Spam Fighter wrote:
We are working on a Power Squadron study of the "cruising lifestyle". We
need estimates of the absolute number and percentages of cruising boats
carrying weapons. ...

We suspect the numbers are very low but have been asked to find some data
to support this conclusion.

Thanks.

Bob


This is an interesting post. Why does Bob Ranglin, working for Power
Squadron, mail under the ID Spam fighter )?

And why should anybody volunteer their personal information to this
dubious signature?

Especially as carrying personal firearms are prohibited in most countries one
would visit as a sailor.

Dag Stenberg
(far enough away to feel safe from prying)

On 17 Feb 2005 20:03:41 GMT, "Dag Stenberg"
wrote:

Spam Fighter wrote:
We are working on a Power Squadron study of the "cruising lifestyle". We
need estimates of the absolute number and percentages of cruising boats
carrying weapons. ...

We suspect the numbers are very low but have been asked to find some data
to support this conclusion.

Thanks.

Bob


This is an interesting post. Why does Bob Ranglin, working for Power
Squadron, mail under the ID Spam fighter )?

And why should anybody volunteer their personal information to this
dubious signature?

Especially as carrying personal firearms are prohibited in most countries one
would visit as a sailor.

Dag Stenberg
(far enough away to feel safe from prying)

Don't know about the userid, but if you are carrying firearms outside
US waters and plan to reply, PLEASE LIE! The last thing we need is to
have an "official auxiliary" (I speak of foreign perceptions) of the
US Gov't producing a study telling customs officials worldwide that
they should shake down every US flag yacht looking for guns. Granted
they may believe we're all armed to the teeth anyway, buy no need to
reinforce any suspicions.

There is no 2nd Amendment issue of preserving rights here. The 2nd
Amendment ends at the border. I'm neither advocating carrying guns
nor frowning on it. Just being practical.

My opinion and worth what you paid for it.



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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:34:31 GMT, "Glen \"Wiley\" Wilson"
wrote:

Don't know about the userid, but if you are carrying firearms outside
US waters and plan to reply, PLEASE LIE! The last thing we need is to
have an "official auxiliary" (I speak of foreign perceptions) of the
US Gov't producing a study telling customs officials worldwide that
they should shake down every US flag yacht looking for guns. Granted
they may believe we're all armed to the teeth anyway, buy no need to
reinforce any suspicions.

There is no 2nd Amendment issue of preserving rights here. The 2nd
Amendment ends at the border. I'm neither advocating carrying guns
nor frowning on it. Just being practical.

My opinion and worth what you paid for it.

When faced with questions like this, it is best to follow the advice
of confucious:

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's
mouth and remove all doubts.

Questions like this benefit nobody.

Weebles Wobble
(but they don't fall down)

In article ,
says...


When faced with questions like this, it is best to follow the advice
of confucious:

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's
mouth and remove all doubts.

Questions like this benefit nobody.

How right!

May I carry a sword? Saber? Scimitar? Or better, a cutlass?

May I carry a sword? Saber? Scimitar? Or better, a cutlass?

There's a great button I saw in a catalog:

"When guns are outlawed...
Can we use swords?"

You know, the difference between citizen and subject
often pivots on the question of weapon possession.

--
John R. Campbell Speaker to Machines soup at tampabay dot rr dot com
"Grace is sufficient so Joy was let go." - Heather L. Campbell
"Faith manages ... even though she didn't get promoted" - me
Why OS X? Because making Unix user-friendly was easier than debugging Windows

When faced with questions like this, it is best to follow the advice
of confucious:

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's
mouth and remove all doubts.

I believe that this quote came from Samuel Johnson.

But as Confucious actually said:
" To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true
knowledge."

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:49:39 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote:

When faced with questions like this, it is best to follow the advice
of confucious:

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's
mouth and remove all doubts.

I believe that this quote came from Samuel Johnson.

But as Confucious actually said:
" To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true
knowledge."

I bow to your wisdom. Where I read the quote it was attributed to
Confucious
Weebles Wobble
(but they don't fall down)

wrote in message
...
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:49:39 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote:

When faced with questions like this, it is best to follow the advice
of confucious:

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's
mouth and remove all doubts.

I believe that this quote came from Samuel Johnson.

But as Confucious actually said:
" To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true
knowledge."

I bow to your wisdom. Where I read the quote it was attributed to
Confucious
Weebles Wobble
(but they don't fall down)

As Confucious also said:

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing
another mistake.

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:49:39 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote:

When faced with questions like this, it is best to follow the advice
of confucious:

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's
mouth and remove all doubts.

I believe that this quote came from Samuel Johnson.

But as Confucious actually said:
" To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true
knowledge."



K'ung-fu-tzu or Kongfuzi is usually rendered in English as Confucius

Brian W

"Brian Whatcott" wrote ...
"Doug Dotson" wrote:

When faced with questions like this, it is best to follow the advice
of confucious:

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's
mouth and remove all doubts.

I believe that this quote came from Samuel Johnson.

But as Confucious actually said:
" To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true
knowledge."



K'ung-fu-tzu or Kongfuzi is usually rendered in English as Confucius

And in modern standard Chinese he's known as Kongzi. The appellation
'Kongfuzi' seems to have only been recorded once in Chinese. Some have
suggested it may have been a creation of Jesuit scholars.

Cheers

Bil