"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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HK wrote:
Larry wrote:
krj wrote in news:tp11i.3529$ya.477
@bignews8.bellsouth.net:

Licensing is not the ultimate answer. Common sense and good judgment is
what is needed. At any age!


Licensing is simply taxation. TESTING is the problem on the roadways.
The tests are stupidly easy so even the dumbest humans can pass them.
That's wrong. Once cursory tested, the only thing they test for is
cursory vision until they are senile. That's what the problem is on the
roads...inadequate standards that need to be REtested, especially after
they reach retirement when things start to fall apart....where I am,
now.

Larry


How about a mental stability test for you, Larry? Should nice guys like
you who are as nutty as a fruitcake be allowed on the waterways?

Harry,
It appears that this is the only reason you come to rec.boats so you can
throw out one line insults.

Your wife, who as a social worker, has helped numerous people with all
kinds of problems should have given you a little more respect for those
with mental illness. I am not commenting whither or not Larry has a
mental problem, but on your habit of using mental illness as a insult. It
would be similar to making fun of someone because they had type 1
diabetes.

I really don't think that Harry intended to deliver a psychiatric diagnosis
and then insult people with mental illness. I think, rather, he meant to
comment on Larry's fruitcakiness in terms of socio/political ideology.

Personally, I think that Larry finds himself "falling part" (his own words)
and uses his own state as grounds for limiting the liberty of others.
Perhaps because he thinks that his own liberty is going to be sacrificed
anyway, so it's not much of a loss if others lose theirs as well? Who knows?

Typical nannyism.

On May 12, 12:20 am, "KLC Lewis" wrote:

Personally, I think that Larry finds himself "falling part" (his own words)

I think Larry just fell off of the wagon...

A fellow just pulled into the adjacent finger just now got back from
21 years of cruising with his wife. I think he said he's 71.
But this is a bit of a ghetto dock, I suspect Larry is in a Swank
Country Club type marina...
right Larry?
tom
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On May 14, 1:11 am, tlindly wrote:
On May 12, 12:20 am, "KLC Lewis" wrote:



Personally, I think that Larry finds himself "falling part" (his own words)

I think Larry just fell off of the wagon...

A fellow just pulled into the adjacent finger just now got back from
21 years of cruising with his wife. I think he said he's 71.
But this is a bit of a ghetto dock, I suspect Larry is in a Swank
Country Club type marina...
right Larry?
tom
=-==

You haven't been reading Larry very long, have you ?

He's not in a marina - he just goes to lots of them, and gets free
rides in exchange for electronics know-how. Not a bad deal, at all,
and keeps his ownership and membership costs to nothing :{))

L8R

Skip, still working...

On May 8, 4:33 pm, "NE Sailboat" wrote:
They are 200 miles out at sea. Duh ??? Isn't that in international waters?

Maybe they aren't American .. and maybe they don't want no stinkin license.

Nanny Nanny Nanny .....

Can't people kill themselves anymore without some government asshole telling
them to get a license?

Talk about total bull****.. take the license and stick it up your ass.

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"Larry" wrote in message

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"KLC Lewis" wrote in
news:9OmdnUxN86YqFt3bnZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d@centurytel. net:

Well, that's the Nanny State solution, sure. The Free Citizen solution
would be more along the lines of, "Go and do what you want. But if you
get into a world of hurt and want to be rescued, you will receive a
bill for our services."

Nah, can't have that. Too much freedom.

That would be fine BUT your unlicensed stupids' actions would STILL
endanger everyone else....like it does now...on any waterway.

It's not about the rescue. It's about a certain level of expertise to
operate the equipment....EXACTLY like every other moving form of
transportation you use.

Larry
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I second that.

Joe

Skip Gundlach wrote in
oups.com:

He's not in a marina - he just goes to lots of them, and gets free
rides in exchange for electronics know-how. Not a bad deal, at all,
and keeps his ownership and membership costs to nothing :{))



I've even had offers from Florida!.....(c;


Larry
--
Grade School Physics Factoid:
A building cannot freefall into its own footprint without
skilled demolition.

"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message
oups.com...
On May 14, 1:11 am, tlindly wrote:

You haven't been reading Larry very long, have you ?

He's not in a marina - he just goes to lots of them, and gets free
rides in exchange for electronics know-how. Not a bad deal, at all,
and keeps his ownership and membership costs to nothing :{))

L8R

Skip, still working...

I did the same thing for years, getting a berth in exchange for work. Then I
made the mistake of buying the boat when the owner decided to sell.

Leanne

Commercial bus drivers are one thing, persuing happiness, alone or
with friends, is an American human being right. Feeding goldfish is
deadly, according to some. Enjoying property is a right in Canada.

Terry K

Larry wrote:


As long as rich stupids like these are buying boats, I still say
LICENSING should be mandatory.

Why? Why bother? If they want to die, let the old farts become fish
food. I don't want to pay for licensing the bureaucracy or the bull****.

On Mon, 14 May 2007 15:27:34 +0000, Larry wrote:

Skip Gundlach wrote in
roups.com:

He's not in a marina - he just goes to lots of them, and gets free
rides in exchange for electronics know-how. Not a bad deal, at all,
and keeps his ownership and membership costs to nothing :{))



I've even had offers from Florida!.....(c;


Larry

Na Larry,

Further than that.
If you would care to come to Penang, Malaysia to give advice on my
electronics ahen I get back home, you are welcome to stay - anytime.

You can stay on the boat or, if you prefer, I have a guest apartment
in my house.

cheers
Peter

Peter Hendra wrote in
news
On Mon, 14 May 2007 15:27:34 +0000, Larry wrote:

Skip Gundlach wrote in
groups.com:

He's not in a marina - he just goes to lots of them, and gets free
rides in exchange for electronics know-how. Not a bad deal, at all,
and keeps his ownership and membership costs to nothing :{))



I've even had offers from Florida!.....(c;


Larry

Na Larry,

Further than that.
If you would care to come to Penang, Malaysia to give advice on my
electronics ahen I get back home, you are welcome to stay - anytime.

You can stay on the boat or, if you prefer, I have a guest apartment
in my house.

cheers
Peter


Geez, thanks Peter! But, alas, I have a business that requires my
attention here. There wouldn't be much left when I got back....er,
ah....if I ever came back...(c;

I have a ham radio friend, Werner, from Berner Oberland, Steffisburg
actually, Switzerland. He's 83. At least once a week he asks me to come
with him back to Thun this summer for a month. There is a real Swiss
chalet overlooking the Thunersee (Lake of Thun) with our names on it that
belongs to one of his old school chums. My cost would be air travel.
The Swiss Chamber of Commerce couldn't produce a travel brochure that
this little valley between the mountaintops doesn't have. There's even a
marina with sailboats for hire!

That trip would be first. ONE trip to Werner's house for Swiss German
dinner is enough to make me want to head to the airport....(sigh)

http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/gui...and/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Thunersee.jpg

I must be crazy not to go....with my own guide and interpreter...

Here's the music background from Radio Eviva to go with the pictures:
http://asx.skypro.ch/radio/internet-64/radioeviva.asx
See if anyone in Malaysia can guess where this music is from....(c;

Larry
--
Grade School Physics Factoid:
A building cannot freefall into its own footprint without
skilled demolition.