Forum's 3rd Birthday

Post by **Londoner** » 28 Mar 2012, 21:35

I just realised, today and tomorrow mark 3 years since this madhouse was set up. So, let's have some celebration!

Post by **Nuppiz** » 28 Mar 2012, 21:41

It's been so long already? Damn, time sure goes by quickly...

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 28 Mar 2012, 22:48

We need that recording from the podcasts, with Marilyn Monroe and Al Pease (think it's him anyway) forming the most unlikely of duos.

Lá breithlá shona duit anyway, ol' forum ol' pal!

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 28 Mar 2012, 22:53

3 years eh? Quite a lot has happened on here in that time!

QuickYoda41 · Post by **QuickYoda41** » 28 Mar 2012, 23:40

Yaaaay! Happy Forum-birthday everyone!

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 28 Mar 2012, 23:43

Jesus it doesn't seem like 3 years ago that I stumbled upon the day-old forum whilst seeing if there were any new driver/team profiles on the site! Crazy times! :shock:

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 29 Mar 2012, 01:18

Here's to three years of the best and most civilised F1 forum on the internet :mrgreen:

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 29 Mar 2012, 04:43

Wizzie wrote:Here's to three years of the best and most civilised F1 forum on the internet

It's civilized until Peter and Captain Hammer start their Senna/Petrov arguments again :lol:

That was a joke btw :roll:

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 29 Mar 2012, 09:13

AdrianSutil wrote:
Wizzie wrote:Here's to three years of the best and most civilised F1 forum on the internet

It's civilized until Peter and Captain Hammer start their Senna/Petrov arguments again

That was a joke btw

Sadly, they reduced their contributions to an all time minimum...

Anyway, happy birthday dear forum!

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 29 Mar 2012, 09:33

Wow, for me, it feels like this forum has been around for much longer than three years. Still, happy birthday! Let this forum continue to consume my time for many years to come!

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 29 Mar 2012, 09:58

tristan1117 wrote:Wow, for me, it feels like this forum has been around for much longer than three years. Still, happy birthday! Let this forum continue to consume my time for many years to come!

Still only feels like a year or two to me. Where does the time go? It flies by so fast nowadays...

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 29 Mar 2012, 10:07

dr-baker wrote:
tristan1117 wrote:Wow, for me, it feels like this forum has been around for much longer than three years. Still, happy birthday! Let this forum continue to consume my time for many years to come!

Still only feels like a year or two to me. Where does the time go? It flies by so fast nowadays...

Yeah, so true. It really feels like a year and a half... Wait... :lol:

Post by **tommykl** » 29 Mar 2012, 12:58

Joyeux anniversaire/gelukkige verjaardag/alles gute zum Geburtstag, F1 Rejects Forum!

Done in all three Belgian languages to avoid any trouble.

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 29 Mar 2012, 14:54

Happy Birthday F1Rejects Forum! ;-)

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 29 Mar 2012, 19:22

Let us take this opportunity to remember those we have lost along the way:

CarlosFerreira
thehemogoblin
Jeroen Krautmeir
Debaser

...and others.

ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-baa-baa

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 29 Mar 2012, 19:56

tommykl wrote:Joyeux anniversaire/gelukkige verjaardag/alles gute zum Geburtstag, F1 Rejects Forum!

Done in all three Belgian languages to avoid any trouble.

in fact, some parts of Belgium also speak Luxemburgian!

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 29 Mar 2012, 20:51

shinji wrote:Let us take this opportunity to remember those we have lost along the way:

CarlosFerreira
thehemogoblin
Jeroen Krautmeir
Debaser

...and others.

ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-baa-baa

When I read the first sentence I was thinking more of something like this...

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 29 Mar 2012, 21:38

Has it seriously been 3 years? Time really does fly.

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 29 Mar 2012, 22:05

For me it also feels like it's been longer. Maybe because I've been reading F1 Rejects for such a long time and always thought it could do with a board.

I'm very proud of being part of this fantastic, multinational community, a day rarely passes without me visiting these forums to check what's up. There's always a nice amount of activity, without it being impossible to follow (unless you wanna keep with every parallel championship, that is!). And it helps me to read and write in English nearly every day!

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 30 Mar 2012, 01:32

tommykl wrote:Joyeux anniversaire/gelukkige verjaardag/alles gute zum Geburtstag, F1 Rejects Forum!

Done in all three Belgian languages to avoid any trouble.

Which one is in Flemish? I used to work with a bloke a few years back who spoke it. Taught me a few words like 'Vassen Vassen' (sp?) which means 'hurry hurry' if I'm not mistaken.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 30 Mar 2012, 09:09

AdrianSutil wrote:
tommykl wrote:Joyeux anniversaire/gelukkige verjaardag/alles gute zum Geburtstag, F1 Rejects Forum!

Done in all three Belgian languages to avoid any trouble.

Which one is in Flemish? I used to work with a bloke a few years back who spoke it. Taught me a few words like 'Vassen Vassen' (sp?) which means 'hurry hurry' if I'm not mistaken.

Well... I know Joyeux anniversaire is definitely French (I studied the language for 16 years through school and university) and Alles gut zum Geburtstag definitely seems like German to me (studied it for three years at school at the end of the last century) so Gelukkige verjaardag must be Flemish (which I have never studied!).

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 30 Mar 2012, 10:46

dr-baker wrote:
AdrianSutil wrote:
tommykl wrote:Joyeux anniversaire/gelukkige verjaardag/alles gute zum Geburtstag, F1 Rejects Forum!

Done in all three Belgian languages to avoid any trouble.

Which one is in Flemish? I used to work with a bloke a few years back who spoke it. Taught me a few words like 'Vassen Vassen' (sp?) which means 'hurry hurry' if I'm not mistaken.

Well... I know Joyeux anniversaire is definitely French (I studied the language for 16 years through school and university) and Alles gut zum Geburtstag definitely seems like German to me (studied it for three years at school at the end of the last century) so Gelukkige verjaardag must be Flemish (which I have never studied!).

Indeed it must be Flemish, as the Dutch equivalent would be Gelukkig Verjaardag (I know, almost zero difference, but I guess that's rather the point).

Post by **tommykl** » 30 Mar 2012, 15:35

dr-baker wrote:
AdrianSutil wrote:
tommykl wrote:Joyeux anniversaire/gelukkige verjaardag/alles gute zum Geburtstag, F1 Rejects Forum!

Done in all three Belgian languages to avoid any trouble.

Which one is in Flemish? I used to work with a bloke a few years back who spoke it. Taught me a few words like 'Vassen Vassen' (sp?) which means 'hurry hurry' if I'm not mistaken.

Well... I know Joyeux anniversaire is definitely French (I studied the language for 16 years through school and university) and Alles gut zum Geburtstag definitely seems like German to me (studied it for three years at school at the end of the last century) so Gelukkige verjaardag must be Flemish (which I have never studied!).

Flemish and Dutch are practically the same. It's like British English and American English.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 30 Mar 2012, 17:02

tommykl wrote:Flemish and Dutch are practically the same. It's like British English and American English.

Practically the same? Try to understand the accents from the province of East-Flanders and West-Flanders and tell me that it even sounds slightly like Dutch :lol:

would sound something like 'hlukkihvjarhdhhe' instead of Gelukkige Verjaardag.

Post by **tommykl** » 30 Mar 2012, 17:11

This wrote:
tommykl wrote:Flemish and Dutch are practically the same. It's like British English and American English.

Practically the same? Try to understand the accents from the province of East-Flanders and West-Flanders and tell me that it even sounds slightly like Dutch
would sound something like 'hlukkihvjarhdhhe' instead of Gelukkige Verjaardag.

I understand, but it's different accents, not different languages

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 30 Mar 2012, 17:16

tommykl wrote:
This wrote:
tommykl wrote:Flemish and Dutch are practically the same. It's like British English and American English.

Practically the same? Try to understand the accents from the province of East-Flanders and West-Flanders and tell me that it even sounds slightly like Dutch
would sound something like 'hlukkihvjarhdhhe' instead of Gelukkige Verjaardag.

I understand, but it's different accents, not different languages

I just wanted to point out that there is no such thing as Flemish

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 30 Mar 2012, 17:41

shinji wrote:Let us take this opportunity to remember those we have lost along the way:

CarlosFerreira
thehemogoblin
Jeroen Krautmeir
Debaser

...and others.

ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-baa-baa

The old Coops account should be mentioned. And what is Hammer doing now, by the way? :lol:

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 30 Mar 2012, 22:00

FMecha wrote:
shinji wrote:Let us take this opportunity to remember those we have lost along the way:

CarlosFerreira
thehemogoblin
Jeroen Krautmeir
Debaser

...and others.

ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-baa-baa

The old Coops account should be mentioned. And what is Hammer doing now, by the way?

And so should watka.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 31 Mar 2012, 05:19

And DonTirri. Although most will remember him for his 'choice' comments..,

Post by **tommykl** » 31 Mar 2012, 13:10

RecjectSteve can also be added to that list.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 31 Mar 2012, 15:52

AdrianSutil wrote:And DonTirri. Although most will remember him for his 'choice' comments..,

DonTirri is still going, he just hasn't been too noticeable lately, but he is not lost.

Post by **tommykl** » 31 Mar 2012, 18:19

However, among the people we will not miss: McDuck, Snoozey2, Fitch...

Post by **Londoner** » 31 Mar 2012, 18:27

tommykl wrote:However, among the people we will not miss: McDuck, Snoozey2, Fitch...

Add to that list the second coming of Snoozey (PWNSNBM), Viresh and all the other spambots that managed to post stuff.

Who was Fitch, and what did he do to piss off the rest of the forumites?

Post by **tommykl** » 31 Mar 2012, 18:51

East Londoner wrote:
tommykl wrote:However, among the people we will not miss: McDuck, Snoozey2, Fitch...

Add to that list the second coming of Snoozey (PWNSNBM), Viresh and all the other spambots that managed to post stuff.

Who was Fitch, and what did he do to piss off the rest of the forumites?

Fitch, wasn't really annoying per se, but he kept pissing off the grammar nazis out there by using five periods as his only form of punctuation despite warnings.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 31 Mar 2012, 20:34

tommykl wrote:
East Londoner wrote:
tommykl wrote:However, among the people we will not miss: McDuck, Snoozey2, Fitch...

Add to that list the second coming of Snoozey (PWNSNBM), Viresh and all the other spambots that managed to post stuff.

Who was Fitch, and what did he do to piss off the rest of the forumites?

Fitch, wasn't really annoying per se, but he kept pissing off the grammar nazis out there by using five periods as his only form of punctuation despite warnings.

Don't say that...I write like this all the time...it's just nobody ever notices it somehow...

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 31 Mar 2012, 22:19

It's important in life that if you're annoying and you know it, always make sure there's someone more annoying than you hanging around. That rule has made me quite a lot of friends, despite the fact that they hate me with a passion, they always hate someone else more.

You know, just an advice...

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 31 Mar 2012, 22:21

This wrote:It's important in life that if you're annoying and you know it, always make sure there's someone more annoying than you hanging around. That rule has made me quite a lot of friends, despite the fact that they hate me with a passion, they always hate someone else more.

You know, just an advice...

In that case I probably live and die by that saying :lol:

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 01 Apr 2012, 13:36

Klon wrote:
AdrianSutil wrote:And DonTirri. Although most will remember him for his 'choice' comments..,

DonTirri is still going, he just hasn't been too noticeable lately, but he is not lost.

Oh. Well I haven't noticed him around as much. F1-gast made a breif return for a while but don't know where he is now.

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 01 Apr 2012, 13:48

kostas22 wrote:
tommykl wrote:Fitch, wasn't really annoying per se, but he kept pissing off the grammar nazis out there by using five periods as his only form of punctuation despite warnings.

Don't say that...I write like this all the time...it's just nobody ever notices it somehow...

Three dots is just fine, five is not. And if three dots in the middle of each Megadeth album title was good enough for Dave Mustaine when he wasn't a raving Republican Westboro Baptist Church too-close-to-NS-for-comfort lunatic, it's good enough for me.

Talking of those who have departed, did anyone ever work out what happened to Jeroen? The thought occurs he turns 14 this year, so maybe he discovered girls all of a sudden.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 01 Apr 2012, 14:19

AdrianSutil wrote:
Klon wrote:
AdrianSutil wrote:And DonTirri. Although most will remember him for his 'choice' comments..,

DonTirri is still going, he just hasn't been too noticeable lately, but he is not lost.

Oh. Well I haven't noticed him around as much. F1-gast made a breif return for a while but don't know where he is now.

Noord-Brabant. Quite literally. :lol: