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On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:30:05 -0400, "Paul@BYC"
wrote:

On 10/28/2010 5:58 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:20:54 -0400, "Paul@BYC"
wrote:

I read that the Peoples Republic of China now lays claim to the world's
fastest supercomputer. I don't know if any of the scientists involved
in
that project were trained in the United States, but it would not
surprise me to learn some were.

I think the sun is setting on the United States for many reasons.

You may be right but that's a political statement anyway you slice it.
This is supposed to be (mostly) a boating group and past history here
is that nothing will get a food fight going faster than political or
religious pronouncements.

Don't start undoing your good work !


Political? A non-partisan observation about this country is political?
So, if I posted that "Democracy in the United States has worked well,"
that would be political?

How about, "The sun is setting on new boat sales in the United States
because of the price of fuel, the economy, and the closure of many boat
manufacturers and dealerships."

Better?

Is it political to discuss the lack of dredging in the ICW?

I thought the idea was to avoid partisan political posting.


It doesn't matter what you say here. There are some who'll find
political fault with it. Mostly, they're mean-spirited little men.
--
Nom=de=Plume



"mean spirited little men"? We are trying to clean up rec.boats. Please
don't screw up all the work that's been accomplished so far.

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On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:43:06 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:23:46 -0700, jps wrote:

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:27:33 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:35:32 -0700, jps wrote:

It's pretty obvious you're not a subscriber to higher ed.

I think the idea that everyone should go to college is probably not
valid.
There are plenty of people with liberal arts degrees who never learned
anything helpful in finding a job, yet they are saddled with a
$100,000 student loan that may end up costing them $200,000 or more by
the time they pay it off..
My biggest complaint with the American education establishment is the
degree of vertical integration. There is very little contact with the
real world. The system is dominated by generations of people who went
to school when they were 6 and never left.

College is certainly not for everyone but who's making a living
outside of professional life?

Sales still has good opportunities but if Americans don't have
disposable income the field is limited.

Blue collar work is being shipped overseas.

Service work doesn't pay unless you're the business owner.

My wife is making 60 running the maintenance dept at golf course/HOA
and that is righteous bucks for a girl in SW Florida. Her boss the GM
is making over 100.
There are still people making good money building big houses. The
little houses are stuck in the mud but if you are up in 7 figures they
are still moving around here.

(inflamatory comment deleated)
Nom=de=Plume


Please try a little harder.

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On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:21:47 -0400, Wayne.B
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Now stop quoting the original 100+ lines of nonsesnse that none of us
wanted to see the first time, let alone the second or third.

Wayne, when I did that, I was castigated for doing it.
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Nom=de=Plume



Lazy people, including myself, fail to snip the parts of posts that aren't
pertinent to the comment being made.
You were castigated.....well....just because.
We are trying to turn the page on our old ways. Most of us have had to make
some changes in our presentation. Of course, feel free to do as you will.
I hope this helps.
H

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:16:33 -0700, wrote:

Now stop quoting the original 100+ lines of nonsesnse that none of us
wanted to see the first time, let alone the second or third.

Wayne, when I did that, I was castigated for doing it.

Not by me.


Well Wayne, you castigated me for doing the same thing, justifiably so. See
my response to Plume, on the subject.

When you see who a poster is responding to, you pretty much know what the
post is all about. That's a pretty good tell that the post might contain
material that you don't care to read.

We're not infallible but we're trying.

On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:42:21 -0700 (PDT), "JustWaitAFrekinMinute!"
wrote:

On Oct 28, 11:13*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:30:05 -0400, "Paul@BYC"





wrote:
On 10/28/2010 5:58 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:20:54 -0400, "Paul@BYC"
*wrote:

I read that the Peoples Republic of China now lays claim to the world's
fastest supercomputer. I don't know if any of the scientists involved in
that project were trained in the United States, but it would not
surprise me to learn some were.

I think the sun is setting on the United States for many reasons.

You may be right but that's a political statement anyway you slice it.
This is supposed to be (mostly) a boating group and past history here
is that nothing will get a food fight going faster than political or
religious pronouncements.

Don't start undoing your good work !

Political? A non-partisan observation about this country is political?
So, if I posted that "Democracy in the United States has worked well,"
that would be political?

How about, "The sun is setting on new boat sales in the United States
because of the price of fuel, the economy, and the closure of many boat
manufacturers and dealerships."

Better?

Is it political to discuss the lack of dredging in the ICW?

I thought the idea was to avoid partisan political posting.

It doesn't matter what you say here. There are some who'll find
political fault with it. Mostly, they're mean-spirited little men.
--
Nom=de=Plume
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- Show quoted text -

Apparently is doesn't matter what we say here, you are still stuck on
name calling...

So, you're claiming I called you a mean-spirited little man? Wow. I
was thinking of someone else, but if the shoe fits....
--
Nom=de=Plume

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:31:58 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:12:03 -0700, wrote:

I read that the Peoples Republic of China now lays claim to the world's
fastest supercomputer. I don't know if any of the scientists involved in
that project were trained in the United States, but it would not
surprise me to learn some were.

I think the sun is setting on the United States for many reasons.


People have said that before. I think that it's actually a good thing
that we give back talent to the world. What goes around, comes around,
and we have a lot to give, and we deserve to get back a lot. Not a lot
of people are that interested in moving to China.
--

Actually I saw a Chinese lady on Charley Rose a few weeks ago
explaining why she and a lot of other Chinese students chose to go
back home when they graduate from an American school ... growth and
opportunity. They are growing exponentially and the US is not. We
scoff at a business where you may only be making a few cents a unit
but when your customer base is a billion, that is a lot of pennies.

As long as you don't mind being oppressed and censored, not to mention
practically no environmental regulations, sure lot's of "opportunity."
--
Nom=de=Plume

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On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:42:21 -0700 (PDT), "JustWaitAFrekinMinute!"
wrote:

On Oct 28, 11:13 pm, wrote:
On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:30:05 -0400, "Paul@BYC"





wrote:
On 10/28/2010 5:58 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:20:54 -0400, "Paul@BYC"
wrote:

I read that the Peoples Republic of China now lays claim to the
world's
fastest supercomputer. I don't know if any of the scientists
involved in
that project were trained in the United States, but it would not
surprise me to learn some were.

I think the sun is setting on the United States for many reasons.

You may be right but that's a political statement anyway you slice
it.
This is supposed to be (mostly) a boating group and past history here
is that nothing will get a food fight going faster than political or
religious pronouncements.

Don't start undoing your good work !

Political? A non-partisan observation about this country is political?
So, if I posted that "Democracy in the United States has worked well,"
that would be political?

How about, "The sun is setting on new boat sales in the United States
because of the price of fuel, the economy, and the closure of many boat
manufacturers and dealerships."

Better?

Is it political to discuss the lack of dredging in the ICW?

I thought the idea was to avoid partisan political posting.

It doesn't matter what you say here. There are some who'll find
political fault with it. Mostly, they're mean-spirited little men.
--
Nom=de=Plume
- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Apparently is doesn't matter what we say here, you are still stuck on
name calling...

So, you're claiming I called you a mean-spirited little man? Wow. I
was thinking of someone else, but if the shoe fits....
--
Nom=de=Plume



One more strike and you're out. We don't need your kind around here.

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:47:41 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:16:33 -0700, wrote:

Now stop quoting the original 100+ lines of nonsesnse that none of us
wanted to see the first time, let alone the second or third.

Wayne, when I did that, I was castigated for doing it.

Not by me.

But for other similarly petty stuff for sure. No, I'm not going to
list them for you....
--
Nom=de=Plume

On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:10:27 -0400, "Paul@BYC"
wrote:

On 10/28/2010 9:37 PM, I am Tosk wrote:
In articleed89edbc-fa21-476a-8cff-445dd5ead457
@j25g2000yqa.googlegroups.com, says...

On Oct 28, 7:53 pm, wrote:
On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:36:40 -0400, "Paul@BYC"

wrote:
Don Imus made some grossly racist remarks and deserved firing by a
network that had no business engaging in such behavior by one of its
hosts. I lost track of him; what's he doing these days?

Imus still has his radio show on WABC and Fox Business simulcasts it
on TV

I never was a fan of Imus. On TV sitting at a studio mic wearing a
cowboy hat, staring downward, chewing gum, and saying almost nothing.
Inever saw what gave him such celeb. status in the world of media.

Yeah I got that from him too...


I saw Imus once or twice when his radio show was simulcast on TV. To me,
he wasn't interesting. He wasn't even articulate. This was several years
ago.

He's certainly a piece of work and, as we've seen recently, you can
gain a lot of attention by spouting off-the-cuff "insights."

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On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:47:41 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:16:33 -0700, wrote:

Now stop quoting the original 100+ lines of nonsesnse that none of us
wanted to see the first time, let alone the second or third.

Wayne, when I did that, I was castigated for doing it.

Not by me.

But for other similarly petty stuff for sure. No, I'm not going to
list them for you....
--
Nom=de=Plume



Strike3.Thatwaseasy.Buhbye.