Skipper wrote:
wrote:
ROTFLMAO.
I don't know if there's more to this letter than the snippet found
here, but This can't be Skipper.
So, to the imposter posting the open letter trying to imply that he's
Skipper, here's a "what would you think" question back to you: What
would you think of a guy who rambled on and on about taking up
bluewater cruising in retirement, but who was married to a woman who
was *deathly afraid* of the water? Wouldn't it be memorable if a grown
woman were so terrified when she put a foot onto the deck of a 38-foot
boat (and it rocked ever so slightly under her weight) that she
recoiled in horror and almost fell down leaping back to the dock? Can't
imagine who that guy with the terrified wife might be, but maybe if the
Skipper imposter looks up the short, chubby guy with the fisherman's
hat he might ask if the guy and his disintersted, aquaphobic wife ever
bought a boat for offshore cruising in retirement.
I'd think there is the distinct possibility based on your insults that
this impostor may be visiting you again. Google seems to be filled with
your insults to this "nonbearing fraud" since he left the group.
--
Skipper
Still more evidence this clever fraud isn't Skipper.
Skipper knew how to use Google.
If Skipper ran a Google search for all posts by Gould mentioning
Skipper into rec.boats for the last year and a half or so, and got this
message:
Searched all groups Results 1 - 10 of 14 from Jan 1, 2004 to Sep 19,
2005 for (skipper) group:rec.boats author:gould (0.22 seconds)
He would know that 14 mentions of the word "Skipper" in 21 months
hardly "fills" the NG.
The real Skipper would be bright enough to see that the majority of
those 14 mentions refer to some unkown person, such as "the skipper of
the vessel failed to check the depth of the water before crossing the
bar......", not to our departed participant with a similar name.
The real Skipper would be savvy enough to understand that when one
generates as much smoke as he used to do in this NG, some of the odor
and soot is bound to remain after he's gone.
I'll let anybody who agrees with this outlandish accusation that I have
filled the NG with insults directed at Skipper since his departure go
ahead and be impressed by the charge.
This current edition is a fraud, or else something really unfortunate
has happened to our old buddy's health. I'm hoping it's the fraud.