[Rhodes22-list] How much time do you spend on the computer?

Mon Oct 27 20:37:08 EDT 2008

Thanks Brad! always a pleasure.

Chris G
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] How much time do you spend on the computer?

> Chris,
>
> Yeah, things are a bit scary right now when Bill E and are on the same
> side. I suggest on November 5th, we start a thread on 2 v 4 cycle
> engines so Bill and I can start calling each other idiots once again.
>
> Brad
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Chris Geankoplis <napoli68 at charter.net>
wrote:
> > Brad,
> >        Thanks for that well reasoned, and humorous response; like Ben C.
I
> > never quite dispair, and then you come through with such a great
response.
> > I see Metaphor's point but if he just stays around till after the
election
> > he can bennifite from all the Fasciests, Commies, Sheep, and wolves on
this
> > list because after all we are all boating lambs...well except when it
comes
> > to which type of motor to use, or anchor or.......
> >
> > Chris G
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 6:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] How much time do you spend on the computer?
> >
> >
> >> Dear Mr. Wager/Crabber?
> >>
> >> Are you a gambler?  Perhaps a crabber?
> >>
> >> Rude?  Self impressed?  No sir, I'm a pilot.  Think about it and
> >> figure it out for yourself.  Little man - aggrandized view of your own
> >> importance?  What part of pilot don't you get?  I'm not a  aggrandized
> >> little man, I am a god!
> >>
> >> Listen.  My adventures have been "bigger-than-life" for a kid of a
> >> construction worker from a town of 650 people.  The amazing thing is,
> >> they are not bullshit and if you envy them then you have a problem.
> >>
> >> Again, many of us on this board have dined and stayed at each other's
> >> house, sailed on each other's boats, and come to each other's rescue
> >> in private. You might want to lurk a bit longer before you become so
> >> judgmental.
> >>
> >> To answer your question about boats and boat names - I once owned a
> >> Rhodes22 and I regret the day I sold it.  I now own a 30' S2 named the
> >> "CoraShen" after my daughter Cora and her grandfather Mr. Shen.  Mr.
> >> Shen died recently.  He was a "little man" who was "aggrandized" by
> >> his thousands of employees and one of the kindest and gentlest men I
> >> ever met.  His story is buried in the archives of this list.  There's
> >> a lot of interesting history there, and as Ed would say, "search the
> >> archives".
> >>
> >> Perhaps you should consider barking for awhile on this list before you
> >> default to biting.
> >>
> >> Brad
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 9:28 PM, Metaphor <mwager at bluecrab.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Mr. Haslitt,
> >> > Sorry, but I get the impression that you are a rude, self impressed
> > little
> >> > man with an aggrandized view of your own importance.   You copy a lot
of
> >> > posts from other sources, and tell grand stories about yourself and
your
> >> > bigger-than-life adventures, but otherwise offer little of substance.
> > When
> >> > people don't agree with you, you belittle them.
> >> >
> >> >  Do you own or sail a Rhodes?  If not, why are you even on this
forum?
> >> >
> >> > I have had many questions answered by sailors, but none by you I
learn
> > most
> >> > by simply listening to what they have to say.  You just seem to blow
> > your
> >> > own horn so loudly that only you can hear the sound of your own
> > pomposity.
> >> > There are forums out there that are in the big leagues. You might
find
> > the
> >> > challenges in one of those more demanding than pandering to your two
> > friends
> >> > on this one.  Other forums that I participate in have an PM (private
> >> > mnessage) option that  allows for personal conversation between
> > individuals.
> >> > If it is not available on this thread, you might try regular emails
> > between
> >> > you and your two other friends.
> >> >
> >> > I probably could figure out how to use the filters here, but too
often
> > on
> >> > these threads, posts are not properly (should I say honestly)
labeled,
> > so
> >> > filters don't work.
> >> >
> >> > By the way, Metaphor is the name of my boat.  What is the name of
yours?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Met, uh, Phor?
> >> >> You're smart enough to bitch, you're probably smart enough to filter
> >> >> your e-mail.
> >> >>
> >> >> Brad
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Metaphor <mwager at bluecrab.org>
wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I've got a simple question, but mostly applied to Herb and Brad,
and
> >> >>> somewhat
> >> >>> to Tootle:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Do you guys have jobs or real lives, or do you spend all day on the
> >> >>> internet
> >> >>> and then posting to this forum?  There are a couple of other volume
> >> >>> posters,
> >> >>> but none so prolific as you are. I get the sense that the sailors
are
> >> >>> pretty
> >> >>> much giving up getting airtime in competition with the political
> > nature
> >> >>> of
> >> >>> this forum.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I try to follow the various threads, but have lost interest in this
> > forum
> >> >>> because it has so little to do with sailing, Rhodes 22's or
nautical
> > life
> >> >>> in
> >> >>> general.  Reading the same paranoid information from the three of
you
> >> >>> over
> >> >>> and over again is tiresome, so much so that I've begun to applaud
your
> >> >>> challengers -- Ben C, petelargo, etc.,  simply because they are
> >> >>> challenging
> >> >>> you, and I have (but not always) voted Republican.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Your time would be better spent arguing on a political forum rather
> > that
> >> >>> a
> >> >>> sailing one, and leaving this forum to talk about the boring
details
> > of
> >> >>> the
> >> >>> Rhodes 22 -- you know, technical issues, innovative re-designs or
> > fixes,
> >> >>> sailing techniques, great sailing adventures, that kind of stuff of
> >> >>> interest
> >> >>> to Rhodes 22 owners and sailors... certainly there would be fewer
> > posts,
> >> >>> but
> >> >>> the Rhodes 22 boat issues would not be so buried under the volume
of
> >> >>> political posts found here.  A search of the internet would
probably
> > find
> >> >>> a
> >> >>> few sites that you might find more of a political nature.
Thanks...
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