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Well, I'm off to a week of sailing, finally.
I need to get away from this NG for a while too - the incessant political
bickering, the name calling, and the long winded poetic messages that are
just copied and pasted from some other author, are far worse than anything
Bertie the Bunyip ever did to muck up this newsgroup. Get yourselves lives,
offenders. Sailors are supposed to be an interesting lot.
Scout

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.....poetic messages that are
just copied and pasted from some other author, ...

Jey, it was marine life related, which is more than I can say for the 95% of
other posts on this group lately....and it also related to fishing in the
ng, which we all know is the primary sport here...Just be thankful the
Ozzies and the Europeans haven't launched a political diatribe of their own
regarding their own countries politics....I always think it's rather strange
that everyone else in the world jumps on the bandwagon during our elections
when they have their own to worry about...

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein



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true true, although, when I want to read epic poems, I have a library. All
I'm saying is: mix it up a little.
re the politics: arrrgh!
Scout


"katysails" wrote in message
...
....poetic messages that are
just copied and pasted from some other author, ...

Jey, it was marine life related, which is more than I can say for the 95%
of
other posts on this group lately....and it also related to fishing in the
ng, which we all know is the primary sport here...Just be thankful the
Ozzies and the Europeans haven't launched a political diatribe of their
own
regarding their own countries politics....I always think it's rather
strange
that everyone else in the world jumps on the bandwagon during our
elections
when they have their own to worry about...

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein



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katysails wrote:

Just
be thankful the Ozzies and the Europeans haven't launched a political
diatribe of their own regarding their own countries politics....

That's just it - in UK groups there isn't anything like the amount of
political drivel that we seem to get in here. To those outside the US,
perhaps US politics is even less interesting.


I
always think it's rather strange that everyone else in the world
jumps on the bandwagon during our elections when they have their own
to worry about...

So far as I can tell, they don't (or their contributions are a very small
proportion of the overall political claptrap that gets posted in here).

Given that nobody is likely to persuade anyone else to switch sides, the
whole excercise of spouting sad, irrelevant pseudo political tripe seems
pointless - all they're really doing is stating whether they're republican
or democrat, but using vast amounts of peurile verbiage to do so.


--
Wally
www.artbywally.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk

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Scout,

Hope that storm coming up the coast lets you get some sailing in?? Good
Luck!

Ole Thom

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I filtered out the posts you have found offending - all that is left is you
complaining.


"Scout" wrote in message
...
Well, I'm off to a week of sailing, finally.
I need to get away from this NG for a while too - the incessant political
bickering, the name calling, and the long winded poetic messages that are
just copied and pasted from some other author, are far worse than anything
Bertie the Bunyip ever did to muck up this newsgroup. Get yourselves
lives,
offenders. Sailors are supposed to be an interesting lot.
Scout

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Thanks Thom,
I had some great sailing on the Delaware yesterday - all the weekend
warriors were working.
Only problem was that I noticed my bilge filling up rather quickly - found
the problem was a cracked pvc fitting on one of the cockpit drain lines
(near the hull penetration). I put a temporary patch on it using a hose
clamp and piece of gasket material. This let me have a full day of sailing,
but I had to pull it out of the water and plan to replace the fittings
today. Should be done just in time for the hurricane. What next?
Scout


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Scout,

Hope that storm coming up the coast lets you get some sailing in?? Good
Luck!

Ole Thom

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you KF'd yourself?
btw - congrats on your being able to actually pound out a thought of your
own.
Scout

"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
k.net...
I filtered out the posts you have found offending - all that is left is
you
complaining.


"Scout" wrote in message
...
Well, I'm off to a week of sailing, finally.
I need to get away from this NG for a while too - the incessant
political
bickering, the name calling, and the long winded poetic messages that
are
just copied and pasted from some other author, are far worse than
anything
Bertie the Bunyip ever did to muck up this newsgroup. Get yourselves
lives,
offenders. Sailors are supposed to be an interesting lot.
Scout

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Scout wrote:
Well, I'm off to a week of sailing, finally.

Excellent! Hope you have a good one!

..... Get yourselves lives,
offenders. Sailors are supposed to be an interesting lot.

Well, *my* posts are invariably interesting & informative. It's the
other guys that are messing it all up.

DSK

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Scout wrote:
"Bob Crantz" wrote

I filtered out the posts you have found offending - all that is left is
you complaining.

you KF'd yourself?

Well, wouldn't you if you were Bob Crantz?

Anyway, on the side topic of sailing, were you on the Delaware River or
the Delaware Bay?


--
//-Walt
//
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I sailed the River from Tullytown to near Philadelphia (about 20 miles) and
then had to head back due to a cracked drain fitting near the hull. All is
well now and if the weather isn't too bad, I'm heading out again today. I'd
like to make it through the bay to Cape May (about 125 mi).
Scout

"Walt" wrote
.. . .
Anyway, on the side topic of sailing, were you on the Delaware River or
the Delaware Bay?

// http://cagle.slate.msn.com/working/040514/matson.gif

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Scout wrote:
I sailed the River from Tullytown to near Philadelphia (about 20 miles)

I didn't know there was a town named after Jethro Tull.

then had to head back due to a cracked drain fitting near the hull. All is
well now and if the weather isn't too bad, I'm heading out again today. I'd
like to make it through the bay to Cape May (about 125 mi).

That's a long day. Any places along the way to visit? And be careful
around that big nuclear power plant!

Fresh Breezes
Doug King

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Yeah, sure was a long day. I could reach the cracked fitting through a
handhole, and could only see it with a mirror. Working in that tight space
chewed my forearms up pretty good.
I admit to motoring part way back (upstream - return trip). The leak sort of
ruined my special mental sailing place.
The space between Tullytown and Bensalem is interesting for sure. Bristol is
a nice little town with a wharf and a park where all the people come to
watch the boats go by - very friendly and scenic.
After 2 years inside a nuc plant, I'm not too worried about Salem (other
than the potential of being shot at).
It's raining, dismal, and windless here now, but the boat is ready to roll.
Maybe I'll just anchor somewhere and relax.
Scout


"DSK" wrote in message
...
Scout wrote:
I sailed the River from Tullytown to near Philadelphia (about 20 miles)

I didn't know there was a town named after Jethro Tull.

then had to head back due to a cracked drain fitting near the hull. All
is
well now and if the weather isn't too bad, I'm heading out again today.
I'd
like to make it through the bay to Cape May (about 125 mi).

That's a long day. Any places along the way to visit? And be careful
around that big nuclear power plant!

Fresh Breezes
Doug King

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btw - I hadn't planned on making Cape May in 1 day; pardon my ambiguousness.
I figure 3 days.
Scout



"DSK" wrote
That's a long day. Any places along the way to visit? And be careful
around that big nuclear power plant!

Fresh Breezes
Doug King

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Scout wrote:
Yeah, sure was a long day. I could reach the cracked fitting through a
handhole, and could only see it with a mirror. Working in that tight space
chewed my forearms up pretty good.

Yeah, but it's good practice for... umm, it builds character, that's the
ticket!

BTW don't use hot water on fiberglass cuts & scratches. Wash the hell
out of them in cold water, and put on some vitamin E. There's an aloe
gel with E that I use, works good on mosquito bites too.


I admit to motoring part way back (upstream - return trip).

You MOTORED!?!?!? Gasp!! Get thee behind me! ;)
Part of cruising is to get there, time constraints make it necessary to
motor... lots of people motor 99% of the time, it would make more sense
for them to get trawlers...


The space between Tullytown and Bensalem is interesting for sure. Bristol is
a nice little town with a wharf and a park where all the people come to
watch the boats go by - very friendly and scenic.

Although it's got a bad rep I'd like to cruise the Delaware. We've raced
at Riverton and I've rowed on the Schuylkill but that's about it.

After 2 years inside a nuc plant, I'm not too worried about Salem (other
than the potential of being shot at).

That's what I was thinking of.

It's raining, dismal, and windless here now, but the boat is ready to roll.
Maybe I'll just anchor somewhere and relax.

Got some good reading material? Nothing like being on board to relax & read.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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you bet - Kurt Vonnegut never lets me down. Too bad he doesn't post here,
imagine what he'd say!
Scout

"DSK" wrote
Got some good reading material? Nothing like being on board to relax &
read.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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"DSK" wrote in message
...
Scout wrote:
I sailed the River from Tullytown to near Philadelphia (about 20 miles)

I didn't know there was a town named after Jethro Tull.


it's not really a town, more like a giant land fill.

SV

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DSK wrote in message ...

BTW don't use hot water on fiberglass cuts & scratches. Wash the hell
out of them in cold water, and put on some vitamin E. There's an aloe
gel with E that I use, works good on mosquito bites too.
Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Diesel works pretty good as well.

Joe