the cone of silence "setups"

[video200]

MOST of these same misunderstandings would NOT happen were we sitting on the beach talking about the same issue...

then we`d be drunk and we would all be exspert english speakers :D

[Xzessperated]

you know http://babelfish.yahoo.com/ wil translate a whole page if you copy the link of the page you need to have translated. german to english for one. shure its not 100% but wil give you a pritty good idea.

Thanks Klaust I will give it a go.
Paddy

[video200]

no worryes mate. a pleshure to be able to help :)

[ED66677]

That could be very interresting to make so that every well known FE boat forums from around the world put a section where members show their setup, that was one of the reason why I (a long time ago) PM to Steven with the idea of a sort of database, finally one would look into it find the same model as he owns, get the idea of what one have used to achieve xxx mph for xxx minutes...
What I'm sure is that if any of you guys start a thread in english on a french forum he will get an answer, few speak very good english !... the main problem is to find the "New Thread" button
The "Know it all" attitude is also an important point, IMO it's not a question of attitude but more the way the answer is provided and the language that is used to provide it, let me try to share my (french) feeling on that one...
... I did PM to or got PM from some of you and always recieved an answer on a very respectuous form in a proper language without familiarities or acronysm, "cold feeling" then while in the same situation it would have been more friendly on a french forum... just my thought!
As you said Darin race rules are different in Europe so basicaly european expert don't need your help and may not have anything to share???

Perhaps it's time for people to get rid of some of their harbored resentment and move on

OH YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Flying Scotsman]

I know a few European FE boaters and they have shared setup info, though mostly on a pm basis.
Americans in general like to help each other and are willing to share their knowledge, especialy to newbies to help them avoid the mistakes they made.

Douggie

[Darin Jordan]

then we`d be drunk and we would all be exspert english speakers :D

NICE!! I'll buy the first round...

[video200]

NICE!! I'll buy the first round...

maybe il keep you to that one some warm day and im in the US. and the seccond round wil be on me :D

[Xzessperated]

That could be very interresting to make so that every well known FE boat forums from around the world put a section where members show their setup, that was one of the reason why I (a long time ago) PM to Steven with the idea of a sort of database, finally one would look into it find the same model as he owns, get the idea of what one have used to achieve xxx mph for xxx minutes...
OH YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Ed,
That is a brilliant idea.
Paddy

[Doby]

To all the people from non-english speaking countries.....sometimes I can't figure out (and I'm from Canada) what was said or how it was meant to be taken when talking to Americans/ Australians either,,,and we share a common language (more or less)

Yet somehow, we all seem to get along in the end

Besides, my favorite saying is;

"I hate people that think they know everything,,,its upsetting to those of us that do!"

[Flying Scotsman]

Ah, the good old Canuck reply. Dolly and Mel would totally agree
Well said.

Douggie

[ReddyWatts]

In the past I have tried to make sure all threads got some kind of response. Looking back at the forum I see that we have missed answering a few threads lately. This forum has gotten so busy, it hard to read everything anymore. We need to all make an effort to get an answer or lead someone to a good source for their question.

I think it is just the time of year that everyone's personal lives are real busy. We do not have the time to sit in front of a computer and answer quetions like in the cold weather months. It does not have anything to do with nationality.

[Fluid]

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[ED66677]

Hey Fluid I'm glad I'm wrong! I really am believe me! I just haven't seen many "foreigners" on french forum! Sorry If I hurted you that was not my intention!

[Darin Jordan]

And once again a thread like this has begun to degenerate into blame assignment and name calling beyond the OP's original question. I hesitated to even respond, but those who only frequent this site might not know the story. Now I'm sorry I even participated in this thread, it sounds too much like RRR. Heck Darin, let's call everyone a bad name if it makes you happy......

Another example of how "conversations" on forums just don't work.

Jay, if this is the impression you got from my post, then we need to work on our communication skills. Everyone else here got the meaning and tone of my post... or at least their responses seem to carry on the positive tone that I intended... "Blame assignment"? "Name Calling"??? I really hope you weren't referring to my post... because there is none of that in there... All I did was state the facts, and everyone else seems to have understood that... In fact... it was not ME who brought the "know-it-all" references to this thread...


This is how it starts... Someone posts something with good intentions... someone else takes it wrong and replies... then we start to get defensive...

It gets so frustrating that it just makes me NOT want to post ANYTHING... and then there you have it... Two people who may have something to share... neither willing to post anything for fear and frustration over continually being attacked for their opinions and statements.

Can we NOT just get beyond past tussles and move on?

And if it's really a concern of yours... what would make me "happy", is if everyone would just accept that we all are here for the same reason... to enjoy this hobby, and would treat each other with the respect that humans should show to other humans... This hobby can NOT grow if we keep beating each other up all the time...

[Doby]

Group Hug

Thank God I'm Canadian, everyone likes us.....especially the terrorists, its easy to get our passports

Seriously though, Darin is right, lets keep this a fun place.