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Open question - Is this appropriate behavior...?
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Open question - Is this appropriate behavior...?
Reginald P. Smithers wrote:
Chuck, Can you hear the music in the background? Listen closely, I think it is Kumbaya, but I am not sure. Have a great day, and your boat's paint job really looks nice, can you imagine how slow and careful you will be docking and hauling your anchor for the next few years. Like that first ding in your new autos paint. I'd be afraid to sail on that boat until a few scratches show up. |
Open question - Is this appropriate behavior...?
wrote in message oups.com... Plenty of peace pipe to go around. :-) We see the best and the worst of ourselves reflected in the people around us. It's my opinion that if we expect to grow and improve as individuals, we have to get past the point where we dwell on the (perceived) faults of others. Two reasons; 1) if we can't forgive our worst faults personified by others we will never get free of the burden those same faults place on our own spiritual or pyschological progress. 2) Just as we all, individually, combine some extremely worthy as well as some extremely unworthy aspects so do the people we encounter throughout life. If we focus on the unworthiness of others we cannot adequately appreciate their worth- and it is only the worthiness of our brothers and sisters that enriches our own lives. As I said, that's my opinion. Your mileage may vary, and if it does that's still pretty much OK. Good grief, Chuck. A swift kick in the ass is just as effective and works a heck of a lot faster. RCE |
Open question - Is this appropriate behavior...?
"RCE" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... Plenty of peace pipe to go around. :-) We see the best and the worst of ourselves reflected in the people around us. It's my opinion that if we expect to grow and improve as individuals, we have to get past the point where we dwell on the (perceived) faults of others. Two reasons; 1) if we can't forgive our worst faults personified by others we will never get free of the burden those same faults place on our own spiritual or pyschological progress. 2) Just as we all, individually, combine some extremely worthy as well as some extremely unworthy aspects so do the people we encounter throughout life. If we focus on the unworthiness of others we cannot adequately appreciate their worth- and it is only the worthiness of our brothers and sisters that enriches our own lives. As I said, that's my opinion. Your mileage may vary, and if it does that's still pretty much OK. Good grief, Chuck. A swift kick in the ass is just as effective and works a heck of a lot faster. RCE More Psycho babble from the Chuckster. Please pardon my bluntness. |
Open question - Is this appropriate behavior...?
Harry Krause wrote:
Don White wrote: Reginald P. Smithers wrote: Chuck, Can you hear the music in the background? Listen closely, I think it is Kumbaya, but I am not sure. Have a great day, and your boat's paint job really looks nice, can you imagine how slow and careful you will be docking and hauling your anchor for the next few years. Like that first ding in your new autos paint. I'd be afraid to sail on that boat until a few scratches show up. Chuck's boat only goes slow. Harry, Then he will only get slow dings and dents in his boat. ;) Harry, when I was younger, I always was in a rush to get somewhere, now that I am older and dumber, I try to enjoy the trip as much as the destination. I was surprised that you would really consider spending $12,000 so you can go 5 mph faster on the few days when the bay is calm enough so you could actually go 30mph at 4000 rpm. Between the wind,, and the wake chop, that must be 3 or 4 days a year. ; ) I really figure it was an mental exercise you were playing with, but you really would have some other toy you would prefer over a new engine. Heck, now that I own a Nikon D50, I could spend $12,000 just on new lens, monopods, tripods, tutorials, software etc. I have the new 18-200 mm on order, they guess it will be 4-6 weeks before it is in. I just got off the phone with Nikon, they tell me I really don't need a UV or Clear Lens filter to protect this lens, they say if I do scratch the exterior lens, it is fairly easy to replace. They told me the idea that one needs a UV lens filter to protect your lens is a carry over from the old lens. On a positive side, this is a hobby both my wife and I enjoy, and the learning curve seems to be very steep, so one does not get bored. -- Reggie That's my story and I am sticking to it. |
Open question - Is this appropriate behavior...?
On 26 May 2006 07:21:21 -0700, "
wrote: JohnH wrote: On 25 May 2006 19:00:31 -0700, " wrote: JohnH wrote: We've all enjoyed having Rich in the group. As have others, he has shared pictures of his boat, his house, his car, etc. Now he is being attacked for doing so, and in a way that, to me, is despicable. ********************************************* "JimH" wrote in message oups.com... And in your case.....narcissistic. Any new pictures of the things you purchased and want to flaunt to the NG? You know, the "look what I have but you don't" type you normally post. Have a super fantasticalictic weekend materialistic boy.;-) ******************************************* Comments? Do you actually approve of this in the newsgroup? -- 'Til next time, John H ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** "Is this appropriate behavior?" Are referring to your post, launched as nothing more than a personal remark about another poster in an effort to perpetuate a feud? If so, then my answer would be "no." No Chuck, I'm referring to a personal attack of a viciousness which is despicable. As long as folks condone that behavior, it will continue. I can put up with political posting much better than with this crap. -- In that case, my advice would be to try to be the "bigger" man. Stooping to the attacker's level simply means that two people are playing the fool. The party who accused you of lying about matching donations to your daughter's cancer fund has alienated himself, at least temporarily, in a way that we haven't seen since that Bayliner owner from Kansas last hung around here. Even Bert and Fritz, a couple of guys never bashful about sharing opinions about other people, have told him to cool it, (see "is it time for the group to designate..."). If he persists, he will find himself Skipperized in short order- but you don't want to go down in the flames of his self destruction. Why not publicly bury the hatchet with the guy and just start over? It doesn't matter whether one of you guys is right and the other is wrong, you are both wrong if you launch threads simply to attack the other guy. Heck, it doesn't even need to be some long dramatic self effacing event. Here's all it takes to put this thing to rest. 1. Here's a virtual peace pipe: (careful, it was packed by a liberal so you don't know just what sort of wacky tabacky it might contain grin) 2. To end the dispute, simply respond to this thread with the single word "Toke". If you each take a toke, it's over, everybody's even, and life goes on. Everybody forgives and forgets, no strings attached. Any takers? ("tokers")? : Chuck, perhaps you are seeing things that don't exist. I'm referring to a behavior pattern. You call it a 'personal attack'. I have no desire to perpetuate a feud with JimH. I do find his venomous attacks on Rich to be despicable. I think anyone should be able to post pictures of their house, boat (s), horses, dogs, or whatever, without the name-calling and envy being displayed by JimH. You seem to disregard the behavior in question and, instead, focus on the personalities. Forget the personalities for a minute. Do you find the behavior appropriate? -- 'Til next time, John H ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** |
Open question - Is this appropriate behavior...?
On Fri, 26 May 2006 17:33:43 GMT, Don White wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers wrote: Chuck, Can you hear the music in the background? Listen closely, I think it is Kumbaya, but I am not sure. Have a great day, and your boat's paint job really looks nice, can you imagine how slow and careful you will be docking and hauling your anchor for the next few years. Like that first ding in your new autos paint. I'd be afraid to sail on that boat until a few scratches show up. I went through the 'first ding' yesterday. What a bitch! (See response to Reggie.) -- 'Til next time, John H ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** |
Open question - Is this appropriate behavior...?
On Fri, 26 May 2006 14:35:01 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers"
wrote: Harry Krause wrote: Don White wrote: Reginald P. Smithers wrote: Chuck, Can you hear the music in the background? Listen closely, I think it is Kumbaya, but I am not sure. Have a great day, and your boat's paint job really looks nice, can you imagine how slow and careful you will be docking and hauling your anchor for the next few years. Like that first ding in your new autos paint. I'd be afraid to sail on that boat until a few scratches show up. Chuck's boat only goes slow. Harry, Then he will only get slow dings and dents in his boat. ;) Harry, when I was younger, I always was in a rush to get somewhere, now that I am older and dumber, I try to enjoy the trip as much as the destination. I was surprised that you would really consider spending $12,000 so you can go 5 mph faster on the few days when the bay is calm enough so you could actually go 30mph at 4000 rpm. Between the wind,, and the wake chop, that must be 3 or 4 days a year. ; ) I really figure it was an mental exercise you were playing with, but you really would have some other toy you would prefer over a new engine. Heck, now that I own a Nikon D50, I could spend $12,000 just on new lens, monopods, tripods, tutorials, software etc. I have the new 18-200 mm on order, they guess it will be 4-6 weeks before it is in. I just got off the phone with Nikon, they tell me I really don't need a UV or Clear Lens filter to protect this lens, they say if I do scratch the exterior lens, it is fairly easy to replace. They told me the idea that one needs a UV lens filter to protect your lens is a carry over from the old lens. On a positive side, this is a hobby both my wife and I enjoy, and the learning curve seems to be very steep, so one does not get bored. Let me know what you think of that lens when you get it. It's getting good reviews in the digital slr group. I don't care what Nikon says, I still use a filter to protect the lens. That's my story, etc! -- 'Til next time, John H ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** |
Open question - Is this appropriate behavior...?
On Fri, 26 May 2006 12:22:18 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers"
wrote: So are you staying clear of the lake this weekend? This is the one weekend I never go to the lake, it is worse than the 4th of July. I'm sure as hell staying clear of the whole Chesapeake Bay! -- 'Til next time, John H ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** |
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