Armond Perretta wrote:
There's always the possibility that this is a great place _because_ we know
how to talk politics (or fiberglass, or what have you) rather than because
we _avoid_ such. Pure speculation, mind you.

It's possible. But there are a lot of mindless people who will jump in
here and make it just like rec.boats, only without the fishing threads.

I certainly don't mind intelligent well-reasoned discussions of
politics, especially when there are issues raised that are important for
cruising, such as the Cuba prohibition and the ICW neglect. And most
regulars here would most likely be fine with that.

But we've already seen malicious personal attacks on contributors such
as Chuck Gould, motivated solely by spite of what he's posted in another
newsgroup. More of that? No, thanks.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

DSK wrote:
... we've already seen malicious personal attacks on contributors
such as Chuck Gould, motivated solely by spite of what he's posted
in another newsgroup ...

My wife only let's me read this group.

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.home.comcast.net/

On Tuesday 11 May 2004 10:26 pm in rec.boats.cruising Armond Perretta wrote:

DSK wrote:
... we've already seen malicious personal attacks on contributors
such as Chuck Gould, motivated solely by spite of what he's posted
in another newsgroup ...

My wife only let's me read this group.
-----------------^

DAMMIT stop BLAM abusing BLAM the BLAM apostrophe.

Chris Newport wrote:

DAMMIT stop BLAM abusing BLAM the BLAM apostrophe.


Carefull if you do that too much you'll loose your cool. :-)

--
I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend
than be one.
-- Clarence Darrow

You need to read "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" by Lynn Truss. GREAT book
for apostrophobes.

Note: Usually I put the author first but I am not sure how to make
Truss posessive. Truss'? Truss's? Truss'es?

Chris Newport wrote:
On Tuesday 11 May 2004 10:26 pm in rec.boats.cruising Armond Perretta wrote:


DSK wrote:

... we've already seen malicious personal attacks on contributors
such as Chuck Gould, motivated solely by spite of what he's posted
in another newsgroup ...

My wife only let's me read this group.

-----------------^

DAMMIT stop BLAM abusing BLAM the BLAM apostrophe.




--
Glenn Ashmore

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EVEN BETTER! http://eatsshootsandleaves.com/ESLquiz.html
--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
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Chris Newport wrote:
Armond Perretta wrote:

My wife only let's [sic] me read this group.

DAMMIT stop BLAM abusing BLAM the BLAM apostrophe.

Thanks for the suggestion, Chris. BTW is this your work?

"DC arcs are harder to quench than AC, this can cause the
contacts to rapidly erode and/or weld together."

Google maintains that it is.

Here's the offer. I'll stop making mindless typos if you'll stop writing
mindless run-on sentences.

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.home.comcast.net/

Gabriel Latrémouille wrote:
Just read the new US Decree forbidding sailing to Cuba in Cruising World
Magazine.
snip
ahem... George Bush can pucker up and kiss my Royal Canadian Arse.
I'll sail anywhere I g0*#@mn well please and it does not please me to
sail to the USA anytime soon. You poor sods. Have any of you actually
read what the "U.S.A. Patriot Act" has done to your constitutional
rights? Wake up and smell the coffee kids, you don't have any
constitutional rights any longer.

Dave wrote:
A cynic might conclude that material is objectionable as political only when
it is contrary to the views of the individual doing the shushing.

Or that since *you* are already posting politics, and nothing but
politics, to another sailing group, you don't need to repeat that
pattern here.

DSK

I believe the term is "zing!"

R.

On Tue, 11 May 2004 20:04:37 -0400, "Armond Perretta"
wrote:

Chris Newport wrote:
Armond Perretta wrote:

My wife only let's [sic] me read this group.

DAMMIT stop BLAM abusing BLAM the BLAM apostrophe.

Thanks for the suggestion, Chris. BTW is this your work?

"DC arcs are harder to quench than AC, this can cause the
contacts to rapidly erode and/or weld together."

Google maintains that it is.

Here's the offer. I'll stop making mindless typos if you'll stop writing
mindless run-on sentences.