On Sep 27, 8:35*pm, "jamesgangnc" wrote:
Tell us more about the fantasy lawsuit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"camacdonaldiii" wrote in message

...
John, per your request for a sampling of the active, exciting,
adverturesome life of The Fat One:

"I'm doing my part to ease unemployment. I'm hiring another
writer *for my staff. Will be putting the ad on MONSTER.COM and in the
Wash Post.
*I need more staff because 2004 is a major election year and business
*booked to date indicates we'll be drowning in work. We need to hire
a
*production coordinator, too. It has very little to do with the state
of
*the economy, other than using it as reason to defeat Republicrap
*candidates.

* We have first-class benefits, including a top-of-the-line health
* insurance plan, a non-contributory defined-benefit pension plan, a
401k,
* and a life insurance policy equal to annual salary. We contribute
a
* share of profits to the 401k on behalf of the employee. Our
employees
* pay $4.50 for generic prescriptions and $8.00 for non-generics,
but
* that's going up next year to $10 and $15. New employees get two
weeks
* vacation the first year, and that goes to three weeks the third
year. In
* addition, we have 12 paid holidays and we shut down from noon on
* Christmas eve to the day after New Year's Day. We also provide 20
days
* of paid sick leave a year. And we have an outside company
administering
* pre-tax flexible bennies for our employees.
* Our fringe benefit package follows the trade union model, except,
of
* course, for the profit contributions to 401k's. Trade unions are
* not-for-profit enterprises.
* How do these compare to the bennies at your shop?
*
*…Our *business is up because we're on the cusp of an election year..
Our
* business always goes up in a major election year.
* You could say we're going to be doing very well in 2004 because
Bush is
* such a total failure.
*
* The 20 paid sick days aren't part of the "paid" days off unless
those
* days are used. None of our people abuses sick leave. In fact, no
one as
* yet has even come close to using 20 sick days in one year. They're
there
* in case they're needed.
*
* Oh, I forgot. We also provide everyone with LTD.
*
* The company provides an insurance plan that pays 50% of an
employe's
* salary for Long Term Disability. *Employes have the option of
purchasing
* an additional 16.66%, bringing their total to 66.66%. *The basic
benefit
* maximum is $4,000 per month. *With the buy up, the limit is
increased to
* $10,000 per month.

I sold off nearly $3,000,000 in new motors and boats, depressing
* the new boat
* industry in southern Connecticut for an entire season.
Everything was
* sold...every
* cotter pin, every quart of oil, 30 days after I started. For
near
* full-retail, too.
*
*
* He had just under $1,000,000 on floor plan with a
* syndicate of banks led by National Shawmut of Boston. He had
been a
* solid customer of that back for more than 20 years and they
gave him
* great rates.

As far as your other complaints, well, almost every president in
my memory *and I *remember* Truman, Eisenhower (who cheated on his
wife),
Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan and Bush, lied and
participated in deceit to one degree or another, and on issues far
more
important *than who was giving them blow jobs. Good lord. I met
*every* president in the damned group except Bush, and I *worked once
for his father.

We had the Hatteras for two years. Last year, out of the cold clear,
a
* broker approached me with an offer to buy. Our continued
Florida
* lifestyle was somewhat up in the air, because the two
breadwinners
* hereabouts were about to be offered long-term but temporary
assignments
* they could not refuse in the Washington, D.C., area. So, after
being
* romanced a little, we sold the Hatt for almost precisely what
we paid
* for it. Not bad, after two full years of use. And I mean full
years. So, *we didn't "make" any money off the Hatt, but we didn't
lose any, either. *The proceeds were prudently invested.

This is a killer. My father was in the boat business dating back to

* right after
* the Big War. When he died and I was looking through his
warehouse, I found
* wrapped in a nuclear fall-out bag (no kidding), a brand-new
1949
* Evinrude 8015
* 50 hp outboard. The motor was a gift to my father from
Evinrude for
* winning some
* outboard stock utility or hydroplane race.
*
* I gave the motor to a friend of my dad's, who worked at the
shop
* as head
* mechanic. I don't believe he ever used it and I'm sure it is
still
* brand-new. I
* have no idea who might own it now.
*
*
*
* He also built
* boats, and I worked on a few, both wood, glass covered wood
and
* all fiberglass. After he died, however, we sold the biz and
I've
* just been an occasional boat owner.
*
*
* Besides, I worked off and on in the
* boat business and inherited it when he died. So, as I said,
I'm
* knee-deep in boat heritage. *During the war, he turned out experimental brass shell casings

* for the
* Army and hopped up outboards for the Navy, which wanted to
use
them on
* smaller
* landing craft. I had photos at one time of my father with Ole
Evinrude
* himself.
* My mother knew one of Evinrude's wives...she was a minor
movie
star or
* singer...I forgot which. Maybe both.

*Have you ever sailed from San Francisco to Hawaii? I have.
*Have you ever rounded Cape Horn? I have, twice.
*Have you ever transited the Panama Canal? I have.
*Have you owned more than 20 boats in your lifetime? I have.
*Have you ever sailed large boats competitively? I have.
*Have you ever been hundreds of miles from land in a powerboat
under your command? I have.
*My father and his chief mechanic once crossed the Atlantic in
winter in a 22' boat powered by twin outboards. Yes, it is possible,
even the
fuel. Got a "fireboat" welcome in NYC.

Here are some [boats I’ve owned]:

*
* Hatteras 43' sportfish
* Swan 41' racing/cruising sloop
* Morgan 33
* O'Day 30
* Cruisers, Inc., Mackinac 22
* Century Coronado
* Bill Luders 16, as sweet a sailboat as ever caught a breeze.
* Century 19' wood lapstrake with side wheel steering
* Cruisers, Inc. 18' and 16' wood lapstrakes
* Wolverines. Molded plywood. Gorgeous. Several. 14,15,17
footers
* with various
* Evinrudes
* Lighting class sailboat
* Botved Coronet with twin 50 hp Evinrudes. Interesting boat.
* Aristocraft (a piece of junk...13', fast, held together with
spit)
* Alcort Sunfish
* Ancarrow Marine Aquiflyer. 22' footer with two Caddy
Crusaders.
* Guaranteed 60
* mph. In the late 1950's.
* Skimmar brand skiff
* Arkansas Traveler fiberglass bowrider (I think it was a
bowrider)
* Dyer Dhow
* Su-Mark round bilge runabout, fiberglass
* Penn Yan runabouts. Wood.
* Old Town wood and canvas canoe
* Old Town sailing canoe...different than above canoe

[Speaking of his wife]:
* Did you spend a year as a line psychotherapist at a 650-bed
state
* hospital for forensic patients?
* Did you spend a year as senior psychotherapist at a county
facility for
* substance abusers?
* Did you spend two years as chief of therapy at a private, 200-
bed
* facility for the mentally and emotionally ill, at which
approximately
* half the patients were trying to beat drugs or alcohol?
* Are you currently chief of therapy for a for a multi-
practitioner
* practice of some 825 patients, about a third of which are
seeking help
* for substance abuse problems?
*
*
* Licensed psychotherapist
* Screening as to character and background for each degree earned
* On-going screening by faculty while in educational system
* Interviews and screenings for required years of internships,
plus,
* at the same
* time, supervision by a licensed professional.
* Close professional and personal supervision by a licensed
therapist *for two years
* of employment before being allowed to apply for licensure
* Licensure background check, submission of recommendations by
licensed
* practitioners
* Four hour written examination on state laws
* Five hour written examination on diagnosis, procedure and
practice
*
* My wife went through this before becoming licensed. Her final
internship was as a
* psychotherapist at a 600-bed high security state psychiatric
hospital where, on a
* daily basis, she was exposed to more danger than your average
soldier.
*
* My wife worked for a year as psychotherapist in a Florida 600-
bed
state
* mental institution for forensic patients. She saw and treated
numerous
* sexual deviants who do a bit more than expose themselves. *Such
"treatment"
* is part of being in the mental health professions. She is a licensed, practicing

* psychotherapist and often tells me I am the sanest person she
sees
each day.

If you need his address, I have it if it will help...