justal
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| posted on 27-11-2003 at 17:21 |
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F-O-N Awards Nominations
To brighten up the short, dark days of winter, I've decided to have a Forces-of-Nature Awards Ceremony in the New
Year.
There will be 'standard' awards for the Best Post of 2003 and the Best Diary Entry of 2003, and there will also be
awards for anything else that you think someone deserves an award for... It'll all be in good humour and light-hearted as usual, so
start posting your nominations for
'best wipeout of the year,
'wind jinx of the year',
'hero of the year'
'whinger of the year'
or anything else you think there should be an award for.
You can only nominate Forces-of-Nature members, and you can't nominate yourself... You can bride other members to nominate you though
if you so wish!! 
We need to know the name of the person you think should get the award, the name of the award and why you think they deserve it.... The
ones that sound the most deserving will receive an award in the Ceremony in January!!!
If I get around to it there might even be one or two real-life prizes up for grabs... Maybe some F-O-N 'T'-shirts with the award name
on them (but I'm not promising anything yet). I'll also make it so that the award winners get a little trophy and the award name
displayed next to their name in the forums!!
So, get your nominations in and also start nominating your favourite forum post and diary entries of 2003.
Have Fun.
Al.
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Nick
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Member #: 218 Posts 118
Registered: 11-5-2003 Member Is Offline Mood: don't like winter.....too dark
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| posted on 27-11-2003 at 17:29 |
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Longest walk of shame perhaps? Think we had a good one recently but wasn't there to witness/measure it first hand.
Al can you help, I think you were on the same beach ;-)
Cheers
Nick
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badexcuseforasailor
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| posted on 27-11-2003 at 17:35 |
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Not sure what the award should be but rabbit spending the night in his car stuck in the sand should be a good one
Nicks guide on how not to rig up on the 4-5 oct FON trip
Good air time from the board just a shame it was still onthe beach without rig or nick attached
[Edited on 27-11-2003 by badexcuseforasailor]
http://brogboroughlake.windsurf.me.uk/
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SeanBo
A Force-of-Nature ** 
Member #: 135 Posts 337
Registered: 9-2-2003 Location: Poole Member Is Offline Mood: Optimistic!
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| posted on 27-11-2003 at 19:53 |
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I think the only ones I can realistically hope to achieve in the last two months of the year are :-
1) Winger
2) Least time on the water.
I have given the second one my best shot, so need to work on number 1.:-
I cant believe that there is no light left at the end of the day, what happened to evening sailing!
Why is the wind always blowing when the tide is out?
Why is the "perfect sail for the day" always attached to someone elses board?
moan, moan, groan..........etc
Is there wind on the way??
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justal
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| posted on 28-11-2003 at 07:13 |
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quote:
Originally posted by Nick
Longest walk of shame perhaps? Think we had a good one recently but wasn't there to witness/measure it first hand.
Al can you help, I think you were on the same beach ;-)
Cheers
Nick
I take it you're referring to my fairly long walk of shame following my catastrophic rig failure??... The walk was indeed pretty long,
but the 'swim of shame' prior to that was equally as long.
Al.
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justal
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| posted on 28-11-2003 at 07:16 |
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quote:
Originally posted by badexcuseforasailor
Not sure what the award should be but rabbit spending the night in his car stuck in the sand should be a good one
Nicks guide on how not to rig up on the 4-5 oct FON trip
Good air time from the board just a shame it was still onthe beach without rig or nick attached
I thought Rabbit might come up for that award...
I wonder where he is, we haven't heard from him for a while here.... Stuck in the sand somewhere maybe!
Al.
URL: Pixelwave Design - Website Design Wales
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Personal Weblog: A Simple Life of Luxury in West Wales
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Joner
Hot shot 
Member #: 131 Posts 74
Registered: 5-2-2003 Member Is Offline Mood: Still Learning
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| posted on 28-11-2003 at 08:25 |
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Cool idea Al...
There are just so mnay posts and diary entries to choose from that I don't know where to start, although one diary entry that did stick
in my mind was the one by AndyW from 30th April when he went diving in a fishtank!!
Heres the link
http://forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php?action=viewentrydetails&diaryid=304&diaryuser=AndyW
There was also one about bikini-clad gybe marker bouys by Al somewhere, but you've got far too many entries for me to find the correct
one!!
Now I guess I'll have to look through ALL the posts to find my favourite froum post of the year.... Won't get much work done today.
Joner
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justal
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| posted on 28-11-2003 at 08:33 |
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Here you go Joner is this the one you mean:
http://forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php?action=viewentrydetails&diaryid=696&diaryuser=justal
It took me a while to find it as well.... Maybe I'll have to add a 'keyword' search function to the search page in the diaries.
Al.
URL: Pixelwave Design - Website Design Wales
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Personal Weblog: A Simple Life of Luxury in West Wales
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AndyW
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| posted on 28-11-2003 at 09:41 |
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Al,
I think maybe Nick was refering to my walk of shame last time out...
I think Justal gets nominated for longest swim whilst surviving to make diary entry!
Also nominated for most painful and costliest loss (rig)!
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Nick
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| posted on 28-11-2003 at 12:45 |
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You're spot on Andy .... yours was the W.O.S I was referring to.
Rabbit could get another for least time on the water on a perfect day.
Cheers
Nick
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mexican bandit
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Beach Bum (By special appointment)
Member #: 77 Posts 113
Registered: 13-11-2002 Member Is Offline Mood: palm trees and bikinis
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| posted on 28-11-2003 at 16:44 |
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There will have to be one for the most posts on the forever lasting word association game - or who is bored at work and spend his day
posting on it 
"Why should I have to WORK for everything?! It's like saying I don't deserve it! " C&H
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justal
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| posted on 28-11-2003 at 18:44 |
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quote:
Originally posted by Nick
You're spot on Andy .... yours was the W.O.S I was referring to.
Rabbit could get another for least time on the water on a perfect day.
Cheers
Nick
Ahhh... That Walk of Shame!!! Thats OK then as it was pretty long at least half a mile and mine esn't really a walk of Shame, just a
long walk as there was no shame involved!!
Looks like Rabbit could end up with a few awards at this rate.
Al.
URL: Pixelwave Design - Website Design Wales
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Personal Weblog: A Simple Life of Luxury in West Wales
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Rabbit
Beach Bum
School of Advanced Driving Award 2003
Member #: 320 Posts 29
Registered: 14-8-2003 Member Is Offline Mood:
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| posted on 28-11-2003 at 18:49 |
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helloooooo.....
Been busy digging in sand again! Starting to think that if there is sand to sink a car then i'll find it.
Am I the only person in this category? Kind of looks that way, i guess i'll walk it and better start writng my acceptance speech
now. I hope the award ceramony is not going to held on the beach.
Good to see your all still getting out, starting to find my 3/2 wet suit is nearly out of season.
My nomination is for hero's.. namely everyone that helped me get the car back.
[Edited on 28-11-2003 by Rabbit]
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ajdesq
A Force-of-Nature *
F-O-N Champion 2003
Member #: 6 Posts 214
Registered: 24-7-2002 Member Is Offline Mood: Living to kitesurf :-)
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| posted on 9-12-2003 at 10:57 |
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Definitely Rabbit for the car episode!
There's more to life than KITESURFING!
Let me know when you find it.
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badexcuseforasailor
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| posted on 9-12-2003 at 15:42 |
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Ajdesq for the most time bunking off work to go windsurfing !
http://brogboroughlake.windsurf.me.uk/
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justal
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| posted on 10-12-2003 at 06:53 |
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Keep em coming....
Are there no nominations for the best forum post and best diary entry??
Al.
URL: Pixelwave Design - Website Design Wales
Shop: Website Templates
Personal Weblog: A Simple Life of Luxury in West Wales
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Rabbit
Beach Bum
School of Advanced Driving Award 2003
Member #: 320 Posts 29
Registered: 14-8-2003 Member Is Offline Mood:
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| posted on 11-12-2003 at 14:06 |
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nomination for Nick
For a 7 seater car & only able to get the driver in with his kit.
[Edited on 11-12-2003 by Rabbit]
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Nick
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| posted on 11-12-2003 at 19:04 |
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not guilty Rabbit ..... I think that was BEFS wasn't it?
As work slows down in the run up to Christmas I guess trawling thru the diary entries for nominations beats hangman... and similar last
day at school type activities. ...which for me was a rather scary sixteen years ago!
Cheers
Nick
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badexcuseforasailor
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| posted on 11-12-2003 at 19:40 |
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OK I own up
I own a 7 seater car which becomes a 1 seater on windsurf trips.
Befs
http://brogboroughlake.windsurf.me.uk/
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Rabbit
Beach Bum
School of Advanced Driving Award 2003
Member #: 320 Posts 29
Registered: 14-8-2003 Member Is Offline Mood:
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| posted on 12-12-2003 at 13:19 |
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If anyone finds a brain down at Ynyslas
May be stuck in sand
May have my name on it
Plaese give to Al for next FON meet
Kind of walnut shaped soft grey sqishy matter about the size of a pea.
Not to be mistteaken for Al's lost rig.
[Edited on 12-12-2003 by Rabbit]
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