On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:10:02 -0000, wrote:

On Jul 9, 2:00 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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On Jul 9, 12:50 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:38:36 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:23:01 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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You don't need to sit through hours of courses to learn one rule.

I think it's quite safe to assume that if you don't know that one
rule...

Gee....ya think? Nothing like a blinding flash of the obvious. I
asked
about
the rule, so obviously I did not know it.

You with me so far?

As far as safety, I've was handling a 47 foot boat quite nicely when
I
was
16 years old. Took all the courses, etc etc. My current boat was
boarded
a
couple of years ago, and I was given a ticket for not having a piece
of
equipment NOT required by the CG. I ended up helping some young guy
learn
the rules, with the help of his CO.

Somehow, you've completely failed to convince me of your competence.
If a newcomer to this group were to ask the same basic question you
asked, there would have been 20 responses advising you that you need
to take a safe boating course. My advice that you seriously need to
take a safety course stands, and your "know-it all" responses only
re-inforce that opinion.

Why do I need to convince YOU?

I don't know, but you seem to have made it a high priority. So far,
you might have convinced yourself, but that's about it. And even that
would require a fair amount of intellectual dishonesty on your part.

You didn't respond to my question about water temperature. Could you
please
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Then what Joe? What if he said he could not tell you to a degree what
the temp is in his tank, what does that prove? I guess I am a little
slow today!

It's rude to second guess people, so let's wait until this time tomorrow and
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OK, now what was your frekin' point!?

To get out of the box into which he'd been driven by changing the subject.
Where've you been? That's his MO.
--
John H

"John H." wrote in message
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OK, now what was your frekin' point!?

To get out of the box into which he'd been driven by changing the subject.
Where've you been? That's his MO.
--
John H

No, John. This is the reality of the situation: Some people can survive in a
discussion involving multiple ideas simultaneously. Some people can see
connections between apparently unrelated concepts. If you ever had these
skills to start with, you've lost them. But, practice helps. I know two
people who are pushing 90 years old, but their mental acuity makes you seem
like a frog that's been pithed prior to dissection.

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:38:54 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
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OK, now what was your frekin' point!?

To get out of the box into which he'd been driven by changing the subject.
Where've you been? That's his MO.
--
John H

No, John. This is the reality of the situation: Some people can survive in a
discussion involving multiple ideas simultaneously. Some people can see
connections between apparently unrelated concepts. If you ever had these
skills to start with, you've lost them. But, practice helps. I know two
people who are pushing 90 years old, but their mental acuity makes you seem
like a frog that's been pithed prior to dissection.


LOL! Truth hurts, huh?
--
John H

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:39:01 -0500, John H.
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Some people can see connections between apparently unrelated concepts.

"They want us to connect the dots, but they do not want us to collect
the dots. The dots should apparently just walk up and volunteer, 'Here
I am. I'm a dot!'"

James Lileks - 2006.