"Lloyd Bonifide" wrote in message
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"katy" wrote in message
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Gilligan wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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Gilligan wrote:
"DSK" wrote in message
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Gilligan is not the Nav. The Nav is a for real New Zea lander with
a real name and a real job...he left because he was sick of ASA and
the criticism and backciting....
Gilligan wrote:
He was one of the few shreds of sanity this group ever had.
Except when he got on a rant about how all Americans are militaristic
boors; and how everybody else was a much worse sailor than him, with
a much worse boat than his.

Plus he welshed on a bet with me, personally I think that is why he
left this group.

DSK

I believe the Navigator is a much better man than you describe.

His rants were about the US Government, not the American people (they
are NOT the same).

He does have a good boat and is a good sailor.

Everyone has their limits, he reached his. Personally I think we would
all be better off if he returned.
Ditto that, but he won't....

We could tempt him with some Wensleydale, Red Liecester, Japanese Sage
Derby, Cerphilia,...
Wpn't work...we'd have to kill off Doug and I'm not about to do that...

I'm a Korean War Veteran and when manly sailor men had disagreements they
shook hands and remained friends. Doug and the World Famous Navigator
should settle their differences, appreciate each others strong points and
get on with the business of clubbing Ole Blubber Boy like a Harp Seal.

Lloyd Bonifide

Lloyd,
When I journeyed to the Gulf to find my boat, my father accompanied me. As
we stood looking out at the Gulf, he reminisced about the last time he was
in the Gulf, the day the war in Korea was announced. He was a very young
sailor, stationed in Pensacola and they had been doing training for days. It
was a beautiful day and all the sailors were wondering why on such a day
they were not engaged in some important naval lesson. Then the loud speaker
broke the silence, and it was announced that "we are at war." Dad said he
was happy to be a sailor on that day.
My father-in-law was not quite so happy to be in the Army as a foot soldier.
He hated the Chinese till the day he died.
Scout