[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes22-list Digest, Vol 1563, Issue 3

[Herb Parsons]

I wonder how in the world this ass thinks he knows anything about 
anyone's sailing habits, from the posts they make on a mail list? Guess 
he's missed my "rebuttal" since I was a bit busy (you know, work, 
sailing, sailclub, grandkids, kids, life) that I didn't even see the 
email for a month...

Oh to be as wise and smart as some of the folks on here...

Michael wrote:
> OK, I'll bite.  This list sucks.  I own a Rhodes 22, circa 1996, and love
> the boat.  Unfortunately, because of my other boats' sailing schedules, I'm
> thinking of selling my Rhodes.  I can check the archives (for free) for
> pertinent information, or I can an subscribe to a list that has a couple/
> four assholes on it who turn everything into their own forum diatribes --
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> Sorry, Stan, so goes the commission you might have received via this list if
> I decide to sell my boat, one I would have gladly paid for the forum to
> advertise my boat.  As someone else said recently, other sailing forums
> converse primarily about sailing, with other banter chimed in as secondary.
> Sorry I was led to believe that the Rhodes 22 list would do the same, and
> not be a forum for a few to ridicule others for the benefit of their
> over-inflated egos.
>
> For a few:  Brad, Shut up.  You have boxed yourself into a corner.  Sucking
> at the fat milky tit of the government while "reconstructing Katrina" is
> hardly a way of proclaiming your hatred of big gubment... This "liberal"
> wouldn't have spent a dime reconstructing New Orleans... But hey, I'm going
> sailing on a Triton tomorrow night.. Sailed a Bristol 35 on Saturday, and
> will sail my Rhodes this weekend... When did you last raise a sail -- don't
> give the lame excuse that you are working too hard... Maybe you should go
> sailing, as it might improve your outlook on the world...
>
> Herb:  I guess I am a fellow traveler.  I believe we can do better in this
> country than export badly conceived and even more poorly managed war at the
> expense of fixing our own problems, like infrastructure, energy dependence,
> and offering the next generations who might survive after you are dead in
> ten or so years a future... Socialism... or American responsibility to
> someone other than you...  But you know, I expect that in any given week
> from April to the end of November, I spend a hell of a more time on the
> water sailing than you will ever be able to enjoy...
>
> And to others who support this kind of bully pulpit forum management,
> challenge the pundits on this list to make it a Rhodes 22 sailing list --
> they seem to have forgotten the simple beauty of this boat... Get it back to
> sailing.
>
> I'm signing off next week. I'm going to lurk to see what the assholes have
> as rebuttals, as I'm sure they will produce a wealth of self-gratifying
> pundancy that will be amusing to them (and me) for a short time.
>
> In the meantime, think how much you might be costing General Boats in
> commissions as you spew your one-sided vitriol-- wasn't using this list as a
> sales point for the Rhodes a big issue for you all earlier?  If I'm willing
> to voice this, how many other buyers and sellers have been turned off by
> these assholes? 
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