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Despite the worst wishes...
Sounds like you had a great time.
And hey, the graves in N.O.? The water table has only a little to do with the prevailing burial custom there. There are some traditional graves, with large concrete slabs poured over the top to prevent the dead from "rising" unexpectedly... More to do with the philosophy of death and the demise of the body itself. Those big white tombs in a lot of the N.O. burial grounds are just temporary rentals. Biodies are stuffed in from all four sides, and sometimes on a number of different layers. After a year and a day, whatever is left of the body is shoved into a central charnel pit, where the bones continue to morph into dust. Some of the crypts are exculsively reserved for certain famililes, but others are not. Your bones wind up mixed with gawd knows who, and from whatever sort of neighborhood, for all eternity. :-) After a year and a day, the church can rent out the same slot in the tomb to the next poor dead SOB. Were the settler on Tangier Island also of French heritage? You guys on the east coast- when you boat to a "primitive" island you have to rough it by settling for transportation in "old" golf carts. :-) |
wrote in message ups.com... Sounds like you had a great time. And hey, the graves in N.O.? The water table has only a little to do with the prevailing burial custom there. There are some traditional graves, with large concrete slabs poured over the top to prevent the dead from "rising" unexpectedly... More to do with the philosophy of death and the demise of the body itself. Those big white tombs in a lot of the N.O. burial grounds are just temporary rentals. Biodies are stuffed in from all four sides, and sometimes on a number of different layers. After a year and a day, whatever is left of the body is shoved into a central charnel pit, where the bones continue to morph into dust. Some of the crypts are exculsively reserved for certain famililes, but others are not. Your bones wind up mixed with gawd knows who, and from whatever sort of neighborhood, for all eternity. :-) After a year and a day, the church can rent out the same slot in the tomb to the next poor dead SOB. Were the settler on Tangier Island also of French heritage? You guys on the east coast- when you boat to a "primitive" island you have to rough it by settling for transportation in "old" golf carts. :-) Just curious Chuck....why do you include a copy of a post in your reply when you disagree with and refute it yet do not do the same when you respond to a post from one of your buddies that share your beliefs? A very strange and intentional habit. Intentional indeed. |
Good question, and here's the answer.
If a point of some kind, boating related or otherwise, is subject to dispute or debate it is only fair to restate that point in the opposing party's own words before preceding. Example: You post- "I think there are some advantages to reverse cycle AC on a boat and would personally prefer it over a forced air or hydronic diesel heat system." Let's say I want to dispute or ciscuss that issue. If I repost your exact statement, it then makes it harder for me to twist and distort your words to my advantage. Example, without repostsing"I think there are some advantages......and would personally prefer"...... somebody could more easily open with, "Why the heck do you think reverse cycle AC is the be and and end all for everybody under all situations and who the heck do you think you are to think that, anyway?" Reposting an exact statement if a point is being debated or disputed also makes it more difficult for the party who made the statement to respond with, "You lying sack of crap, I never said any such thing..........." If I am only commenting on a single point in a long post, I rarely quote the entire post. Odd that you characterize certain individuals as "buddies that share your beliefs". As in: Just curious Chuck....why do you include a copy of a post in your reply when you disagree with and refute it yet do not do the same when you respond to a post from one of your buddies that share your beliefs? Odd, because very few of my buddies "share my beliefs." In fact, a number of people I consider good friends absolutely disagree with "my beliefs" in some important areas. Reasonable adults, secure in their own philosophies, are not afraid to include others who have different opinions. I don't know and have never met Harry, same as 99% of the people posting here. I don't know and have never met you, either. Whenever I meet a new person I try to look for the better aspects of their personality, and hope they are inclined to do the same with me. Harry and I, you and I, you and Harry- none of us have any reason to be "buddies" or "enemies". We're just tiny little whispers in daily hurricane on the internet. "Sound and fury signifying nothing," (Shakespeare) This is a place where ideas can be shared, contrasted, discussed, and compared- but it's a lousy place to become emotionally involved- either from a positive or negative perspective. |
wrote in message oups.com... Good question, and here's the answer. snip the bull Bull. You are into your usual spin mode. Gotcha once again. ;-) |
snip the bull
Bull. You are into your usual spin mode. Gotcha once again. ;-) *********** You asked an honest question and you got an honest answer. Sorry you can't deal with it, but that's your problem and not mine. It's time to put you back into the "ignore" file once again. Is your buddy, W, taking the night off? Seems to be a marked decrease in the profane attack posts. |
wrote in message ups.com... snip the bull Bull. You are into your usual spin mode. Gotcha once again. ;-) *********** You asked an honest question and you got an honest answer. Sorry you can't deal with it, but that's your problem and not mine. It's time to put you back into the "ignore" file once again. Is your buddy, W, taking the night off? Seems to be a marked decrease in the profane attack posts. I see another Chuckie breakdown coming. Time to once again run away with your ball and bat to your Mommy like you have done numerous times in the past? I think so. |
Sorry your boating thread got off track.
Some guy who doesn't own a boat (but is hoping to hitch a ride with somebody for MDW) had to try to turn your boating thread into a flame war. I'm sure the profane kop will (Not) show up to castigate the guy for attempting to turn a boating post into a personal, OT ****ing match. This Tangier Island sounds like it must be pretty civilized and paved. Do they have much of a marina there, or is it an "anchor out" affair? |
Starting an on topic post with:
Despite the worst wishes......of the right-wing scum here, we returned safely after a nice, if chilly day, out on the Bay. Starting a post off like that is just asking for trouble. Now who was really wanting to make it a ****ing match? The original poster of course. Harold Left ********* I can't say that I disagree, but look carefully at how the attack post evolved. The attack poster didn't even respond to the original poster's comment, but rather waited until a second person participated in the thread, asked a seemingly sincere question about posting style, and then used the answer to take off on a tangent against the *second* poster, not the guy who made a remark about right wingers. Attack posting a party who did *not* make in inflammatory remark makes the non-boater in this case at least as guilty, (in my personal opinion), as the person who made a snotty remark about peolpe with differing political perspectives. |
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Harry.Krause wrote:
Why, Chuck, do you continue to engage the "anon" vermin? Chuck seems to be one of those people who always looks for the good in individuals. I say ...call a spade a spade. |
JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Good question, and here's the answer. snip the bull Bull. You are into your usual spin mode. Gotcha once again. ;-) What does this have to do with boats? I take it that you aren't buying into Herring's philosophy of trying to improve the tone of the group, huh? Or maybe you are....he tries to improve the tone by using profanity!!!!! |
wrote in message oups.com... JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Good question, and here's the answer. snip the bull Bull. You are into your usual spin mode. Gotcha once again. ;-) What does this have to do with boats? What does this have to do with boats? In fact, what do any of your posts have to do with boats? |
JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Good question, and here's the answer. snip the bull Bull. You are into your usual spin mode. Gotcha once again. ;-) What does this have to do with boats? What does this have to do with boats? In fact, what do any of your posts have to do with boats? As suspected..... You're quite good at chastising others for doing the exact same thing that you do yourself, so you spin around to the critic. People in glass houses, ya know? |
wrote in message ups.com... JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Good question, and here's the answer. snip the bull Bull. You are into your usual spin mode. Gotcha once again. ;-) What does this have to do with boats? What does this have to do with boats? In fact, what do any of your posts have to do with boats? As suspected..... You're quite good at chastising others for doing the exact same thing that you do yourself, so you spin around to the critic. People in glass houses, ya know? What does this have to do with boats? In fact, what do any of your posts have to do with boats? |
Around 5/14/2005 1:01 PM, I wrote:
Around 5/13/2005 4:56 PM, wrote: Good question, and here's the answer. Screw the answer... Ah, screw the question too. I'm going to head out and test my new prop (er- screw.) :) Hopefully almost two more inches of pitch will let me finally open the throttle all the way. -- ~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat" "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." -Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows |
Around 5/14/2005 1:07 PM, I wrote:
I'm going to head out and test my new prop (er- screw.) :) Hopefully almost two more inches of pitch will let me finally open the throttle all the way. Woohoo! Topped out at 31 Knots @ 5200 RPM, compared with a previous best of 22.4 @ the 5500 redline! I should have done this when I first got the motor... -- ~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat" "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." -Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows |
"JimH" wrote in message ... wrote in message ups.com... JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Good question, and here's the answer. snip the bull Bull. You are into your usual spin mode. Gotcha once again. ;-) What does this have to do with boats? What does this have to do with boats? In fact, what do any of your posts have to do with boats? As suspected..... You're quite good at chastising others for doing the exact same thing that you do yourself, so you spin around to the critic. People in glass houses, ya know? What does this have to do with boats? In fact, what do any of your posts have to do with boats? Kevin needs to look at his own glass house. What a mar00n |
P. Fritz wrote: Sorry, Fritz, I'm not Kevin, and it's easily verifiable that I am not. But, I take it you are too stupid to figure it out, and just take what someone else says as truth. It's sad you can't think and act for yourself. |
"Frddy" wrote in message ... Can't we just let this thread die in peace. Bless it and say never again will we let things get out of control? I can't see it as being fun for anybody involved. Frddy Talk to the Krazy Klass Klown Krause. He is the one destroying this group. He only post one of three categories... A. Off topic political rants. B. Childish name-calling and insults. C. Lies. Nothing else. -- -Netsock "It's just about going fast...that's all..." http://home.columbus.rr.com/ckg/ |
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