Simon: That was downright mean. It sounds like a reasonable request to me.

Dan


"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...
Any man who is unemployed and cannot even afford a
sailing excursion for his fiancée will likely make one
sorry husband. Do your fiancée a favor and get a job.

Stop mooching and stop being so irresponsible. You sound
like a loser to me.

S.Simon


"Geoff Jennings" wrote in message
et...
I have a favor to ask. My fiancée loves to sail, she doesn't have a ton
of
experience, but she really enjoys it. I have been sailing since I was a
young kid, and have quite a bit of experience.

We're both nice, friendly people. I wanted to take her sailing this
weekend, Dec 13 or 14th, as part of her birthday celebration.
Unfortunately, I'm unemployed right now (Interview Tuesday!), and, after
checking prices on charters, I simply can't afford it.

So, here's the question, is anyone sailing out of Dana Point, Newport,
or
Long Beach that would like an extra set of hands on board this weekend.
We're good company, and I can promise a really, really good lunch and
some
nice beer for anyone who wouldn't mind us tagging along. Again, also
I'm a
pretty experienced sailor, so I can definitely be put to work.

If it were Sat, we'd need to be aback by 4 or so, so a morning sail
would
work best. Sunday we've got all day.

Thanks,
Geoff Jennings
geoff @ Texaskilonewton.com

Geoff,

You should go down to the local Yacht Clubs and look into crewing on
someone else's boat for races. There are always a few boats that need
additional crew for racing. It might be tough at first but once you
get in with the right group and boat it could really work out well-
and they sail every week. I did that for a while before I bought my
boat to learn the ropes- so to speak. Where in So. Cal do you live?

Good Luck!
Rob


"Geoff Jennings" wrote in message . net...
I have a favor to ask. My fiancée loves to sail, she doesn't have a ton of
experience, but she really enjoys it. I have been sailing since I was a
young kid, and have quite a bit of experience.

We're both nice, friendly people. I wanted to take her sailing this
weekend, Dec 13 or 14th, as part of her birthday celebration.
Unfortunately, I'm unemployed right now (Interview Tuesday!), and, after
checking prices on charters, I simply can't afford it.

So, here's the question, is anyone sailing out of Dana Point, Newport, or
Long Beach that would like an extra set of hands on board this weekend.
We're good company, and I can promise a really, really good lunch and some
nice beer for anyone who wouldn't mind us tagging along. Again, also I'm a
pretty experienced sailor, so I can definitely be put to work.

If it were Sat, we'd need to be aback by 4 or so, so a morning sail would
work best. Sunday we've got all day.

Thanks,
Geoff Jennings
geoff @ Texaskilonewton.com

No he shouldn't. The man needs to spend every waking
hour getting a job. He should get even a crummy job
while he is looking for something he prefers more.

There is NO excuse to be engaged and to be a lazy
bum more concerned with leisure time activities than
being a responsible productive human being.

S.Simon

"Rob" wrote in message m...
Geoff,

You should go down to the local Yacht Clubs and look into crewing on
someone else's boat for races. There are always a few boats that need
additional crew for racing. It might be tough at first but once you
get in with the right group and boat it could really work out well-
and they sail every week. I did that for a while before I bought my
boat to learn the ropes- so to speak. Where in So. Cal do you live?

Good Luck!
Rob


"Geoff Jennings" wrote in message . net...
I have a favor to ask. My fiancée loves to sail, she doesn't have a ton of
experience, but she really enjoys it. I have been sailing since I was a
young kid, and have quite a bit of experience.

We're both nice, friendly people. I wanted to take her sailing this
weekend, Dec 13 or 14th, as part of her birthday celebration.
Unfortunately, I'm unemployed right now (Interview Tuesday!), and, after
checking prices on charters, I simply can't afford it.

So, here's the question, is anyone sailing out of Dana Point, Newport, or
Long Beach that would like an extra set of hands on board this weekend.
We're good company, and I can promise a really, really good lunch and some
nice beer for anyone who wouldn't mind us tagging along. Again, also I'm a
pretty experienced sailor, so I can definitely be put to work.

If it were Sat, we'd need to be aback by 4 or so, so a morning sail would
work best. Sunday we've got all day.

Thanks,
Geoff Jennings
geoff @ Texaskilonewton.com

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...

Anyone for persecuting strangers?

;-)

Anyone for persecuting strangers?

;-)

Tis the season to work retail... I've been looking for work since
June, apparently my career changed while I wasn't looking and now I
need to have an Engineering background writing C++ code, and also
Marketing qualifications... I now need a bachelor's degree in things
that didn't even exist when I was in school, in order to do the job I
used to have before they shut the company down.
They won't hire me at the carwash because I don't speak Spanish and
they say I won't stick around, that I'll leave as soon as a better
jobs shows up - so lack committment to their enterprise. Same thing
with the gardening. I've worked landscaping and gardening before, but
now it's no habla Espanol and no committment. The local McDonalds
says that I'm overqualified, the wrong demographic, and won't stick
around, (I think it's because I'm too middle-aged), and since I've
never worked Retail they don't trust me behind the cash-register at
Macy's. Well it's not so much the lack of experience as that more
17-20 year olds have much more retail experience and are the preferred
employees.
I think boats are neat but the guys running the training school at the
Harbor want me to pay for lessons first before I crew any of their
boats, and can't I just come up with the $1800 for a lesson-plan and
$1295 per year club-membership? I could have if I had a job. Besides
business is slow and they don't have any job-openings either.

:-)

-keith
mtn. view

DirtCarshr wrote:

Anyone for persecuting strangers?

;-)


Tis the season to work retail... I've been looking for work since
June, apparently my career changed while I wasn't looking and now I
need to have an Engineering background writing C++ code, and also
Marketing qualifications... I now need a bachelor's degree in things
that didn't even exist when I was in school, in order to do the job I
used to have before they shut the company down.
They won't hire me at the carwash because I don't speak Spanish and
they say I won't stick around, that I'll leave as soon as a better
jobs shows up - so lack committment to their enterprise. Same thing
with the gardening. I've worked landscaping and gardening before, but
now it's no habla Espanol and no committment. The local McDonalds
says that I'm overqualified, the wrong demographic, and won't stick
around, (I think it's because I'm too middle-aged), and since I've
never worked Retail they don't trust me behind the cash-register at
Macy's. Well it's not so much the lack of experience as that more
17-20 year olds have much more retail experience and are the preferred
employees.
I think boats are neat but the guys running the training school at the
Harbor want me to pay for lessons first before I crew any of their
boats, and can't I just come up with the $1800 for a lesson-plan and
$1295 per year club-membership? I could have if I had a job. Besides
business is slow and they don't have any job-openings either.

:-)

-keith
mtn. view
^^^^^^^^^
Ask around over at Sequoia Yacht Club on the weekend
(http://www.sequoiayc.org/) -- really nice folks and always willing to
help someone get started. It's an all volunteer club, so when you do
get employment the annual fee won't break the bank :-)

"DirtCarshr" wrote in message
...

No need to explain. Simon is just a high-horsed minority here.

$1295 per year membership fee's???????

Do they have any members at all?

The two clubs that I belong to, The Blue Water Club and the Hervey Bay Boat
Club, both cost less than $30 per year membership each.
I also store my boat at the Blue Water Club for the extra amount of $100 per
year.

But that is in Australia, not the USA.
--
Garry Beattie
Ocean Spirit Trailer Sailer &
Small Yacht Cruising Emagazine
www.ocean-spirit.com


"DirtCarshr" wrote in message
...

$1295 per year club-membership?
-keith
mtn. view

Thanks for the idea Rob, my time is a bit full, I've been putting lots of
time into finding a job, and working some odd and ends in the mean time.

Once I've got a job again, we've already got our eyes set on the local
sailing club.

Geoff

"Rob" wrote in message
m...
Geoff,

You should go down to the local Yacht Clubs and look into crewing on
someone else's boat for races. There are always a few boats that need
additional crew for racing. It might be tough at first but once you
get in with the right group and boat it could really work out well-
and they sail every week. I did that for a while before I bought my
boat to learn the ropes- so to speak. Where in So. Cal do you live?

Good Luck!
Rob


"Geoff Jennings" wrote in message
. net...
I have a favor to ask. My fiancée loves to sail, she doesn't have a ton
of
experience, but she really enjoys it. I have been sailing since I was a
young kid, and have quite a bit of experience.

We're both nice, friendly people. I wanted to take her sailing this
weekend, Dec 13 or 14th, as part of her birthday celebration.
Unfortunately, I'm unemployed right now (Interview Tuesday!), and, after
checking prices on charters, I simply can't afford it.

So, here's the question, is anyone sailing out of Dana Point, Newport,
or
Long Beach that would like an extra set of hands on board this weekend.
We're good company, and I can promise a really, really good lunch and
some
nice beer for anyone who wouldn't mind us tagging along. Again, also
I'm a
pretty experienced sailor, so I can definitely be put to work.

If it were Sat, we'd need to be aback by 4 or so, so a morning sail
would
work best. Sunday we've got all day.

Thanks,
Geoff Jennings
geoff @ Texaskilonewton.com

Geoff Jennings wrote:

Thanks for the idea Rob, my time is a bit full, I've been putting lots of
time into finding a job, and working some odd and ends in the mean time.

Once I've got a job again, we've already got our eyes set on the local
sailing club.

Geoff


You appear to be located in Newport.

You might check over at NHYC -- they have the Anteater high school
regatta going on this weekend (http://www.nhyc.org/) and just might need
some extra volunteer hands. Unfortunately they hold the Anteater in the
harbor so it may not get you out of the harbor and only out in an
inflatable, but it might be good fun anyway, and provide an opportunity
meet up with folks there for alternate opportunities. Besides, your gal
just might enjoy watching the kids compete in FJ's instead of bobing
around on a big boat anyway. And, if that get's you going -- be sure to
check out the Rose Bowl regatta Jan 3-4 at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club.

Happy Holidays

G