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On 3/17/10 8:07 AM, Eisboch wrote:
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On 3/17/10 7:06 AM, Eisboch wrote:

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Plus all that watchstanding, never-ending maintenance, gear that craps
out, the joy of searching for parts or a decent repair yard or both,
why,
there's just no rest for the weary cruiser. And when you do get some
sleep, it's in a marina with a boat full of drunks down the dock or in a
quiet, charming cove where the local druggies row out, slit your
throats,
and steal your boat.

Right?

Apparently your traumatic boating experiences have affected your respect
for
boating.
I have two suggestions:

a. Purchase a quality boat.
b. Move to a quality marina.

Eisboch

D'oh. I've had no "traumatic" boating experiences. My response was based
upon what I've read here and in the cruising newsgroup in the *charm*
of long-distance cruising. The only "issues" I've had with boat quality
the last two decades have actually been with two Merc engines with blown
stators. I've had no "quality" issues with either of my Parkers or their
Yamaha outboards.

The sort of "cruising" most frequently described here...well, as I have
stated previously, to each his own. Some of you boys seem to have a rough
time understanding that concept, eh? :)

Some of you boys seem to have a rough time understanding the concept of
humor.

It was a joke.

Eisboch

Oh. Ha ha ha. :) :)

Better?

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HK wrote:
On 3/17/10 7:06 AM, Eisboch wrote:
wrote in message
m...

Plus all that watchstanding, never-ending maintenance, gear that craps
out, the joy of searching for parts or a decent repair yard or both,
why,
there's just no rest for the weary cruiser. And when you do get some
sleep, it's in a marina with a boat full of drunks down the dock or in a
quiet, charming cove where the local druggies row out, slit your
throats,
and steal your boat.

Right?

Apparently your traumatic boating experiences have affected your
respect for
boating.
I have two suggestions:

a. Purchase a quality boat.
b. Move to a quality marina.

Eisboch

D'oh. I've had no "traumatic" boating experiences. My response was based
upon what I've read here and in the cruising newsgroup in the
*charm* of long-distance cruising. The only "issues" I've had with boat
quality the last two decades have actually been with two Merc engines
with blown stators. I've had no "quality" issues with either of my
Parkers or their Yamaha outboards.

The sort of "cruising" most frequently described here...well, as I have
stated previously, to each his own. Some of you boys seem to have a
rough time understanding that concept, eh? :)

My little vacation a couple of weeks ago provided me with a lot of
"boating" and fishing, and was very relaxing. No maintenance, no
watch-standing, no searching for parts, no worries about sandbars,
shallows or reefs, no druggies, and, every night, good eats, no dishes
to clean, a terrific room with a comfy bed, a nice shower, and a
properly plumbed toilet. Oh, and some really interesting fellow guests
with whom to swap the day's war stories.

Since I am *not* retired and, hopefully, will be able to avoid such a
state, I value the handful of vacations I get to take each year. To me,
it's more fun to "be there" than to "get there."

And, once again, to each his own.

War stories?

HK wrote:
On 3/17/10 1:59 AM, D.Duck wrote:
mgg wrote:

"Loogypicker" wrote in message
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On Mar 16, 12:39 pm, HK wrote:
On 3/16/10 11:14 AM, Loogypicker wrote:

On Mar 16, 10:23 am, wrote:
On 3/16/10 10:13 AM, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:02:05 -0400,
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I used to sail quite a bit and, in fact, owned a sailboat very
similar
to yours. I found sailing it on Chesapeake Bay to be very
relaxing and
peaceful.

Sailing is a slow and outmoded form of transportation which
usually
results in going around in circles while cursing power boaters.
I'd
rather fly to where I'm going than waste my time slogging around
with
something like that.

Well, sailing doesn't have to be slow...I saw one sailboat out in
San
Diego in 2008 that could sail circles around your barge...she
just won
the America's cup.

I enjoyed my sailboat the three years on the bay I had her. She
*was*
not very fast.

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WHHHOOOOSSSSHHHHHH!!!!!!
Don't you remember spewing THIS gem, fatass?

Naw. I'd rather fly. My round trip to costa rica cost me about $370
in
airfare, and took about seven hours in the air. Once there, did
plenty
of boating and fishing. To me, being where I want to be is a lot
more
fun than slogging my way there. To each his own

You still cannot think in the abstract, eh, s.f.b.?

Sailing around on a relatively small body of water, like Chesapeake
Bay,
was fun for me when we did it. Taking a slow trawler barge to get to
Costa Rica would not be fun for me, now or back then. I wanted to
get to
C.R. so I could enjoy my time off *there*, not waste my off getting
there. And, as I have posted many times, "to each his own."

With a couple of breaks, this summer one of my clients will want me to
attend a week-long meeting in Geneva. It's very tentative at the
moment,
but...I hope to fly to London, grab the Eurostar to Paris, and then
the
Lyria TGV to Geneva. On the way back, we'll rent a car so we can see
some more of Switzerland and a decent part of France. High speed
planes,
high speed trains, lower speed car... :)

You know, to each his own.

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You just don't mind making yourself look like a complete idiot, do
you? Do you honestly think that one single person believes you here
after all of the lies you've told?

Hehe... Geneva... he's funny....

No, not a soul here believes one word he writes. Even his buddies...
they just won't admit it. Now, if he said he *wasn't* going to Geneva,
I'd think that he was. What a putz that boy is.

--Mike

--Mike

He doesn't care what nayone here thinks. Yeah, right.

Wait...you think I should care what people I don't know and never will
meet who post in a usenet newsgroup think? People who post with an
alias? People who are right-wing trash? I'm supposed to care what people
like you think? Why?

One of the remaining advantages of this country is that it is fairly
large. The odds are in my favor that I'm never going to encounter you or
your fellow teabaggers in the real world. Heck, the odds are in my favor
that I'll never encounter john herring in person again, and we both live
in the same general area. In fact, I haven't seen that particular chunk
of racist right-wing trash since...the summer of 2003, nearly seven
years ago. He was an unpleasant prick then, and as he's aged and
deteriorated further, has only gotten worse.

Ta-ta.

You've carried all that hate with you for 7 years? Wow. Just because the
guy rejected your offer of a boat ride. Get over it man. Move on with
your life.

On 3/17/10 8:37 AM, anon-e-moose wrote:

You've carried all that hate with you for 7 years? Wow. Just because the
guy rejected your offer of a boat ride. Get over it man. Move on with
your life.

I dislike herring because he is a racist. The rest is just frosting.

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On 3/17/2010 8:07 AM, Eisboch wrote:
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On 3/17/10 7:06 AM, Eisboch wrote:

wrote in message
m...

Plus all that watchstanding, never-ending maintenance, gear that craps
out, the joy of searching for parts or a decent repair yard or both,
why,
there's just no rest for the weary cruiser. And when you do get some
sleep, it's in a marina with a boat full of drunks down the dock or in a
quiet, charming cove where the local druggies row out, slit your
throats,
and steal your boat.

Right?

Apparently your traumatic boating experiences have affected your respect
for
boating.
I have two suggestions:

a. Purchase a quality boat.
b. Move to a quality marina.

Eisboch

D'oh. I've had no "traumatic" boating experiences. My response was based
upon what I've read here and in the cruising newsgroup in the *charm*
of long-distance cruising. The only "issues" I've had with boat quality
the last two decades have actually been with two Merc engines with blown
stators. I've had no "quality" issues with either of my Parkers or their
Yamaha outboards.

The sort of "cruising" most frequently described here...well, as I have
stated previously, to each his own. Some of you boys seem to have a rough
time understanding that concept, eh? :)

Some of you boys seem to have a rough time understanding the concept of
humor.

It was a joke.

Eisboch

Forget about a traumatic boating experience, I have had too many
traumatic living experiences to enjoy life.

On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:24:25 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I gotta go buy a boat.

Oh, oh, now we've done it

It's that time of year of of course, and everybody should have at
least one.

On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:58:22 -0400, HK
wrote:

Since I am *not* retired and, hopefully, will be able to avoid such a
state

I think you'll be quite successful based on what we know about your
life and employment history.

On 3/17/10 11:12 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:58:22 -0400,
wrote:

Since I am *not* retired and, hopefully, will be able to avoid such a
state

I think you'll be quite successful based on what we know about your
life and employment history.

I'm sorry for you, w'hine. You've got nothing of consequence to do.

I guess my father-in-law is my model in some ways. He's 76 now, and
still working two to three days a week when he wants because that's what
he wants to do, and the professional firms that retain his services wish
he would work five days a week for them. He also devotes a lot of his
spare time to meaningful charitable work and travels widely.

You, on the other hand spend your time whistling and tooting from port
to port in the Carib.

To each his own.

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On 3/17/2010 11:26 AM, HK wrote:
On 3/17/10 11:12 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:58:22 -0400,
wrote:

Since I am *not* retired and, hopefully, will be able to avoid such a
state

I think you'll be quite successful based on what we know about your
life and employment history.

I'm sorry for you, w'hine. You've got nothing of consequence to do.

I guess my father-in-law is my model in some ways. He's 76 now, and
still working two to three days a week when he wants because that's what
he wants to do, and the professional firms that retain his services wish
he would work five days a week for them. He also devotes a lot of his
spare time to meaningful charitable work and travels widely.

You, on the other hand spend your time whistling and tooting from port
to port in the Carib.

To each his own.

By the way, I normally allocate about 60 hrs a week to my volunteer
work, not counting the pro-bono work I do for Democratic candidates.

HK wrote:
On 3/17/2010 11:26 AM, HK wrote:
On 3/17/10 11:12 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:58:22 -0400,
wrote:

Since I am *not* retired and, hopefully, will be able to avoid such a
state

I think you'll be quite successful based on what we know about your
life and employment history.

I'm sorry for you, w'hine. You've got nothing of consequence to do.

I guess my father-in-law is my model in some ways. He's 76 now, and
still working two to three days a week when he wants because that's what
he wants to do, and the professional firms that retain his services wish
he would work five days a week for them. He also devotes a lot of his
spare time to meaningful charitable work and travels widely.

You, on the other hand spend your time whistling and tooting from port
to port in the Carib.

To each his own.

By the way, I normally allocate about 60 hrs a week to my volunteer
work, not counting the pro-bono work I do for Democratic candidates.

60 hrs volunteer work (doubtful)
56 hrs sleep

That leaves 52 hrs for rec.boats and all of the other important things
you do.

How do you find the time.
Snerk.