Armond Perretta wrote:
Don W wrote:

At least I put a smiley face after my comment. You seem to be a
little "humor impaired" to me.

If you have to do this, does it not seem to you that the intended humor is
itself lacking in merit? Perhaps not, in which case there seems little
point in continuing.

Because words on a screen are missing the tonality, body language,
nuances of eye contact etc.of it is impossible to ascertain whether
someone, like you for instance, was attempting to be funny. Netiquette
indicates the need to add icons like smileys to indicate clearly the
intent of your words. It's not hard. You can do it.

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:42:18 GMT, Red Cloud®
wrote:


I had no trouble understanding your funny post. It did not need a smiley. In
fact, that would have diminished it's hilarity as much as having to explain a
punchline. Some of these people are wound pretty damned tight if they couldn't
see it for what it was. They are the reason that street signs now have pictures
instead of words.

rusty redcloud


A lot of humor is based on a certain level of cultural understanding.
The smilie is so people in other cultures can get the "JOKE" as well.
Or Not!
Mark E. Williams

Prof. Irwin Corey, the world's foremost authority wrote:

Armond's humor was so clear and blatant that it needed no aides, except perhaps,
for the emotionally disabled.

looks like there's nothing left to say

except...

*plonk*

*Only a fool becomes embroiled in an argument on a singlehanded boat.*


I rechecked your sailing link, which I read sometime ago. I like your
adventures in Cuba, having travelled a fair bit you always seem to
meet a Max type person. I believe Nigel Calders latest book is on
crusing in Cuba. There is less than a dozen logs on the net about
crusing in Cuba and yours is one of them.

*Why sailors love the sea:* Without it they would have to carry their
boats.

The sailors with the most time get the best weather.

*From Jim Leech of Neil Pryde Sails: *
One of my favorite Irish proverbs is "If you don't know where you're
going, any road will take you there." And for those considering
lending
tools to the guy down the dock, "A borrowed saw cuts anything."


While we're quoting the literati, it was *JRR Tolkien* who said, "Not
all who wander are lost."

*Could apply to yacht racing: *"Never interrupt your enemy when he is
making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte

There is nothing so distressing as running ashore, unless there is
also
doubt as to which continent the shore belongs."
*W.H.Tillman has many good ones

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist
expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."

In the long run, all solutions are temporary, so go ahead and use duct
tape.

Enjoyed the few postings I read so far; here is something I often tell
myself when I get stuck: There is no shortage of solutions, just a
shortage of imagination.

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://home.comcast.net/~kerrydeare

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:02:38 GMT, (Mic) wrote:


*Only a fool becomes embroiled in an argument on a singlehanded boat.*


I rechecked your sailing link, which I read sometime ago. I like your
adventures in Cuba, having travelled a fair bit you always seem to
meet a Max type person. I believe Nigel Calders latest book is on
crusing in Cuba. There is less than a dozen logs on the net about
crusing in Cuba and yours is one of them.

Here is some Cuba sailing logs...

http://www.southwindssailing.com/cubasailing.html


Cuba Sailing

Southwinds Magazine Archive Articles

* So you want to go to Cuba... - July 2002
* Sailing to Cuba — determined sailors face the odds - June 2002
* Key West to Cuba — Conch Republic Cup 2002 - June 2002
* Fall race to Cuba scheduled - Sept. 2000
* Sailors say no...and go to Cuba - July 2000
* A Cuba cruising diary - Part I March 2000
* Racing to Varadero, Cuba - Part II - The landside adventures &
local sailing - January 2000
* Cruising Cuba - Trinidad to Santiago de Cuba - August 1999
* Havana Cup 1999 - July 1999
* MAYDAY! - July 1999
* Cruising Cuba's south coast: Maria LaGorda to Cienfuegos - July
1999
* Cruising Cuba - June 1999
* Clearing in and out of Cuba - May 1999
* Exploring Cuba's north coast... a cruiser's wonderland -
November 1998
* Cuba's northwest coast... day sailing from Havana to the west
end - November 1998
* Meandering through an undisturbed archipelago... Cuba's
northwest barrier reef - November 1998