[Rhodes22-list] How much time do you spend on the computer?
elle
watermusic38 at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 27 20:44:07 EDT 2008
But that's a good sign, in doggie language...
;^)
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, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
> From: Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.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, 8:35 PM
> 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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> >>>>>
> >>
> http://www.nabble.com/How-much-time-do-you-spend-on-the-computer--tp20180185p20180851.html
> >>
> >>>>> Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list
> archive
> >>>>>
> >> at Nabble.com.
> >>
> >>>>>
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