laughter.

Let’s respect each other like a friend.

Let's play the ball not play the man.

Let’s respect the referee’s decision.

Now are we cool? :)

[zenwood]

Nah: my favourite goes to John Howard: "Peter came to me and said, 'What about Bob Gerard?'"

[Captain Chaos]

What Wongo said.:cool::D
Lets get the forum back on track by sharing what we all love doing best, ( or is that 2nd. best? :confused: ) WOODWORKING, in all its derivations, with a bit of humour thrown in.
Take good care,
Barry.

[JackoH]

Amen!

[Daddles]

Amen!

And what's the woodworking stuff up you want to amend :confused:

Richard
well, that sort of reply is kinda normal for this place isn't it?

[E. maculata]

While what Scott says has many merits, it also has its downfalls, dissent can be very healthy & some of us may be indeed bored with the current round of topics, and to look for stimulii elsewhere they may end up lost from the fold:rolleyes:
I believe as in person to person not all of us will be each others cup'o tea, and it is healthy to admit this ,as Lou said elsewhere (crikey now I'm even quoting "sage Luke":p things are bad maybe Scott's totally right) we know within ourselves whom is appealing and whom isn't and OCCASSIONALLY informing someone they have leanings towards richardheadedness is ok, provided you are reasonably civil about it.
It's like i teach my Blokes, "you don't have to take the person home to meet mum & dad, or even like them, but given maturity & fairmindedness, you can still respect their abilities and work with them to get the job done.

So in short leave the personal differences that aren't timber related in the appropriate fora', here and 1 below in the orange room:D.

[Daddles]

... they have leanings towards richardheadedness ...

And what's wrong with richardheadedness :confused:

Richard

[E. maculata]

Sorry Richard, even as I typed it i thought Mmm, "Daddles may get insulted here", then I thought, "Oh well he knows I appreciated his particular brand of Richardheadedness", despite the obsession with Euro machinery.

[Daddles]

Awwww Bruce, you can bite harder than that ... can't you? :D

Richard

[ryanarcher]

Let's play the ball not play the man.

Let’s respect the referee’s decision.




Scott my friend,
you would have been NBA material if it weren't for those two:( :p :D :D :D

[E. maculata]

Scott my friend,
you would have been NBA material if it weren't for those two:( :p :D :D :D


Naturalist Bicyclers Anounomous:eek: ????

[DavidG]

It has go to a point that I duck every time I post anything in case someone bites my head off because they do not like what they think I said.:(

[Termite]

It has go to a point that I duck every time I post anything in case someone bites my head off because they do not like what they think I said.:(

Well don't be so ambiguous........be downright insulting and they won't be mistaken then. :D :D

[ozwinner]

It has go to a point that I duck every time I post anything in case someone bites my head off because they do not like what they think I said.:(

Do you use smilies?? :)
A lot of ppl dont. :(
And its realy hard to tell from the written word if you are being funny, sarcastic, condisending, or just a total pratt. :mad:

Al :D

[Bodgy]

Do you use smilies?? :)
A lot of ppl dont. :(
And its realy hard to tell from the written word if you are being funny, sarcastic, condisending, or just a total pratt. :mad:

Al :D

Al, I happily sit in the total pratt class, however this total pratt thinks English is the most expressive, flexible and beautiful language ever and, properly used, doesn't need graphics to express a idea.

I think we moved on from paintings, to communicate,when we moved out of caves. Must we regress - now the digital age encourages illiteracy?

Please note, this is not an attack on anyone. I am arguing against the idea that we need to punctuate our texts with what strike me as fairly juvenile icons.

Another dissenting opinion, I'm afraid.

[ozwinner]

English is a crap language.
It has double meanings for almost everything.

I think Benny Hill invented it.

Al

[ozwinner]

Now, am I being serious, funny or what?

Al

[ozwinner]

Another dissenting opinion, I'm afraid.

Well it would be, you are after all a wanker.

Funny?
Serious?
You pick.

Al

[Groggy]

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[Wongo]

Sorry viewers, “grumpy old men” was on. I am back now, so where were we?:D

[ozwinner]

Talking about kniting?
Pearl one knit one.

You pack of pansys.
I dont do smilies anymore, as they seem to be looked on by Bodgy as childish.

Al

[Bodgy]

Well it would be, you are after all a wanker.

Funny?
Serious?
You pick.

Al

Al

Here's the thing.

I politely disagree with a proposition you advance.

You direct your response, which I take as humorous, to me, not my viewpoint.

Pratt, wanker whatever, but what other language can author a cryptic crossword?

[ozwinner]

, which I take as humorous,

Sorry.

I was being serious.

Al

[ozwinner]

I know Im usually the funny guy, but this time you got it wrong.
Funny or serious?

Al

[Bodgy]

Sorry.

I was being serious.

Al

Yeah, yeah but what about the crossword?

[echnidna]

Sorry viewers, “grumpy old men” was on. I am back now, so where were we?:D

The grumpy old men are taking turns to have potshots at each other;)

[ozwinner]

You tosser.

Funny?
Serious?

Some ppl are so hard to train, Ive trained dogs easier.

Funny?
Serious?

I can be sooooo unfunny when I have to be.
I can also be the life of the party.

You pick.

Al

[Bodgy]

Echidna

Not true Al's going at me in a ratio of 2:1

Do you enjoy crosswords?

[Bodgy]

You tosser.

Funny?
Serious?

Some ppl are so hard to train, Ive trained dogs easier.

Funny?
Serious?

I can be sooooo unfunny when I have to be.
I can also be the life of the party.

You pick.

Al

I honestly believe you're the life of the party.

Funny/serious? Its hard to ascertain your true meaning with sentences of only two words. You must try harder.

Possibly you're advancing the proposition that facey icons save you typing?

[Wongo]

Be cool boys.:cool:

[Caliban]

Good on ya Scott, look what you've started.
But I do think smile icons have their place. there are lots of people I've upset by assuming they'd understand my richardheadedness (sorry Daddles)
Struth Kenmill got banned for something which caused me to spray red wine all over the keyboard. He obviously thought he was funny and so did I, but others thought he was a pratt. Expecting others to have a similar grasp on this language as oneself is probably at best naive and at worst condescending.
But there should be a limit on their usage as Sir Darren noted a few weeks ago.

[E. maculata]

And what other language has so many words to describe the same things or some many words spelt the same but with totally different meanings:rolleyes:
72 different interpretations of the same word I believe, as any linguist will undoubtably inform you English is one of the hardest to decipher.

[Bodgy]

Hope I haven't offended anyone, I was just putting a personal view as to why I don't use the grahics

I hope Oz Winner enjoyed our exchange, as I did.

Just to show I'm flexible here' s a picture :confused:

And here's one for Al, symbolising what Harold did when he glimpsed inside Steptoe's bath tub :eek:

[Bodgy]

And what other language has so many words to describe the same things or some many words spelt the same but with totally different meanings:rolleyes:
72 different interpretations of the same word I believe, as any linguist will undoubtably inform you English is one of the hardest to decipher.

Yep, and therein lies its power, flexibility and beauty.

[Caliban]

Bruce
When are you retiring?
Do you want us to save you the trouble of moving all those old planes. The ones that'll cost a fortune to move, we'll do it cheaply, take em off ya hands that is.

[Wongo]

Scott my friend,
you would have been NBA material if it weren't for those two:( :p :D :D :D

Ryan brother,

It was my dream that one day I could play basketball for something. But in the world of professional sports good is never good enough. Sometimes I wish I was 20 again and I would work harder or try something different.

Oh well what can you do? :(

[craigb]

The reason I use smileys (or emoticons to give them their correct name ;) )
is because you can't see my face.

As Al has illustrated, a sentence can mean more than one thing in converstaion, which is essentially what we are having here, depending on facial expression and inflection.

Sure, if you are writing prose then there should be no ned for emoticons, but I ain't read any prose here yet. :rolleyes:

[E. maculata]

Bruce
When are you retiring?
Do you want us to save you the trouble of moving all those old planes. The ones that'll cost a fortune to move, we'll do it cheaply, take em off ya hands that is.
Jim, in the wholehearted interest of starting a 2 off topiced & crossed hijack, I'm not retiring, just taking up a new position in Lismore, so the family & i are heading back to Casino, which in our absence has become the nations R&R centre for travelling around in motorhome type baby boomers, and real estate values have quadrupled in 8 years:(
So Iguess I'll be keeping those old planes as collateral for another house.

[Rocker]

This is a rare occasion - I am in total agreement with Al :) Smilies are a vital part of a post, if you are saying something that might be taken amiss by the reader, who has no idea whether your intention is to make a joke, or to be bitingly sarcastic; whether your intention is to tease with something that is not intended to be taken seriously, or to put someone down. However great your mastery of English, it is impossible to be totally unambiguous with the written word.

Damn it; I am just repeating what others have said more concisely already. But you get like that when you are on the verge of senility;)

Rocker

[Wood Borer]

Many of the regulars on the Bulletin Board know each other sufficiently to understand when someone is being serious or sarcastic.

There are times however when one of us is feeling a little down and our comments may sound sarcastic or funny but perhaps we are being serious at the time.

So how can we tell? Knowing the person is one clue, another is perhaps knowing what's happening in their private life. The smilies provide additional information which I think greatly helps to not inadvertantly offend or upset one of our BB mates.

Most of us are horrified when we accidently upset someone else on a personal level. Having a different opinion or a different view is something else entirely - if people can't accept different views then they should grow up.

I deeply regret some things I have said on this Bulletin Board :o however at the time I was unaware of how my comments might have deeply upset someone else - ie I didn't intentionally upset that/those people.

So use the smilies to give the likes of me further clues so I don't accidently upset you - in that way neither of us will be hurt.

The English language - seems like a hotch potch of ambigious words taken from lots of other languages to me but it is the only language I know.:(

[craigb]

Everything you wanted to know about emoticons. :p

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticons

[Wood Borer]

Everything you wanted to know about emoticons. :p

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticons

And more:cool:

Thanks for that Craig.

[Iain]

Contrary to what some people seem to believe, simple writing is not the product of simple minds. A simple, unpretentious style has both grace and power. By not calling attention to itself, it allows the reader to focus on the message.Richard Lederer

[silentC]

I like to think I can get the message across without them. They help to convey a mood, so I'd probably use them more when I'm taking the p!ss than in a serious reply. My favourite one is ;) because I'm a sarcastic bastard.

Other times, I like to be ambiguous - I find it entertaining. English is good for that.

[Wongo]

You bastard :mad:



no sorry lets try again

You bastard :D

[Iain]

It is axiomatic that utilization of appreciable grammatical magnitude will only serve discountenance for the preponderance.
Me

[ozwinner]

I hope Oz Winner enjoyed our exchange, as I did.



Sure did. :)

I can express what I have to with few written words, some ppl write pages to say the same thing.

Al :)

[bitingmidge]

Other times, I like to be ambiguous.

Yes, I can write with either hand as well.

P

:D :D

[outback]

Yes, I can write with either hand as well.

P

:D :D

OH, I feel a little silly, I thought he meant he had two wives. :o

[silentC]

TWO WIVES!!?? I'd have to be CRAZY :eek:

[Caliban]

TWO WIVES!!?? I'd have to be CRAZY :eek:
:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :D See.;)

[scooter]

OH, I feel a little silly, I thought he meant he had two wives. :o

I thought he woz sayin' that he had dual citizenship...:rolleyes:


Cheers...............Sean, dimwit

[Daddles]

Yes, I can write with either hand as well.

P

:D :D

Funny, the letters seem to be same no matter what hand I type them with :eek:

Richard

[Cliff Rogers]

Yes, I can write with either hand as well.

P

:D :D

That's a pity.... I can't read writing... but I can read reading. :D