View Poll Results: Do you speak Afrikaans?
I am a professional aviator and I speak Afrikaans
128
56.89%
I am NOT a professional aviator and I speak Afrikaans
14
6.22%
I am NOT a professional aviator and I do NOT speak Afrikaans
15
6.67%
I am a professional aviator and I do NOT speak Afrikaans
63
28.00%
I don't care one way or another about professional aviation or Afrikaans
5
2.22%
Voters: 225. This poll is closed
Afrikaans Professional Pilot
Gatvol
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I was wondering how long you guys would go before the Pprune owners caught the threads. Same all over and a long thread in the caribbean and latin America forum.
As has been said take a deep breath, relax and get some Tassies for Guns.
Look, I hate some of the rules also and have been bounced a couple times for my lack of compassion for some who stepped on things I live for.
Bottom line is it aint my website and if I dont like the rules I have to go away.
So be creative, it gives 4hp something to do, besides if guns leaves who will cut and paste........
Gatvol <<<< before you edit that, its my Nevada license plate.
As has been said take a deep breath, relax and get some Tassies for Guns.
Look, I hate some of the rules also and have been bounced a couple times for my lack of compassion for some who stepped on things I live for.
Bottom line is it aint my website and if I dont like the rules I have to go away.
So be creative, it gives 4hp something to do, besides if guns leaves who will cut and paste........
Gatvol <<<< before you edit that, its my Nevada license plate.
Is this the forum for "jokes" now? Seems the Campfire went out...thus no other place to tell humourous stories of Africa flying.
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The (camp)fire is no more. Time to move camp. Spot you oaks on the flipside.
Van 'n pi
ed off koekie!
Guns, Bakela sê hy sal jou 'n mail drop. Hy wil nie eers lees wat hier aangaan nie.
Claw, read you a lot..."Would do, but where have they gone"...to another fire that has some character maybe?
Anyway, did not post a lot but read and was read to a lot. Cheers from Sharalumi...may peaceful waters flow...bungieeeeeeee!!!!!...
Van 'n pi
ed off koekie! Guns, Bakela sê hy sal jou 'n mail drop. Hy wil nie eers lees wat hier aangaan nie.
Claw, read you a lot..."Would do, but where have they gone"...to another fire that has some character maybe?
Anyway, did not post a lot but read and was read to a lot. Cheers from Sharalumi...may peaceful waters flow...bungieeeeeeee!!!!!...
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SHAME!!
And here I was just rubbing my hands together, preparing to indulge in some good banter in the old mother tongue and now it is gone.
So! I also leave you with the following parting procedure which for those who do not understand the Afrikaans language is a direct translation:
"With my fore pull leave I a great stink hope and scream ANTELOPE SEW as I hole clean make so that the k@k so white stand"
Spot you all manne!
And here I was just rubbing my hands together, preparing to indulge in some good banter in the old mother tongue and now it is gone.
So! I also leave you with the following parting procedure which for those who do not understand the Afrikaans language is a direct translation:
"With my fore pull leave I a great stink hope and scream ANTELOPE SEW as I hole clean make so that the k@k so white stand"
Spot you all manne!
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From Jetblast, the forum "where everything goes". It also says "Stay out if you are faint hearted". Well, apparently it did not "GO" in this case! I am so wound up after reading the "Could one ban a language?" (now closed...shame 
) thread that I decided I have to break my silence and beg for a ban from PPrune!!! PLEEEEAAASSSE?!!!!!
MysticFlyer
the answer is NO, and it's been explained to you in plain English why.
If you are not happy with this decision, you are welcome to start your own website and make your own rules. With this, please stop posting whining posts on every available Forum on PPRuNE on how bad are the Mods on this site. Grow up and live with it.
Thank you
Well, well, well, either the owners and the mods are sh!tscared of something or they are being blatently racist and non PC. Whiping The Campfire, closing threads, not the way to make money is it...like we were told on The Campfire. Maybe that's why Towers closed The Campfire...were they "faint hearted" or "faint minded"? Were they embarrased by their own post(s)...missed the last bit and did not have the non-Afrikaans password (met koekies nogal!) as required by The Campfire! I think they are stupid with this stance.
MF, tien uit tien vir "posts on every available Forum on PPRuNE" en as ek nie uitgeskop word nie mag ek dalk ook daai metode volg tot ek moer toe is!
Moenie die Leeu se bal krap nie, hy gaan spyker net op 'n ander plek!
Translated specially for the English Only mods and owners : Don't scratch the balls of a Lion, it will only go fk elsewhere, and kill the pups!
It also says "Stay out if you are faint hearted". Well, apparently it did not "GO" in this case! I am so wound up after reading the "Could one ban a language?" (now closed...shame ) thread that I decided I have to break my silence and beg for a ban from PPrune!!! PLEEEEAAASSSE?!!!!!MysticFlyer
the answer is NO, and it's been explained to you in plain English why.
If you are not happy with this decision, you are welcome to start your own website and make your own rules. With this, please stop posting whining posts on every available Forum on PPRuNE on how bad are the Mods on this site. Grow up and live with it.
Thank you
Well, well, well, either the owners and the mods are sh!tscared of something or they are being blatently racist and non PC. Whiping The Campfire, closing threads, not the way to make money is it...like we were told on The Campfire. Maybe that's why Towers closed The Campfire...were they "faint hearted" or "faint minded"? Were they embarrased by their own post(s)...missed the last bit and did not have the non-Afrikaans password (met koekies nogal!) as required by The Campfire! I think they are
stupid with this stance.MF, tien uit tien vir "posts on every available Forum on PPRuNE" en as ek nie uitgeskop word nie mag ek dalk ook daai metode volg tot ek moer toe is!
Moenie die Leeu se bal krap nie, hy gaan spyker net op 'n ander plek!
Translated specially for the English Only mods and owners : Don't scratch the balls of a Lion, it will only go f
k elsewhere, and kill the pups!
GunsssR4ever
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I pressume this will also be deleted.
So those that see my last post.
I am busy creating a new home.
It will be free !
It will contain ANY language.
It will be friendly.
It will be out of my own pocket.
I can not drop freinds like this ...
Jsut give me time to do the final settings ... the trimmings will come tomorrow ... my engineer in Finland is offline and out for a beer ...
So those that see my last post.
I am busy creating a new home.
It will be free !
It will contain ANY language.
It will be friendly.
It will be out of my own pocket.
I can not drop freinds like this ...
Jsut give me time to do the final settings ... the trimmings will come tomorrow ... my engineer in Finland is offline and out for a beer ...
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OK, so some of you want to throw your toys out of the pram. Go ahead.
As for the rest of you, if you are not happy with the decision I have made about what I do and do not allow on PPRuNe then feel free to find another website that will accommodate you.
PPRuNe is PRIMARILY a professional pilots website. I have nurtured it and watched it grow over ten years and not charged anyone a penny to access or use the site. As it has grown the demands on processing power have increased exponentially and I have to watch the costs very closely now as it all has to be funded somehow. In my case, I charge for advertising and if anyone wants to help out with a personal title then thanks. However, a single, plain word personal title will cover exactly 0.1% of the monthly running cost of this privately owned website. Thank you to those of you who have helped in a small way but it is not going to keep PPRuNe afloat.
The problem I have with the Campfire forum is that it is, apparently, just a version of Jet Blast in Afrikaans. Now, whilst I appreciate the offer from some of you to moderate the forum as you are fluent in Afrikaans, the point is that this is primarily an ENGLISH language website. The Jet Blast forum is the ONLY place where I will allow banter that is not directly related to anything that isn't connected to Professional Aviation. Even in JB, ENGLISH is the only language I will allow.
Now I hear some of you yelling "what about the other foreign language forums?". THose forums were set up as a trial to see if they could be supported and the condition was that they were used SOLELY for discussion of PROFESSIONAL AVIATION topics and as far as I am aware, they have not strayed from their remit. Those forums also cater for a few of the other majority languages in use. If I EVER get a complaint about the content of any of those forums and because I can't understand those languages then they will go too.
For a forum to be productive then it needs a minimum number of readers and the typical ratio of readers to posters is 1:20. Even for a private airline forum to work I make sure that there are a minimum of 100 users/readers which only gives about 5 posters. For a non-private free forum I would expect at least 5 times as many readers. Now, if I thought there were 500 regular readers of the Campfire forum who were conversant in Afrikaans then I might consider a specialist forum for PROFESSIONAL AVIATION discussion in Afrikaans. Judging by the numbers I see that have been involved in that forum over the last few months, I doubt you'd have anything near the numbers required. However, I will set up a simple poll in this forum over the next 10 days and the number of Afrikaans speakers who want a dedicated forum devoted to discussion of Professional Aviation issues can make their mark. I will monitor the number of people who bother to register so that they can vote and I will be able to see if someone is deliberately registering from the same location to try and falsely boost the figures.
If I think there is a need for a dedicated Afrikaans forum for professional pilots then I'll consider setting one up. If there isn't, I suggest those of you who are not happy with the situation go and PM each other and set up your own website or just swap MSN or Skype names and for your own group.
P!ssing of me or any of my moderators is not going to do anyone any favours and I suggest that those of you who may wish to reconsider your statements on this thread make use of the Edit and delete features.
So, a reminder... PPRuNe was originally set up to cater for the needs of AIRLINE PILOTS. As it grew and demand increased I included various ancillary professions that were associated with our jobs as airline pilots and it encompassed all legitimate professional pilot and associated trades and professions and jobs. I also catered for the enthusiasts and the passengers and I even included the Jet Blast forum where users could hopefully relax and banter. What I never agreed to was providing some kind of safe haven for refugees and strays who, whilst maybe connected to aviation in some way or another, only wanted the comfort of having a moderated forum for their own small group. It isn't going to happen unless the numbers are there and it is cost effective for PPRuNe as a whole.
PS. And why on earth should anyone think that I'm going to allow anyone to use my website to advertise their own website for free? I have sweated and toiled to get this website to where it is today and anyone... and I really mean anyone, tries to use this forums or any other forum on PPRuNe to advertise their own website without my permission or helping to cover some of the costs of running this website will find it a very cold palce out there if I have to ban them from here.
As for the rest of you, if you are not happy with the decision I have made about what I do and do not allow on PPRuNe then feel free to find another website that will accommodate you.
PPRuNe is PRIMARILY a professional pilots website. I have nurtured it and watched it grow over ten years and not charged anyone a penny to access or use the site. As it has grown the demands on processing power have increased exponentially and I have to watch the costs very closely now as it all has to be funded somehow. In my case, I charge for advertising and if anyone wants to help out with a personal title then thanks. However, a single, plain word personal title will cover exactly 0.1% of the monthly running cost of this privately owned website. Thank you to those of you who have helped in a small way but it is not going to keep PPRuNe afloat.
The problem I have with the Campfire forum is that it is, apparently, just a version of Jet Blast in Afrikaans. Now, whilst I appreciate the offer from some of you to moderate the forum as you are fluent in Afrikaans, the point is that this is primarily an ENGLISH language website. The Jet Blast forum is the ONLY place where I will allow banter that is not directly related to anything that isn't connected to Professional Aviation. Even in JB, ENGLISH is the only language I will allow.
Now I hear some of you yelling "what about the other foreign language forums?". THose forums were set up as a trial to see if they could be supported and the condition was that they were used SOLELY for discussion of PROFESSIONAL AVIATION topics and as far as I am aware, they have not strayed from their remit. Those forums also cater for a few of the other majority languages in use. If I EVER get a complaint about the content of any of those forums and because I can't understand those languages then they will go too.
For a forum to be productive then it needs a minimum number of readers and the typical ratio of readers to posters is 1:20. Even for a private airline forum to work I make sure that there are a minimum of 100 users/readers which only gives about 5 posters. For a non-private free forum I would expect at least 5 times as many readers. Now, if I thought there were 500 regular readers of the Campfire forum who were conversant in Afrikaans then I might consider a specialist forum for PROFESSIONAL AVIATION discussion in Afrikaans. Judging by the numbers I see that have been involved in that forum over the last few months, I doubt you'd have anything near the numbers required. However, I will set up a simple poll in this forum over the next 10 days and the number of Afrikaans speakers who want a dedicated forum devoted to discussion of Professional Aviation issues can make their mark. I will monitor the number of people who bother to register so that they can vote and I will be able to see if someone is deliberately registering from the same location to try and falsely boost the figures.
If I think there is a need for a dedicated Afrikaans forum for professional pilots then I'll consider setting one up. If there isn't, I suggest those of you who are not happy with the situation go and PM each other and set up your own website or just swap MSN or Skype names and for your own group.
P!ssing of me or any of my moderators is not going to do anyone any favours and I suggest that those of you who may wish to reconsider your statements on this thread make use of the Edit and delete features.
So, a reminder... PPRuNe was originally set up to cater for the needs of AIRLINE PILOTS. As it grew and demand increased I included various ancillary professions that were associated with our jobs as airline pilots and it encompassed all legitimate professional pilot and associated trades and professions and jobs. I also catered for the enthusiasts and the passengers and I even included the Jet Blast forum where users could hopefully relax and banter. What I never agreed to was providing some kind of safe haven for refugees and strays who, whilst maybe connected to aviation in some way or another, only wanted the comfort of having a moderated forum for their own small group. It isn't going to happen unless the numbers are there and it is cost effective for PPRuNe as a whole.
PS. And why on earth should anyone think that I'm going to allow anyone to use my website to advertise their own website for free? I have sweated and toiled to get this website to where it is today and anyone... and I really mean anyone, tries to use this forums or any other forum on PPRuNe to advertise their own website without my permission or helping to cover some of the costs of running this website will find it a very cold palce out there if I have to ban them from here.
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Danny although I don't agree with the closing of campfire and banning afrikaans, I thank you for the chance to prove how many afrikaans readers there are.
Come on guys we've been complaining and now we've got the opportunity to prove that we deserve our own forum.
I for one will be registering
Come on guys we've been complaining and now we've got the opportunity to prove that we deserve our own forum.
I for one will be registering
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Quoted from Danny's post "...refugees and strays..." . Now if that's not insulting nothing is! Viva Afrikaans and South Africa. Name already on MIA list, probably confirmed now. BTW, mail me on [email protected] to get the gaff.
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Oh come ON, Shar-
Danny did say:
just a few moments ago...
Give the man a chance, willya?
Danny did say:
...However, I will set up a simple poll in this forum over the next 10 days...
Give the man a chance, willya?
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