[Rhodes22-list] How much time do you spend on the computer?
Herb Parsons
hparsons at parsonsys.com
Mon Oct 27 20:35:57 EDT 2008
I'm afraid someone would start sniffing butts.
elle wrote:
> I would like to suggest that for the next week, everyone watch at least one episode daily of the Dog Whisperer.
>
> We will all stay calm, submissive.
>
> Sit.
>
> Stay.
>
> elle
>
> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>
> 1992 Rhodes 22 Recyc '06 "WaterMusic" (Lady in Red)
>
>
> --- On Mon, 10/27/08, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] How much time do you spend on the computer?
>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 7:43 PM
>> 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...
>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> View this message in context:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>> http://www.nabble.com/How-much-time-do-you-spend-on-the-computer--tp20180185p20180185.html
>>
>>>>>>> Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list
>>>>>>>
>> archive at Nabble.com.
>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>
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