"Gary" wrote in message
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So thanks to some good advice I have got soe shots of my boat Plumper and
a couple exciting days in Oriole up at the folowing link. Enjoy.

http://community.webshots.com/user/plumper100

Now, how about each of you ASA curmudgeons telling me who you are and why
what you say is worth listening to.

Gaz


Welcome aboard Gary. I'm Scout.
I've been posting here for 6 years, but not always as Scout.

I've lost: my sailboat in a card game, my kids to the education system, my
wife to a car accident, my hair to my genes, my back to hard labor, my
eyesight to middle age, my hands to carpal tunnel, my knees to football, my
teeth to sugar, my lungs to asbestos, my fortune to bad habits, and my faith
in government to G.W.

I rarely post anything here along the lines of sailing advice, but I have
gotten a lot of help here. I sometimes post with a different name when I
feel like slapping someone without dragging Scout into it. I don't like to
argue, but I do like to throw peanuts.

Scout
scout1 (skout) v. scout·ed, scout·ing, scouts. --tr. 1. To spy on or explore
carefully in order to obtain information; reconnoiter. 2. To observe and
evaluate (a talented person) for possible hiring. --intr. 1. To search:
scout around for some gossip. 2. To search for talented people: She scouts
for a professional basketball team. --scout n. 1.a. One that is dispatched
from a main body to gather information, especially in preparation for
military action. b. The act of reconnoitering. 2. A watcher or sentinel. 3.
One who is employed to discover and recruit talented persons, especially in
the fields of sports and entertainment. 4. Sports. One who is employed to
observe and report on the strategies and players of rival teams. 5. Often
Scout.a. A member of the Boy Scouts. b. A member of the Girl Scouts. 6.
Informal. An individual; a person: a good scout. 7. Chiefly British. A
student's male servant at Oxford University. [From Middle English scoute,
act of watching or spying, from Old French escoute, from escouter, to
listen, alteration of ascouter, from Vulgar Latin *ascult³re, alteration of
Latin auscult³re.
scout2 (skout) v. scout·ed, scout·ing, scouts. --tr. 1. To reject with
disdain or derision.