Ian.

Do you have framed photo's of yourself (only yourself) on display in your home?

I think there must be virtually a picture for everything that Ian does. Fancy have a shot of urself sitting in front of the idiot box holding the remote. <deleted>?

Thank christ Ian hasnt released the 'black label xxx' edition to us yet.

Actually, I do it on purpose to make fun of myself instead of others. It's easy to make fun of others watching the boob tube, but thats a bit hypocritical when we do it ourselves.

Yah, and somewhere I've got some XXX pictures a couple of gals took of us. I just don't post it or show it. When you are a photographer there really isn't anything you won't take a picture of. I wrote for magazines for over 50 years and they always needed photos or illustrations to back up the stories. And, speaking of backing up stuff, I have over 20,000 slide photos I'm slowly backing up into digital. It's a long, slow process to do it properly.

There is just a tiny portion of my photos in this gallery... FishBC Subscriber Gallery :: Ian Forbes

Ian.

Do you have framed photo's of yourself (only yourself) on display in your home?

Actually, no. My walls are only covered with paintings. the only framed pictures I have are of my parents, my children and grand kids. Even my photo albums are mostly of other people, unless I'm in the picture with them. Most of my pictures are to illustrate a place or what we are doing. Or, the type of fish we catch.

But, I do pose in front of a camera occasionally to make funny pictures of myself with Photoshop. I don't like making fun of other people. I've posted many of them on thaivisa and other forums for a laugh..

I only sailed for a few years, raced off shore at the RSAYS on Ryan's fathers boat.

I was never over keen, preferred fishing, than I got married, took a 7 day a week job and that was that.

Most good sailors start in dinghies, a lot of ocean and off shore racing is just brute strength and hard work, something I used to know a bit about but have since eschewed.

My father was a sailboat racer (Star class) and went to a few world class events. He won a few events but never had the money to do it big time. I never caught the bug and preferred fishing instead. I did a little racing in the 2 Sabots we built, but that was about all. I actually thought father enjoyed sailing, but he enjoyed the competition more. Once he could no longer win he quit sailing. I just did it for enjoyment. My brother sailed for a while as well, and for a time owned a 26 foot off-shore ketch he built himself. But, he sold it when his marriage broke up, and never went back to it.

Of course, a man has to have "Man's stuff", like big trucks and sports cars

Owning a racing yacht is obviously a rich guy's sport but "crewing" is all about talent. My nephew never wanted to do anything else, he did a sail making apprenticeship and worked his way into racing from there.

The Volvo round the World race was a two year contract, based in the Canary Islands training for the race and tuning the boat. Christmas with family is never on his calendar, the Sydney Hobart starts the next day and he's always getting ready for that.

But which one is he? I am all for men finding their female side.

The smallest one...... this one.

Owning a racing yacht is obviously a rich guy's sport but "crewing" is all about talent. My nephew never wanted to do anything else, he did a sail making apprenticeship and worked his way into racing from there.

The Volvo round the World race was a two year contract, based in the Canary Islands training for the race and tuning the boat. Christmas with family is never on his calendar, the Sydney Hobart starts the next day and he's always getting ready for that.

I use to do a bit when I was younger but havent for a few years. I would love to get a run on a Sydney to Hobart or something like that, but have absolutely no chance of getting sailing hours up here in LOS. I'd even swim behind the yacht if they let me.

Im not sure I have the coin to fork out for one of these racing yachts tho. Maybe thai visa forum could buy one and I could be its skipper .....GEORGE?

.....GEORGE?

Yep...... I'm fairly certain that if ThaiVisa bought a yacht, George would be the captain

Owning a racing yacht is obviously a rich guy's sport but "crewing" is all about talent. My nephew never wanted to do anything else, he did a sail making apprenticeship and worked his way into racing from there.

The Volvo round the World race was a two year contract, based in the Canary Islands training for the race and tuning the boat. Christmas with family is never on his calendar, the Sydney Hobart starts the next day and he's always getting ready for that.

I use to do a bit when I was younger but havent for a few years. I would love to get a run on a Sydney to Hobart or something like that, but have absolutely no chance of getting sailing hours up here in LOS. I'd even swim behind the yacht if they let me.

Im not sure I have the coin to fork out for one of these racing yachts tho. Maybe thai visa forum could buy one and I could be its skipper .....GEORGE?

My first ex was from Tassy, and her brother was into off-shore sailing. We were done there for the Sydney to Hobart race in 1969. At the end of the race there was a pretty good party in Hobart that night. The yachtsmen know how to have a good time and I remember how hard it was to get close to the table with all the lobster. Aussies don't believe in lining up and taking their turn. Most of the guys just elbowed the women out of the way. Somewhere I've got a bunch of photos, but the following day in the "friendly" race around the harbour I drowned my camera.

I was in Hobart when the Americans came 1 and 2 in 1977. Kialoa II and Condor of Bermuda I think.

Kialoa took the handicap honours as well, unusually for a maxi.

.....GEORGE?

Yep...... I'm fairly certain that if ThaiVisa bought a yacht, George would be the captain

Actually, you might also find that if George has no sailing experience he might want to let someone else be skipper of his mulit million dollar vessel.

.....GEORGE?

Yep...... I'm fairly certain that if ThaiVisa bought a yacht, George would be the captain

Actually, you might also find that if George has no sailing experience he might want to let someone else be skipper of his mulit million dollar vessel.

The position requires guts, strength, brains and sea-going experience. I'll arm wrestle you and have a game of chess for the job. The guts and experience we can sort out later.

Racing yachts are too much like work. Give me a nice ocean going ketch any day, and crew it with a few young beauties who like to sunbathe topless.

Racing yachts are too much like work. Give me a nice ocean going ketch any day, and crew it with a few young beauties who like to sunbathe topless.

You have a point there.

.....GEORGE?

Yep...... I'm fairly certain that if ThaiVisa bought a yacht, George would be the captain

Actually, you might also find that if George has no sailing experience he might want to let someone else be skipper of his mulit million dollar vessel.

The position requires guts, strength, brains and sea-going experience. I'll arm wrestle you and have a game of chess for the job. The guts and experience we can sort out later.

I'd say you have this one WON on just the size of you're guts alone . Maybe I can be your 'first mate'. im gonna kill that fekking captain.

But which one is he? I am all for men finding their female side.

The smallest one...... this one.

What a wee cutie!!!

But which one is he? I am all for men finding their female side.

The smallest one...... this one.

What a wee cutie!!!

Cheers Sweetie ....... I'm also available for Panto

It's the lack of pants there that's got me worried...

It's the lack of pants there that's got me worried...

Lack of pants has never bothered me around women... either their pants or mine... but, in this case... :D

eeewwww ian, please keep you're pants on in this thread, actually please keep them on in all the threads. The thought of you sitting there without pants.

eeewwww ian, please keep you're pants on in this thread, actually please keep them on in all the threads. The thought of you sitting there without pants.

so who does go commando in bedlam then?

^Well this is the Secret Men Business forum, so it seem like the appropriate place to fess up, thanks for the confession tigerfish, you freak

ps: please dont ask me how I deemed that to be a confession.

My former neighbour lives on Bedlam Lane back in Yorkshire. She would feel right at home. From one madhouse to another and plenty of nuts to fill them both.

eeewwww ian, please keep you're pants on in this thread, actually please keep them on in all the threads. The thought of you sitting there without pants.

so who does go commando in bedlam then?

I do. I learned that trick from a Vietnam jungle fighter vet. Much more comfy and no hot crotch, but I've heard I'm breaking the law in Thailand. Years ago when I got badly burnt I had to spend 2 months naked in a hospital bed. You kind of lose all sense of modesty after that.

I generally post better in the buff. It's a fresh air fresh thinking thing...........

I generally post better in the buff. It's a fresh air fresh thinking thing...........

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............ and ya phartz are more enjoable.

Gif needs clicking on....... grrrrrrrrrrr

question.

helen mirren or monica belluci?

eeewwww ian, please keep you're pants on in this thread, actually please keep them on in all the threads. The thought of you sitting there without pants.

so who does go commando in bedlam then?

I do. I learned that trick from a Vietnam jungle fighter vet. Much more comfy and no hot crotch, but I've heard I'm breaking the law in Thailand. Years ago when I got badly burnt I had to spend 2 months naked in a hospital bed. You kind of lose all sense of modesty after that.

it would of been very truamatic for the hospital staff as well Ian.

I broke my leg and had to have it pinned back in the 90s. I was in a public hospital and the aircon broke down in the middle of the Australian summer. I too forsook modesty apart from a sheet and stayed au natural, not amusing my mother when she visited.

(Can't think why, she'd seen it all before).

I broke my leg and had to have it pinned back in the 90s. I was in a public hospital and the aircon broke down in the middle of the Australian summer. I too forsook modesty apart from a sheet and stayed au natural, not amusing my mother when she visited.

(Can't think why, she'd seen it all before).

But probably not the mouse tattoo that turns into a rat when..........................