tomf123 and Chris Newport (not-me):

Gents:

Thanx for the skinny.
Boating is a high-dollar hobby and folks who "muck about with boats" have
something in common..they measure themselves, their crafts and their wits and
muscle, against the eternal sea...and she's not very forgiving in her "****ier"
moods...or of the prideful and ignorant who think they're "above all
that"...you do it right, or you don't come home...unless you're one lucky
s.o.b.

Silly freakin' me...I thought that with such minor trifles as lives and
fortunes at stake, there'd be something of a more serious discourse hereabouts.
I've "plowed the same furrow" on Usenet since 1995/6 or thereabouts, so I'm
passingly familiar with the netiquette...or lack thereof.

Anyway, y'all, thanks for the trouble to point out the local rocks n'
shoals...just proof of the adage that a good pilot is worth twice his weight in
gold, whilst a bad one makes a passable expedient chafing gear for your anchor
chain.

Tom, feel free to use my nasty-ass bon mots to clobber the Neanderthals
with...heck, if I didn't coin 'em then I stole 'em from some other poor
slob...and BTW, tyin' flies and fishin' don't exactly sound like a purgatorial
rehab regimen, y'know?

Hope yer "ticklin the ivories" again real soon, chum.

Regards;
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