I hate Vets!

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Dee
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I hate Vets!

Post by Dee » Fri Sep 01, 2017 1:19 pm

Well I don't, not really, they're all lovely people and we couldn't manage without them, but ......

Div 2/3 Vets are in the year book as div 2/3s; they race as div 2/3s; their bibs are numerically ordered across all div 2/3s; and then just to confuse us mere mortals they quietly and invisibly divide themselves into two separate divisions of 2 and 3 solely for the purpose of deciding who can get points at which races!

I mean .... what is the point (pun intended)? It's just bonkers; have you all gone senile? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:



Oh, and by the way, as punishment for being so determined to confuse me, I've tweeked your online entry mechanism again so you now have to select whether you are entering as a Vet 2 or a Vet 3 and thus declare the information that you are trying so hard to hide :twisted: :twisted:
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JoS
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Re: I hate Vets!

Post by JoS » Fri Sep 01, 2017 3:48 pm

My cat says she hates vets too.

Dee
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Re: I hate Vets!

Post by Dee » Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:41 pm

:lol: :lol:
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Steve Agar
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Re: I hate Vets!

Post by Steve Agar » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:55 am

...and you reckon us Vets are capable of using online entries anyway :)

Dee
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Re: I hate Vets!

Post by Dee » Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:15 am

I don't think, I know; big brother (or in this case sister) is watching you :wink:
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Jerry Tracey
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Re: I hate Vets!

Post by Jerry Tracey » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:29 am

At least we're getting noticed and it's good to see the category expanding again.............

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Re: I hate Vets!

Post by JimW » Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:12 pm

I know someone who is studying to be a vet, will she have to go straight from U23 to vet when she graduates? :)

Dee
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Re: I hate Vets!

Post by Dee » Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:16 pm

Given the complexity and buried detail in the rule book, this is entirely possible :lol: :lol:
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Mike Mitchell
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Re: I hate Vets!

Post by Mike Mitchell » Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:14 pm

I hate Vets, can I enter Div 1 as a J14. :lol: :lol:

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Re: I hate Vets!

Post by Dee » Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:25 am

Only if you have previously been ranked in div 2, your birthday is on 29 February and you have an r in your name
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Re: I hate Vets!

Post by JimW » Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:57 pm

How do you feel about all the Seniors and Masters who get classified as Vets for championships? :twisted:

Dee
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Re: I hate Vets!

Post by Dee » Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:46 pm

I'm not doing anything special for championships yet, so haven't hit the issue! I only hit the "two ranking divisions" issue with vets because of trying to provide the right information to feed into Simply Slalom from canoeslalomentries.

Having said that - the whole thing does seem a little convoluted and needs simplification - I see that Nick has started a suitable thread.
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djberriman
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Re: I hate Vets!

Post by djberriman » Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:26 pm

Vets and C2's complicate things at least C1W have got their act together!

:)

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