[Rhodes22-list] How much time do you spend on the computer?
Steven Alm
stevenalm at gmail.com
Tue Oct 28 16:37:37 EDT 2008
Ch... Ch.... Hey... Ch...
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 7:44 PM, elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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
> > >>
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> > >>>>>>>
> > >> archive at Nabble.com.
> > >>
> > >>>>>>>
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> > >>>>>
> > >>
> >
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> > >>
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