Skipper wrote:
wrote:

Actually, in light of the Ficht debacle and your actions in encouraging
folks to buy these troubled engines, indeed, I believe an apology is in
order. Thousands were hurt, Bill.

"Thousands were hurt?" Are you kidding?

"Shortly after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court in Chicago on December 22, OMC announced that it would no longer
warranty any of its products. This left tens of thousands of consumers
without protection if their boats or engines failed and thousands of OMC
dealers with large inventories no longer backed by their manufacturers."

http://my.boatus.com/consumer/OMCBankruptcy.asp

BTW, how does this concern you? You don't own anything upon which to mount an outboard of any
variety

Wrong again, Chuckster. I think all readers should trek on up to Seattle
and see for themselves what an incompetent and unscrupulous schlort your
really are.

--
Skipper


You seriously expect Bill to apologize for the OMC bankruptcy? How
daffy.

I always welcome a visit from anybody coming to Seattle. A guy from
Derby, KS came up here severalyears ago and began singing my praises
very enthusiastiacally, in this forum, immediately thereafter. Derby's
a pretty small place and the odds are you probably know this guy. I
could repost the glowing accolades yet again- but that would be
immodest. Years later, the guy claimed that in reality he immediately
developed the impression I was a true POS. I asked him, "Were you lying
then, or are you lying now?" To be fair, I do think he insisted he was
lying "then." So, a self-confessed liar from your same town has a low
opinion of me. Darn. You now I live and breathe to try to make a good
impression on posers and liars....(not).

But back to boats. What do you own upon which you could mount an
outboard? A workbench bracket situated above a water-filled garbage
can? When was the last time you were out on a boat (not as a charter
client or cruise ship passenger)? I don't expect any answers, really.
You come around here to stir up trouble, not discuss boats. You claim
superior expertise and disparage the "boating CV" of others here- but
the only story you have ever shared about your own boating experience
(with the gas cans and the 30-foot waves in the Sea of Cortez) is such
a lucky accident or obvious lie that it only makes you look even more
ridiculous.

My challenge to you, Dave Mann of Derby, Kansas, would be to put up or
shut up. Until or unless you are willing to share some evidence of
being a boater or even owning a boat that sits unused in your driveway
(did the sale on your 22-foot Bayliner from a few years ago fall
through?) you have very little license to sit in judgment on the
boating experiences of other participants in this group and certainly
no business "dissing" the entire group as you recently did with your
"boating CV" remark.