wrote in message
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You need a shrink, not a boat.

Absolutely. And, so far, in my 59 years, I've managed only about 1/2 inch.
You tell me how to take off another couple or three inches, and we've
already left the dock. There are legions which would have worked at that
height. There are absolute _armies_ (well, ok, navies) of boats which
*don't* work at my height. Unfortunately, the listings are not candid on
that matter.

Sorry Charlie (oops, Bill) - I'm hard headed, but not that hard. I'm having
clearance, and not hitting my head, or I'm not buying. I'm also not going
into debt, which the subject boat, after the modifications required were
accomplished, would have needed.

L8R

Skip (and Lydia, co-conspirator) :{))

BinaryBillTheSailor writes:

You should not have a boat. It's a far too variable and
spontaneous thing for you to deal with.

If you really wanted a great boat, you would have bought one
long ago. There is absolutely no legitimate reason that you
have been doing all this foundering. You need a shrink, not
a boat.

Yet another elitist snob. If it were up to people like you, only
snotty highbrows would have boats, and the rest of the people out
there would be restricted to jon boats on inland lakes.

I've seen more people trying to discourage others from getting
into boating on this newsgroup in the past two weeks, than I have
ever seen in thirty plus years around my marina.

Your attitude makes me feel sorry for you, and ashamed that folks
might think that the rest of us are like you.

Grow up. Skip's got as much right to be as picky as he wants to
be, looking for his boat.

And while I'm at it, you snobs need to make up your minds. Do
folks need to have a specific list of things they want in a boat,
or do they not?

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Those who complain about others not being "team players"
are the same ones who never give up the ball.
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BinaryBillTheSailor writes:
.... You need a shrink, not
a boat.


Probably true of everyone here. There is no logical reason at all why
anybody should have a boat, and many sound & logical reasons why
having a boat is destructive.

However, a boat (or the search for one) is a lot more fun that a
shrink.



Nomen Nescio wrote:
And while I'm at it, you snobs need to make up your minds. Do
folks need to have a specific list of things they want in a boat,
or do they not?

No. Folk need *my* list of specific traits & characterisitcs in their
boat. Everyone would be better off, safer, more seaworthy, happier in
every way, if they had the boat *I* choose for them.

I don't understand all this resistance, if only people would do as I
say, the world would a far better place.


WaIIy wrote:

Another crabby sailor chimes in. You sound like "Nomen" (isn't
that
from "Married With Children"?), anyway.. Skip is careful and
calculated.

He has a plan.

That's not what you said last week. Why the change of heart?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

BinaryBillTheSailor writes:
.... You need a shrink, not
a boat.


Probably true of everyone here. There is no logical reason at all why
anybody should have a boat, and many sound & logical reasons why
having a boat is destructive.

However, a boat (or the search for one) is a lot more fun that a
shrink.



Nomen Nescio wrote:
And while I'm at it, you snobs need to make up your minds. Do
folks need to have a specific list of things they want in a boat,
or do they not?

No. Folk need *my* list of specific traits & characterisitcs in their
boat. Everyone would be better off, safer, more seaworthy, happier in
every way, if they had the boat *I* choose for them.

I don't understand all this resistance, if only people would do as I
say, the world would a far better place.


WaIIy wrote:

Another crabby sailor chimes in. You sound like "Nomen" (isn't
that
from "Married With Children"?), anyway.. Skip is careful and
calculated.

He has a plan.

That's not what you said last week. Why the change of heart?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

BinaryBillTheSailor writes:

You should not have a boat. It's a far too variable and
spontaneous thing for you to deal with.

If you really wanted a great boat, you would have bought one
long ago. There is absolutely no legitimate reason that you
have been doing all this foundering. You need a shrink, not
a boat.

Yet another elitist snob. If it were up to people like you, only
snotty highbrows would have boats, and the rest of the people out
there would be restricted to jon boats on inland lakes.

I've seen more people trying to discourage others from getting
into boating on this newsgroup in the past two weeks, than I have
ever seen in thirty plus years around my marina.

Your attitude makes me feel sorry for you, and ashamed that folks
might think that the rest of us are like you.

Grow up. Skip's got as much right to be as picky as he wants to
be, looking for his boat.

And while I'm at it, you snobs need to make up your minds. Do
folks need to have a specific list of things they want in a boat,
or do they not?

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Those who complain about others not being "team players"
are the same ones who never give up the ball.
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