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Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-10, 7:16 am

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Something that might be worth thinking about.........what to say when the girl asks "what position do you want?"


Thanks for the info there, was pretty helpful! Since i have abit of a big belly it will be a little weird doing some things i guess :P But hey what the hell XD

I have always wanted to lose my virginity in the cowgirl position so that will be the first thing i do. The reason is because i will feel like im being "used" and that the girl is instigating etc and me being submissive or her being the one taking charge is something very hot for me.

Missionary isnt something i am burning for but i will try it out, but as u say since u need t osometimes lean into her it will be abit annoying for me. However i do like it when she is at the edge of a table or the bed and leaning upwards towards me while i go at it, i guess that is missionary in a way but atleast she wont be on her back.

As for the spooning position i don think that will be the best cause of my size.

Doggy on the other hand is something i would love doing since i think it is one of the hottest positions.

Ofc all info or experience i have in this is from porn and the position of what i actually like. I do like it when the girl is upstraight when doing doggy rather than on her belly.

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Well, you could start another thread (in the same Amsterdam section) explaining that you've made your decision on your actual "first time", you've done some research and got a shortlist of RLD girls, and now you just want some personal suggestions for good €50 fucks or opinions on your long-list.


That seems to be a great idéa, will start on it quite soon.

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I've lost track of most of what's happening in this thread, but reading some of Alderbran's last post I do remember, from the quoted shortlist, Hayley in the Singel. She is great, would definitely provide you a more girlfriend like experience, plus loads of conversation as English is perfect. Don't know whether it's your thing, but she likes fantasy novels.
she was often sat in a chair in the window reading a book when I saw her.


She might actually make the top of my interest since i love fantasy and that would be a great way to connect with the girl. Will go see her reports, but if you could send me a link so i dont take the wrong one then that would be helpful. She might make the top of my shortlist actually based on that and if the reports seem to be nice.

I just wish there were more reports on the girls in park118 tbh :(.
Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-10, 8:07 am

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Re:Hayley, I don't know if she's still working: probably the hookers site is best to see how current reviews are but I wouldn't be put off by long periods with no reviews as that tends to happen.

from a regular's report; walk From Lijnbaanssteeg and hers is the first room on the left that is below street level.

you'll see it at 1 minutes 43 on the George map of the street.

this all fits with my memory, but I think her being sat in a chair, reading a book is the definitive ID ;)




https://youtu.be/ITflKbobjLo

and for making connection on fanasy novels, read this guy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Erikson


@Alderbran, thanks for the up to date summary ;)
Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-10, 2:38 pm

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I have always wanted to lose my virginity in the cowgirl position so that will be the first thing i do.


That sounds good, just let her climb aboard and watch your dick disappear into her hole. I love that moment when the girl is pressing it against her pussyhole and then it suddenly goes in ;)

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However i do like it when she is at the edge of a table or the bed and leaning upwards towards me while i go at it, i guess that is missionary in a way but atleast she wont be on her back.


That's true, if you have a bed e.t.c of the right height you can do variations of the basic positions. I remember a long time ago when I was very shy and inexperienced (this was in the UK not Amsterdam), I had a nice session where a really sweet blonde girl was sitting on the edge of the bed, with her legs open facing me, and I was stood up fucking her, I think that sounds like what you are talking about, it was nice and comfortable. Unfortunately I switched to doggy and lost my erection, it would have been really nice to cum inside her (sobs) :(

I would have been a similar age to you, and I do remember some of the girls being really sweet to me, like they knew I was shy and wanted me to relax and enjoy it.

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Will go see her reports, but if you could send me a link so i dont take the wrong one then that would be helpful.


Must be this thread, I don't have any personal knowledge of her but this is a fairly comprehensive dossier (!) - Singelgebied, Oude Nieuwstraat 24D, Haley (days)

Just bear in mind that this is in "The Singel" which is a separate little red light area from the main one (it's not far from where you'll be staying, an easy walk). Look up Oude Nieuwstraat on google maps, it's not far from Spuistraat where grimnul has recommended Desi / Desy at Spuistraat 24 in the other thread.

If you're looking for these girls, I might have already mentioned it but ask "Hi, what's your name" not "Hi, are you Hayley?" as some girls can be a bit desperate for custom and will say yes whoever they are! You might not feel too comfortable with negotiating at the door, and it shouldn't be too important with these recommended girls (except for specific things you might want above a standard s&f), so just ask something minimal like "Is it €50, suck and fuck, naked?" or maybe just "What do you do for €50?" or just go in blind with a feeble "Er....is it €50?" like I sometimes do and put yourself in her hands!

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Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-11, 2:58 am

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Just found another problem during my trip...
Last day will be on 17th since my flight will depart at around 20.15. My problem is that most will tell me to check out at 11 AM so i will be without a place to stay at during that time and i'm not really in the mood of roaming around doing nothing during that time. I was thinking of booking a hotel in the airport to stay for the last day but noticed that problem. That will be abit problematic cause i will be in the airport for that time. My other option would be staying in the city in a hostel for the last 2 days (cancelling 1 day in durty nelly cause most doesnt allow me to stay just 1 night during weekends... damn weekends are expensive here XD)

I wanted to leave in the 15th but the flight i booked for 17th was 13 euro while the one on 15th was 30euro. So i had to take this one instead.

What do you guys think? I need help asap.
Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-11, 3:13 am

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Chech out and drop your bag somewhere. Some hotels will hold your bags for you after you check out. If not, I believe there are places around that offer that services. Go grab a meal, wander for a bit, maybe visit a girl if you have money left, then retrieve your bags and head up to the airport.

Absolute worst case scenario, Schipol is a pretty good airport. Quite a lot to do there. If you're forced to have to kill a few hours there, you could be stuck in worse places. I've had to do that a couple times. It's not super exciting, but there are some decent places to grab a drink or two and some alright shopping. Could just sit in one of the lounges and kill time on the Internet.
Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-11, 4:43 am

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grimnul wrote:
Chech out and drop your bag somewhere. Some hotels will hold your bags for you after you check out. If not, I believe there are places around that offer that services. Go grab a meal, wander for a bit, maybe visit a girl if you have money left, then retrieve your bags and head up to the airport.

Absolute worst case scenario, Schipol is a pretty good airport. Quite a lot to do there. If you're forced to have to kill a few hours there, you could be stuck in worse places. I've had to do that a couple times. It's not super exciting, but there are some decent places to grab a drink or two and some alright shopping. Could just sit in one of the lounges and kill time on the Internet.



I was planning on paying the 7euro per day for the luggage locker to keep my mind off of having to focus on my luggage, so i guess that isnt a big problem.

I'm considering getting a hotel instead of hostel for 2 days since its almost the same price and that whey i can relax in a private room.
Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-11, 11:57 am

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Matri13 wrote:
grimnul wrote:
Chech out and drop your bag somewhere. Some hotels will hold your bags for you after you check out. If not, I believe there are places around that offer that services. Go grab a meal, wander for a bit, maybe visit a girl if you have money left, then retrieve your bags and head up to the airport.

Absolute worst case scenario, Schipol is a pretty good airport. Quite a lot to do there. If you're forced to have to kill a few hours there, you could be stuck in worse places. I've had to do that a couple times. It's not super exciting, but there are some decent places to grab a drink or two and some alright shopping. Could just sit in one of the lounges and kill time on the Internet.



I was planning on paying the 7euro per day for the luggage locker to keep my mind off of having to focus on my luggage, so i guess that isnt a big problem.

I'm considering getting a hotel instead of hostel for 2 days since its almost the same price and that whey i can relax in a private room.


Personally I'd go for a hotel everytime.
Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-11, 2:14 pm

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Do you mean that you checkout in the morning around 11am and then have a 20:15 flight?

If so, I don't see that as a big problem, my regular routine involves an overnight ferry which means I check out of the hotel then have a few hours to kill before leaving Amsterdam - I would never consider paying for any accommodation just for that day.

I usually just go straight to the baggage lockers at the east end of central station, and drop most of my baggage in a locker there (for those ones you need a bank card or credit card, something with a VISA or Mastercard symbol and a PIN number, or a Dutch bank / prepaid card of some sort. Locker info threads:

https://www.ignatzmice.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14952
https://www.ignatzmice.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14036

If I'm really tired sometimes I go and sit in the library at the Oosterdock and read a magazine! If the station lockers are full (can be on summer weekends by midday) you could use the ones at Schipol unless you know any others or can use a baggage room e.t.c at the hostel / hotel. (I have been known to visit RLD girls while carrying my suitcase...)

On the other hand, do you mean that you check out at 11:00 on the morning of the 16th, then have a flight at 20:15 on the 17th?

That would be a bit crazy, I would want some overnight accommodation for the night of the 16th, yes!

If you are just thinking about swapping from a hostel to a hotel for the last couple of nights, and the price is the same, why not as long as the hotel looks OK!

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Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-11, 2:33 pm

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On a completely different topic, I was thinking about your trip to Park 118 on the tram.

You can either buy a single ticket on the tram that basically expires after one hour (would cost €2.90 each way) or you could get a GVB day ticket for €7.50. This would cost €1.70 more than the single tickets but allow you to go anywhere else on the tram (or bus) network you fancy for 24 hours, if you wanted to see a bit more of the city (something like tram 14 across the city centre is not a bad route).

If you don't want the hassle of buying on the tram and fumbling for change, you can get tickets from the vending machines in the metro ticket hall down the escalators outside central station, or there is a GVB ticket office outside central station (usually quite busy though). All the ticket types are only "activated" when you hold them against the scanner (check-in) on the tram, so you can buy a ticket before you actually intend to use it. Don't forget to check-in and check-out every time you get on or off the tram, whichever type of ticket you are using.

Also another minor thing - if you find that getting only €50s from the ATMs is annoying, the ABN Amro machines are quite useful because they will usually give you a choice of notes, giving you the option of some €10s and €20s. Nearest one to the RLD is probably the one at Dam Square, but there are quite a few of their ATMs dotted around.

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Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-11, 2:59 pm

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Just a couple of other things:

Pay some attention to the actual layout of the RLD before you get there, it's not really very big or difficult to navigate even if the Dutch street names are a bit of a mouthful. See this quick post for a couple of pointers about the basic RLD layout and how to find specific room numbers...

Also you might be interested to skim through this thread from 2013: Going for the first time... with a similar scenario of a nervous young virgin on his first visit to Amsterdam....

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Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-11, 5:23 pm

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Thanks! I was planning on maybe just putting the luggage in the airport to make things simple but ny hostel for the first 4 days has got a locker. I was thinking that it might be easier so i dont go with my bag into the city etc. But i dunno xD

How much money do u think i should max carry around?


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Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-11, 6:44 pm

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I was planning on maybe just putting the luggage in the airport to make things simple but ny hostel for the first 4 days has got a locker.


Yeah, the hostel should be OK with luggage, I was just thinking about what to do with it when you check out. Schipol is fine, but would that mean you end up travelling out to the airport (20 mins, €4.20 single), dropping a bag in a locker then coming back into the city again?

I think with hostels you would probably use the locker mainly for small personal items or valuables you don't want to take with you e.t.c (someone suggested bringing your own padlock). I don't know how big these lockers are (?), I guess if not large bag size you just leave your clothes e.t.c near your bed while you are out and hope the other guests aren't desperate enough to want your dirty washing! It's been a while since I stayed in a hostel (trip around Scotland when I was your age) but I did enjoy it, they tend to be full of nice people just having a fun holiday, there was no lockers or anything, didn't have any issues. Like you say, you don't really want to be carrying too much stuff around the city.

Yeah, the map's a nice idea. On an alley like Stoofsteeg it's quite difficult to read the tiny numbers above the doors, so you are mainly counting how many red light windows it is from one end or the other. On that map you've got Veronika at 1-1 (I think it should be 3-1) and Mary is shown at 3-1 when she should be over on OzA at number 13...but apart from that I like it!

So for example if you were looking for Veronika coming from the OzV direction, you would want to look for the third window (which is actually the door of course, a door with a window in it....see it's already confusing ;) on the left, ignoring any other doors that are not part of actual RLD windows! You can see what I mean by clicking on the on the map on George's website and looking at the photos. The red light windows have red curtains and red lights somewhere inside them (although they can be switched off if nobody is working), and if all the windows are in use it should be the 3rd sexy girl (or closed curtain) on the left....

OzA is a bit different, the numbers on the buildings are fairly clear, it's not hard to find a black girl at number 13!

The map makes it all look quite big - in reality the walk down the main canals is a fair distance, but all the other streets are just small alleys with windows packed closely together. It can be hard to get your bearings as you walk past a load of hot girls at once. Was that girl I liked in 8 or 10? And was it the left window or the right? At least with your shortlist you can focus in on a few specific windows, even if you have to walk past a few times to decide which exact window is which!

As for money, I don't know really, normally I visit the cash machine once per day and carry enough cash around for that particular day, leaving the rest in a hotel safe along with some of my cards. Ideally if you lose your wallet you want to be in a position where it doesn't totally fuck your holiday because you have another card somewhere else and there wasn't a huge amount of cash in the wallet. If I'm walking around the RLD at night I would try to just carry the cash for that session and maybe enough for a quick bite to eat / drink (usually NY Pizza or a visit to AH to Go at the station, which shuts at the very useful time of 01:00). Central station is actually pretty close to both the RLD and Warmoesstraat, so it can useful for some things even when you aren't travelling anywhere from it.

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Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-11, 7:16 pm

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I'm like Alderbran and, if there is a safe, I leave money there so that if anything did get lost or stolen then I wouldn't be out of cash.


One thing I do, very soon before visiting the women is to take the 50 Euro note/s I'm going to spend out of my wallet (I do this somewhere quiet when no one is around) and slip them in my back pockets (one in each pocket on the rare occasions I'm spending 100) and then when I'm in the room I have the money easy to hand and I'm never reaching for my wallet.

This is not to infer the girls would steal anything, but it's good because:-

It doesn't risk showing how much I've got in the wallet, to encourage up-sell and confidently shows I know what I want to pay for and how much. I've very rarely had an up-sell if that's an endorsement of my approach ;)

Means my wallet remains tucked deep in my front trouser pocket and has no risk of falling out, cos sometimes clothes get place up hooks or over chairs, or something falling from it in the dimly lit rooms.

Places where I make this money switch can be in the public foyer/corridor NH Kransapolksy Hotel off the Voorburgwal, a good place to loiter on a rainy day if you're thinking about who to fuck as it's covered. :))

Or in the urinoir if no one watching me piss too closely :D , in a bar, or maybe by the trees or an alcove around the Old Church. This has never failed me in 13 years.

I don't know if it's a possible for you, but in the UK we have "travel money cards" which we can load in advance with Euros so that when going to the ATM you're not using your own bank card so there's no risk of losing personal details if it were to get skimmed.
Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-11, 7:24 pm

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I don't know if it's a possible for you, but in the UK we have "travel money cards" which we can load in advance with Euros so that when going to the ATM you're not using your own bank card so there's no risk of losing personal details if it were to get skimmed.


I usually try and use the same "favourite" cash machines, preferably ones that are inside an actual bank (like the two in ABN Amro at Dam Square for example), where I know what they normally look like (e.g the type of slot) compared to any "suspicious" attachments.

I must say I've never had any problems with the ATMs in Amsterdam, it's just the same kind of thing I do at home or anywhere else....

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Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-11, 7:39 pm

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I was thinking of leaving the bag at the airport luggage locker for 7euro per 24h since its 20 kg. I got a handbag too though. That one will be in the hostel locker i think. Got all i need in the handbag.

So i guess taking out money from the airport is unnecessary?

Thanks for the help btw. Im preparing myself right now since my flight will go soon so im on the phone atm. I will be going quite soon.
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Posted: 2016-07-11, 8:39 pm

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Well, as long as you know what you are doing :)

There are big lockers for big luggage at the train station if you decide you need them (like I say they can get full sometimes at the weekend).

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So i guess taking out money from the airport is unnecessary?


I don't really know what you are doing for money, it depends what country you are coming from, if you have a euro bank account, foreign currency fees for using different cards.........

There are ATMs at the airport if you need one, or check the rates if you actually need to start changing currency. I prefer to take it out of ATMs day by day rather than take a huge wad of euros around with me!

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Im preparing myself right now since my flight will go soon so im on the phone atm. I will be going quite soon.


Well, I guess its time to say have fun, enjoy yourself, have a good flight, it will be an adventure!

If any sessions go a bit wrong, don't think of it as something bad, think of it as something funny to put in your trip report ;)

I'm kidding, just chill out and see how it all goes, but I'd love to know how you get on! You'll be fine.

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Re: 22 yo virgin looking to lose it. But how?
Posted: 2016-07-11, 9:31 pm

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Have a great trip, man, and remember not to lean too heavily on your plans. Amsterdam is a crazy place, you never know what's gonna happen. Could be you arrive and find out Park 118 is closed for some reason, one of your window girls has retired, another's on vacation, and another has a cold and isn't working this week.

Enjoy, and let us know how it goes. I look forward to reading about it!
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Posted: 2016-07-11, 10:44 pm

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I come from sweden. So i guess my card wont be that problematic. Hopefully the rates will be decent too ^^

Yeah i trying to prepare myself for any changes. Adding some more names on my map to have as a safeline.

Thanks guys i will be sure to tell u all about it ^^
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Posted: 2016-07-11, 11:14 pm

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Just one quick thing I noticed on your map: looks like you have Mary and Veronika's locations switched. Veronika is 3-1, Mary is 1-1.
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Posted: 2016-07-12, 12:12 am

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Mary is now in OzA 13 on nights, I was there last week. Stoof 1-1 is an old kamer location of hers, she was moving around but now says OzA 13 is her permanent one (as in building 13 on the Oudezijds Achterburgwal canal, her actual room is either 13-M or 13-R I think).

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I come from sweden. So i guess my card wont be that problematic.


Sweden, I did wonder! I got the impression you weren't living in the UK, but you write pretty much like an English person so I was starting to think maybe you were an Englishman abroad or something.

I would have thought Swedish cards would work fine in Dutch ATMs, Swedish banks' foreign currency charges are a little bit outside my area of expertise, but I would think it would probably be cheaper and easier to take money out of the ATMs than use your card to buy cash at airport or high street Bureau de Change rates.

Sweden....Christina Lindberg........I did meet three cutesome 18 year-old Swedish girls on the ferry once, I travelled into London with them and they were just taking money out of the ATMs, so I don't see why it should cause any issues. I was a perfect gentleman with them and didn't try to chat them up or make any indecent proposals..... although for the 3 of them together in a bed I could have seen my way to funding a considerable part of their Interrailing holiday..........jesus I would have enjoyed myself with those 3......

Where was I? Oh yes........have a great time with the great girls in the great city of AMSTERDAM

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