On Apr 16, 5:35*am, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

Success breed success! Try not to forget it.

Wilbur Hubbard

My distinguished colleague:

I have two thoughts.

First, once I too become so infirm, incontinent, and incapacitated
with age I will prefer to die in a boat rather than a planed
retirement community with 9 holes and a bingo game down the side walk.
So tied to the dock is preferred to the former.

Second, in many families, organizations, and cultures mediocrity is
rewarded and performance is punished. So we must take into
consideration the realm in which many consider truth and normal. To
ask them to perform is the same as asking them to believe the moon is
made of cheese. They just cannot wrap their minds around certain
abstract concepts.

So they will castigate or attempt to castrate those who challenge
their safe world of hair dryers, refrigeration, and wives who run
their life as well as their boats.

Bob

On Apr 16, 12:23*pm, Bob wrote:
On Apr 16, 5:35*am, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

Success breed success! Try not to forget it.

Wilbur Hubbard

My distinguished colleague:

I have two thoughts.

First, once I too become so infirm, incontinent, and incapacitated
with age I will prefer to die in a boat rather than a planed
retirement community with 9 holes and a bingo game down the side walk.
So tied to the dock is preferred to the former.

Second, in many families, organizations, and cultures mediocrity is
rewarded and performance is punished. So we must take into
consideration the realm in which many consider truth and normal. To
ask them to perform is the same as asking them to believe the moon is
made of cheese. They just cannot wrap their minds around certain
abstract concepts.

So they will castigate or attempt to castrate those who challenge
their safe world of hair dryers, refrigeration, and wives who run
their life as well as their boats.

Bob

Hey, Bob, I'm just an old ex-Okie farm boy but is the "Reader's
Digest" version of what you just wrote is that Wilbur is basically
full of ****? LOL BTW, everytime I think of the name Wilbur, I think
of Mr. Ed the horse and how he would call his owner
Wwwwwwwwillllllbbbbuuurrrrrrrrrrrr. Gawd I'm old.
-J

"Bob" wrote in message
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My distinguished colleague:

I have two thoughts.

First, once I too become so infirm, incontinent, and incapacitated
with age I will prefer to die in a boat rather than a planed
retirement community with 9 holes and a bingo game down the side walk.
So tied to the dock is preferred to the former.

Yes, you are quite correct. Perhaps I've been too hard on Bruce in Bangkok.
After all his situation could be far worse. But, I wonder if he wasn't stuck
with any realistic choices if he would still be stuck tied to a backwater
dock? A thing might be considered noble if it is engaged in by choice but if
one puts himself into a postition whereby he has no choices left to him
should he not be held liable for his backing himself into a corner?

Second, in many families, organizations, and cultures mediocrity is
rewarded and performance is punished. So we must take into
consideration the realm in which many consider truth and normal. To
ask them to perform is the same as asking them to believe the moon is
made of cheese. They just cannot wrap their minds around certain
abstract concepts.

I agree with you on this second point as well but with an addendum. Bruce is
a proud killfile and filter enthusiast. Therefore, his reality is warped by
his own self-imposed limits. He freely chooses to blindfold himself
respecting things as they really are. He chooses willingly to live in a
fantasy land and his conclusions are faulty by virtue of the fact that
reality is put on the back burner.

So, how can such as Bruce in Bangkik be expected to perform when the
parameters they perform by are not representative of reality? Sure, they can
give a performance by it is a parody of reality to those of us who choose to
live in the real world because we are not afraid to see. This is the root
cause of the innate failure of liberalism.

So they will castigate or attempt to castrate those who challenge
their safe world of hair dryers, refrigeration, and wives who run
their life as well as their boats.

Yes, that is what they attempt and it makes complete sense to others like
them. They find solace in numbers. They demonstrate, however, that they fear
the truth or anything else that does not buttress their limited perception
of reality. The very act of censorship is an act of cowardice and fear. I
feel sorry for such faulty minds. Their chance of success at any endeavor is
low due to their self-imposed skewing of reality. Is it any wonder why
rescue services and towing services grow exponentially?

Wilbur Hubbard

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote:
.... He chooses willingly to live in a
fantasy land and his conclusions are faulty by virtue of the fact that
reality is put on the back burner.


I usually don't read "Wilbur"s posts but I found this rather amusing.
He's definitely the expert at living in a fantasy land.

DSK

"Bob" wrote in message
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Wilbur Hubbard
My distinguished colleague:

Oh that's rich. Either a sock-puppet account or yet another lunatic.

First, once I too become so infirm, incontinent, and incapacitated
with age I will prefer to die in a boat

Good, hurry up with that plan.

"Bill Kearney" wrote in message
t...

"Bob" wrote in message
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Wilbur Hubbard
My distinguished colleague:

Oh that's rich. Either a sock-puppet account or yet another lunatic.

First, once I too become so infirm, incontinent, and incapacitated
with age I will prefer to die in a boat

Good, hurry up with that plan.


Gee... ya think? LOL

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On 2008-04-17 11:15:00 -0400, "Bill Kearney" said:

First, once I too become so infirm, incontinent, and incapacitated
with age I will prefer to die in a boat

Good, hurry up with that plan.

Though I don't necessarily agree with the rest of Bob's post, I too
would want to die on the boat rather than some dumpy old-folks'
warehouse.

As I recall, a couple of the "cruising gods" (well known authors) cut
the lines because they were told they only had months to live. They
were still going strong 20+ years later.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

On Apr 17, 7:15*am, "Bill Kearney" wrote:

Oh that's rich. *Either a sock-puppet account or yet another lunatic.

Good, hurry up with that plan.


To Bill Kearney:

So Im having a conversation with another poster here, you bust in and
call me a "...sock-puppet... lunatic..." and tell me that I should die
as soon as possible.

So why do yo feel so compelled to butt into someone else's
conversation and make thoes comments?
I suppose I should get all ****y and start a name calling thread but I
think not. But darn, your comments certainly reflect loudly your
personality.

BTW what is a sock puppet? About the only place Ive ever heard that
expression is here.
Bob

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:43:14 -0700, Bob wrote:

BTW what is a sock puppet?

sigh....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_%28Internet%29

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:43:14 -0700, Bob wrote:


BTW what is a sock puppet? About the only place Ive ever heard that
expression is here.
Bob

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_sock_puppet