"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:58:41 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote:

But why no post here from our most verbose and loquacious member?

Don't know, perhaps offended by some of the offensive comments, or
maybe at this point he needed no more of our collective wisdom?




I can tell you've never cruised the Bahamas. In some places, and George Town
is one of them, the cruising community has better things to do than to hang
out on the Internet. Probably limited Internet access there, too, especially
in the better, more out of the way anchorages. Skippy has finally gotten the
right idea about cruising and enjoying cruising for what it is - and it's
not posting a bunch of crap to Usenet.

I'd like to think he's finally taken my many hints about sailing and
cruising for the sake of his own enjoyment and not being concerned with an
audience that is mostly a clueless burden.

Wilbur Hubbard

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in
anews.com:

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I'd like to think he's finally taken my many hints about sailing and
cruising for the sake of his own enjoyment and not being concerned
with an audience that is mostly a clueless burden.

Wilbur Hubbard

A very true statement. However, you need to include yourself in that
audience group.

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:58:41 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote:

But why no post here from our most verbose and loquacious member?
Don't know, perhaps offended by some of the offensive comments, or
maybe at this point he needed no more of our collective wisdom?




I can tell you've never cruised the Bahamas. In some places, and George Town
is one of them, the cruising community has better things to do than to hang
out on the Internet. Probably limited Internet access there, too, especially
in the better, more out of the way anchorages. Skippy has finally gotten the
right idea about cruising and enjoying cruising for what it is - and it's
not posting a bunch of crap to Usenet.

I'd like to think he's finally taken my many hints about sailing and
cruising for the sake of his own enjoyment and not being concerned with an
audience that is mostly a clueless burden.

Human engagement, particularly in the form of effective, constructive
criticism or corroboration is the most valuable thing on earth.

Stephen

On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 22:16:42 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

I can tell you've never cruised the Bahamas.

You're wrong about that (and a few other things).

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaOGTlo0Zt2LjQ

http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=edce4b45b2f391f1&sid=0AaOGTlo0Zt2 L-g

http://share.shutterfly.com/view/flashslideshow.jsp?sid=0AaOGTlo0Zt2L6w&a=67b0de21b 344e26fa4dd

Best viewed as full screen slide shows on a high speed connection.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 22:16:42 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

I can tell you've never cruised the Bahamas.

You're wrong about that (and a few other things).

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaOGTlo0Zt2LjQ

http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=edce4b45b2f391f1&sid=0AaOGTlo0Zt2 L-g

http://share.shutterfly.com/view/flashslideshow.jsp?sid=0AaOGTlo0Zt2L6w&a=67b0de21b 344e26fa4dd

Best viewed as full screen slide shows on a high speed connection.




OK, so I was wrong about you. Nice pics. But having been there, done that,
ask yourself how concerned you were when you were there with sending daily
or weekly trip reports to Usenet. Did you not, instead, become immersed in
cruising for the sake of enjoying cruising and the more technology you tried
to add to the mix the less enjoyable it made the cruising life?

Wilbur Hubbard

On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:22:21 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

OK, so I was wrong about you. Nice pics. But having been there, done that,
ask yourself how concerned you were when you were there with sending daily
or weekly trip reports to Usenet. Did you not, instead, become immersed in
cruising for the sake of enjoying cruising and the more technology you tried
to add to the mix the less enjoyable it made the cruising life?

We have a fair amount of technology on the boat, probably more than
many, and for the most part it contributes to the enjoyment of the
cruising experience. We do not send daily reports but do check our
EMAIL just about everyday one way or another, and do send regular
position reports to shiptrak.org so that friends and family know we
are doing OK. It doesn't take long. We cruised for years on small
sailboats with only minimal complexity and had a lot of fun but things
change. It would be difficult to go back to a boat with no mechanical
refrigeration, minimal communications, and some of the other amenities
we enjoy.

On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:17:02 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:22:21 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

OK, so I was wrong about you. Nice pics. But having been there, done that,
ask yourself how concerned you were when you were there with sending daily
or weekly trip reports to Usenet. Did you not, instead, become immersed in
cruising for the sake of enjoying cruising and the more technology you tried
to add to the mix the less enjoyable it made the cruising life?

We have a fair amount of technology on the boat, probably more than
many, and for the most part it contributes to the enjoyment of the
cruising experience. We do not send daily reports but do check our
EMAIL just about everyday one way or another, and do send regular
position reports to shiptrak.org so that friends and family know we
are doing OK. It doesn't take long. We cruised for years on small
sailboats with only minimal complexity and had a lot of fun but things
change. It would be difficult to go back to a boat with no mechanical
refrigeration, minimal communications, and some of the other amenities
we enjoy.

Right. Besides all that, posting experiences is simply the habit of a
diarist. Doesn't take a big part of the day, and it is part of who
you are. If you're a diarist you're do a diary. Can't help it.
Same with trolls. If you're a troll, you'll keep trolling.
Just part of who you are. Can't be helped.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote

Right. Besides all that, posting experiences is simply the habit of a
diarist. Doesn't take a big part of the day, and it is part of who
you are. If you're a diarist you're do a diary. Can't help it.
Same with trolls. If you're a troll, you'll keep trolling.
Just part of who you are. Can't be helped.

Good point. There is little essential difference between the urge to post
continually about real experiences and to post almost daily tiresome
imaginary crap except that the former is more enjoyable for others to read.

On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:31:26 -0500, "Aragorn"
wrote:

Same with trolls. If you're a troll, you'll keep trolling.
Just part of who you are. Can't be helped.

Good point. There is little essential difference between the urge to post
continually about real experiences and to post almost daily tiresome
imaginary crap except that the former is more enjoyable for others to read.

Good trolling will stay on the subject of the group, be creative and
interesting, and generate thought and ideas.
You can't **** off more than half the readers.
Still some people will just hate it, because they don't like fiction.
I enjoy it if I can learn something or be amused.
It never distracts me from "serious" threads.
It's just part of the usenet scenery, and can be likened to roadside
vistas. Doesn't make me leave the road.
Unfortunately, most trolls just post pure garbage, turning the vistas
to blight. One talking to himself simply blights both sides of the
road.
Lately I just turn up the radio and look straight ahead.
There are plenty of milestones along the way, Skip planting most of
them lately.
Now he's probably too busy lobstering.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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Right. Besides all that, posting experiences is simply the habit of a
diarist. Doesn't take a big part of the day, and it is part of who
you are. If you're a diarist you're do a diary. Can't help it.
Same with trolls. If you're a troll, you'll keep trolling.
Just part of who you are. Can't be helped.

--Vic

And if you're NOT a diarist, no amount of cajoling will make you one. Not
even from oneself. Been there, got the umbrella drink, passed on the
t-shirt. Next! ;-)