On Tue, 1 May 2007 17:01:56 -0400, "RCE" wrote:

I wonder if your perceptions are real or imagined. I thought about your
statement about the "old snot" who looks down his nose ....

I think it's psychological.

If you are in a small boat in close proximity to a large flybridge
powerboat, it is easy to imagine that the folks on the large boat are
"looking down at you". They are of course, in a very real sense, but
that does not by itself indicate disdain or disapproval.