[Rhodes22-list]can you take me off

[felix fig]

can you take me off the list ]

--- Philip Esteban <3drecon at comcast.net> wrote:

> MJM,
>     Wow!  That is the first email I ever read with
> an accent! ;')
> But I get your point.
> 
> Philip
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf
> Of michael meltzer
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 10:23 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Unsubscribe - refent1
> 
> 
> no, Felix problem is he can not be "Bothered" to
> read the mail sent to 
> him, what happen is he logs in, see a list message
> and replies to the 
> first one with "get me off", skips over everything
> else. I am sure if 
> you where to ask him he would claim his time was to
> precious to waste on 
> it, on the other hand he has no problem asking
> others to waste their 
> time on his behalf.
> 
> If you permit me to give a little insight: Sailing
> and this list have a 
> dark secret. It goes something like this, The
> "sport" can be done alone 
> and is seems real cool from the way the media
> portrays it and is kind of 
> "sexy", The only real entry barrier is the coast of
> the boat. Now the 
> rhodes22 is on the lower end of the price range so
> we get allot of  
> first timers looking to get into sailing. Nothing 
> wrong with that. But  
> what comes with is some people who are very self
> centered, only care 
> about them self's, Classics "Do as I say, I order
> you" and are into the 
> sport because no one else can stand to be around
> them(they are looking 
> for something in their life to do). 
> 
> Now sailors are a friend bunch, in truth they have
> to be. One of the 
> first thing you learn you are never really in
> control, you prepare but 
> in the end weather, water and breakdown are really
> what governor things. 
> The next issue you are in strange place and going
> from place to place. 
> You learn to provide help and sometimes a harder
> thing to do receive 
> help. You also learn that the boat is expendable,
> any damage from any 
> cause is your financial responcablity  alone(maybe
> insurance) and you as 
> captain are responsible for everyone and everything
> on the boat, that 
> includes awake, sleeping and not even their and any
> actions done by 
> others. if you loose control on the water your boat
> can and will be 
> taken way as salvage.
> 
> It drive the above personalities nuts, they
> generally drop out of 
> sailing very quickly. On the list "I only want to
> hear about boats" can 
> be targeted to "I will give nothing, I listen only,
> and I want you to 
> make it simple for me". You seen a few examples
> already how they blow 
> their stack and run off because they did not get
> their way. when it get 
> down to it they are not friendly. Also not very
> vision, They problem 
> they never seem to understand is the people who know
> the information get 
> board, you can only answer how to find a port leak,
> unstick a 
> centerboard, adjust a mast, etc... so many times.
> Now if a newcomer asks 
> that is mentioning which people like to do, but only
> talk about a sail 
> boat would make it job  and they drop from the list.
> Your can only read 
> sail magazine for two years for the same reason :-) 
>                    
> I could go on but I think you get the drift,  BTW
> High odd's you see you 
> see a post along the lines, "how dare you MJM", "WHo
> do you thing you 
> are". It just the way life goes..................
> 
> -MJM
> 
> PS. It is relay just chitchat, most of the players
> will never change 
> their perceptions and they know it to.
> 
> 
> Rhodierose at aol.com wrote:
> 
> >Is this felix??? 
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