what's does tenderfoot stand for?

[moved on agiles10]

I have just noticed that underneath my name i now have tenderfoot? what does that mean?
I have seen others with Nomad, Native and Forager underneath their names.

what do they all stand for?

or am i just being stupid

 

[Cobweb]

It just depends on how many posts you have

 

[moved on agiles10]

oh right ok

 

[xylaria]

If you pay for full membership you can change tenderfoot to Bushcraft God.

 

[Mesquite]

If you pay for full membership you can change tenderfoot to Bushcraft God.

Or Fluffy Bunny with Horns Xylaria

 

[Shewie]

Member = 1 post

a Tenderfoot @ 50 posts

a Forager @ 100 posts

a Nomad @ 250 posts

a Settler @ 500 posts

a Native @ 1000 + posts.

 

[xylaria]

Or Fluffy Bunny with Horns Xylaria

Fluffy bunny with antlers wouldn't fit in the box. :sulkoff:
It is quite hard to think of something amusing or apt. If you can think of something funnier I'll use it.

 

[gzornenplat]

Member = 1 post

a Tenderfoot @ 50 posts

a Forager @ 100 posts

a Nomad @ 250 posts

a Settler @ 500 posts

a Native @ 1000 + posts.

So an experienced bushcrafter who has walked across Africa or survived a plane crash in the Andes and got back to civilisation on foot, but hasn't been to this particular internet forum before is a Tenderfoot, and an armchair survival expert who sits in front of the TV with a laptop, never walked farther than the local pub, and writes loads of misleading, inaccurate rubbish could be a Native.

Ian

[puts down laptop, picks up jacket, heads for The Royal Oak ... don't think I'm joking ]

 

[novembeRain]

Fluffy bunny with antlers wouldn't fit in the box.

Wrong - obviously

 

[xylaria]

I have lost my troll, he fell out of pocket on the way home the pub last night. Has anyone seen my troll?

 

[Jedadiah]

So an experienced bushcrafter who has walked across Africa or survived a plane crash in the Andes and got back to civilisation on foot, but hasn't been to this particular internet forum before is a Tenderfoot

You know anyone who's done that then? Met them in the Royal Oak?

 

[xylaria]

I think lost my troll in the car park of the royal oak, He was going on about having to eat people when his plane downed in the andes.

 

[Barn Owl]

So an experienced bushcrafter who has walked across Africa or survived a plane crash in the Andes and got back to civilisation on foot, but hasn't been to this particular internet forum before is a Tenderfoot, and an armchair survival expert who sits in front of the TV with a laptop, never walked farther than the local pub, and writes loads of misleading, inaccurate rubbish could be a Native.

Ian

[puts down laptop, picks up jacket, heads for The Royal Oak ... don't think I'm joking ]

Yep,

'Cos they contribute to the forums

and if it's rubbish or inaccurate writings they do,then the rest of us educate...simple

 

[Ogri the trog]

So an experienced bushcrafter who has walked across Africa or survived a plane crash in the Andes and got back to civilisation on foot, but hasn't been to this particular internet forum before is a Tenderfoot, and an armchair survival expert who sits in front of the TV with a laptop, never walked farther than the local pub, and writes loads of misleading, inaccurate rubbish could be a Native.

Ian

[puts down laptop, picks up jacket, heads for The Royal Oak ... don't think I'm joking ]

I think you might be taking a small thing a little too seriously Gzornenplat.
It is just a means of accounting for the number of posts made by a member, nothing more, nothing less.
We have many members who don't post much, but leave us all in awe of their abilities. I often consider myself as a tenderfoot when I'm out in the wilds, yet with calm thought and consideration (perhaps some research on here) might see me attempting a new skill or overcoming a particual problem.

Lets just leave things at that, I'd hate to think that we'd have to moderate this informative thread.

Perhaps you could post up a greeting and an introduction in the Introductions And Welcome section.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[gzornenplat]

Ogri...

If I said something which means that you took me seriously then please accept my apologies. I didn't mean to upset anyone.

Ian

 

[Nightwalker]

oooo, looks like I might soon be a Native! and my stay has certainly been an educating experience so far!

 

[Minotaur]

Know it is used in Scouting, but what does it mean?

Wiki just says it is slang.

 

[gzornenplat]

Know it is used in Scouting, but what does it mean?

Wiki just says it is slang.

Just that you haven't walked around enough for your feet to have toughened up - you're still a child and can't hack it yet or you are just inexperienced.

 

[Husky]

Fluffy bunny with antlers wouldn't fit in the box. :sulkoff:
It is quite hard to think of something amusing or apt. If you can think of something funnier I'll use it.

Around here they are called "buckrabbits".

 

[al21]

I was under the impression that the expression 'tenderfoot' came from outdoors men who adopted the moccasins of the native americans as footware. Those new to this would get very tender feet until they had worn them for a while and their feet had toughened up. Hence the name for newbies, greenhorns or whatever other name you might choose for someone new to something.

That said, I've just had a quick google to find a link and the first thing I found suggested the expression came from the gold rush era where people new to wearing cowboy boots suffered from similarly sore feet.