On 3/11/14, 2:39 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:36:26 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 8:23 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:56:55 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 7:48 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:17:40 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:02:48 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

BTW Harry, why would you of all people want to hang around a 'right-wing pigpen?"

===

Every once in a while he gets to hear about real boats.

Well, he's not interested in hearing about your trawler. It's too slow, and there's no way he'd
spend all that time getting from one place to another. Of course, he is pretty quick on his Ducati
superbike.

===

I guess we shouldn't tell him that slow trawlers are an excellent
platform for viewing skimpy bikinis in exotic locations. Of course
even a slow trawler is faster than an imaginary Ducati.


His trawler isn't slow. Remember, it's got twin Volvo diesels - probably turbocharged - to get him
to Florida at 727 speed.



The idea of spending a lot of time in exotic locations waiting for parts
to fix a broken down old trawler with failing generators, transmissions,
et cetera, has little appeal to me.

It's for sure that 'sitting on the hard' will be much easier on the generator, transmissions, et
cetera. You really should crank those Volvo diesels up every couple of years, just to move the oil
around.

And, if you're in an exotic location, what the hell's wrong with spending some time there while
waiting for a new generator to arrive? Sounds ideal to me....planned that way, maybe, eh?



You seem to think that what might appeal to you is of universal appeal.
Oh, and typically, you're not waiting for a new generator to arrive,
you're waiting for a part on your existing generator to arrive.

I get a kick out of you "full-time retirees." You've got nothing of
consequence to do all day long, all week long, all month long, so you
have to find a zillion little hobbies to fill out your dance card. Golf,
model airplanes, RV'ing, firearms, motorcycling, bluegrass festivals,
guitars. What's next, line dancing?

Personally, I think golf, airplanes, motorcycles, photography, RV'ing, firearms, Bluegrass
festivals, guitars, et cetera, are preferable to sitting in a basement trying to impress people with
what a spectacular person you are and how much spectacular stuff you own.



I don't think you have anything of significance to do with your life,
and you're bored, so you spend most of your time trying to keep busy
with your hobbies.

It's funny. My uncle, my dad's bro, worked hard most of his life, got
his two daughters through college and married, and then he and his wife
moved from a Massachusetts north shore town to Florida, near Boca. This
was at 55-56. He discovered golf, and in the next 10 years, he became a
par and sometimes better golfer, playing many days a week well into his
80's. He also liked to build electro-mechanical stuff, mostly strange
toys for his grandkids, and to buy trashed out houses and totally refurb
them. He didn't have to have a new hobby of the week to keep himself
busy because he couldn't attain proficiency in the ones he chose.

You're the jack of all hobbies and master of none.

On 3/11/2014 2:40 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:36:26 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 8:23 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:56:55 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 7:48 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:17:40 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:02:48 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

BTW Harry, why would you of all people want to hang around a 'right-wing pigpen?"

===

Every once in a while he gets to hear about real boats.

Well, he's not interested in hearing about your trawler. It's too slow, and there's no way he'd
spend all that time getting from one place to another. Of course, he is pretty quick on his Ducati
superbike.

===

I guess we shouldn't tell him that slow trawlers are an excellent
platform for viewing skimpy bikinis in exotic locations. Of course
even a slow trawler is faster than an imaginary Ducati.


His trawler isn't slow. Remember, it's got twin Volvo diesels - probably turbocharged - to get him
to Florida at 727 speed.



The idea of spending a lot of time in exotic locations waiting for parts
to fix a broken down old trawler with failing generators, transmissions,
et cetera, has little appeal to me.

It's for sure that 'sitting on the hard' will be much easier on the generator, transmissions, et
cetera. You really should crank those Volvo diesels up every couple of years, just to move the oil
around.

And, if you're in an exotic location, what the hell's wrong with spending some time there while
waiting for a new generator to arrive? Sounds ideal to me....planned that way, maybe, eh?



You seem to think that what might appeal to you is of universal appeal.
Oh, and typically, you're not waiting for a new generator to arrive,
you're waiting for a part on your existing generator to arrive.

I get a kick out of you "full-time retirees." You've got nothing of
consequence to do all day long, all week long, all month long, so you
have to find a zillion little hobbies to fill out your dance card. Golf,
model airplanes, RV'ing, firearms, motorcycling, bluegrass festivals,
guitars. What's next, line dancing?

Oh, and I've never waited for a generator or a generator part to arrive.


I believe harry might have been referring to Wayne, and I don't think it
was a generator, I think it was an alternator...

On 3/11/14, 2:56 PM, KC wrote:
On 3/11/2014 2:40 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:36:26 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 8:23 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:56:55 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 7:48 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:17:40 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:02:48 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

BTW Harry, why would you of all people want to hang around a
'right-wing pigpen?"

===

Every once in a while he gets to hear about real boats.

Well, he's not interested in hearing about your trawler. It's
too slow, and there's no way he'd
spend all that time getting from one place to another. Of
course, he is pretty quick on his Ducati
superbike.

===

I guess we shouldn't tell him that slow trawlers are an excellent
platform for viewing skimpy bikinis in exotic locations. Of course
even a slow trawler is faster than an imaginary Ducati.


His trawler isn't slow. Remember, it's got twin Volvo diesels -
probably turbocharged - to get him
to Florida at 727 speed.



The idea of spending a lot of time in exotic locations waiting for
parts
to fix a broken down old trawler with failing generators,
transmissions,
et cetera, has little appeal to me.

It's for sure that 'sitting on the hard' will be much easier on the
generator, transmissions, et
cetera. You really should crank those Volvo diesels up every couple
of years, just to move the oil
around.

And, if you're in an exotic location, what the hell's wrong with
spending some time there while
waiting for a new generator to arrive? Sounds ideal to me....planned
that way, maybe, eh?



You seem to think that what might appeal to you is of universal appeal.
Oh, and typically, you're not waiting for a new generator to arrive,
you're waiting for a part on your existing generator to arrive.

I get a kick out of you "full-time retirees." You've got nothing of
consequence to do all day long, all week long, all month long, so you
have to find a zillion little hobbies to fill out your dance card. Golf,
model airplanes, RV'ing, firearms, motorcycling, bluegrass festivals,
guitars. What's next, line dancing?

Oh, and I've never waited for a generator or a generator part to arrive.


I believe harry might have been referring to Wayne, and I don't think it
was a generator, I think it was an alternator...


You're probably right about that...I think he was temporarily stuck in
the Carolinas...some years ago.

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:49:06 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 2:39 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:36:26 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 8:23 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:56:55 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 7:48 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:17:40 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:02:48 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

BTW Harry, why would you of all people want to hang around a 'right-wing pigpen?"

===

Every once in a while he gets to hear about real boats.

Well, he's not interested in hearing about your trawler. It's too slow, and there's no way he'd
spend all that time getting from one place to another. Of course, he is pretty quick on his Ducati
superbike.

===

I guess we shouldn't tell him that slow trawlers are an excellent
platform for viewing skimpy bikinis in exotic locations. Of course
even a slow trawler is faster than an imaginary Ducati.


His trawler isn't slow. Remember, it's got twin Volvo diesels - probably turbocharged - to get him
to Florida at 727 speed.



The idea of spending a lot of time in exotic locations waiting for parts
to fix a broken down old trawler with failing generators, transmissions,
et cetera, has little appeal to me.

It's for sure that 'sitting on the hard' will be much easier on the generator, transmissions, et
cetera. You really should crank those Volvo diesels up every couple of years, just to move the oil
around.

And, if you're in an exotic location, what the hell's wrong with spending some time there while
waiting for a new generator to arrive? Sounds ideal to me....planned that way, maybe, eh?



You seem to think that what might appeal to you is of universal appeal.
Oh, and typically, you're not waiting for a new generator to arrive,
you're waiting for a part on your existing generator to arrive.

I get a kick out of you "full-time retirees." You've got nothing of
consequence to do all day long, all week long, all month long, so you
have to find a zillion little hobbies to fill out your dance card. Golf,
model airplanes, RV'ing, firearms, motorcycling, bluegrass festivals,
guitars. What's next, line dancing?

Personally, I think golf, airplanes, motorcycles, photography, RV'ing, firearms, Bluegrass
festivals, guitars, et cetera, are preferable to sitting in a basement trying to impress people with
what a spectacular person you are and how much spectacular stuff you own.



I don't think you have anything of significance to do with your life,
and you're bored, so you spend most of your time trying to keep busy
with your hobbies.

It's funny. My uncle, my dad's bro, worked hard most of his life, got
his two daughters through college and married, and then he and his wife
moved from a Massachusetts north shore town to Florida, near Boca. This
was at 55-56. He discovered golf, and in the next 10 years, he became a
par and sometimes better golfer, playing many days a week well into his
80's. He also liked to build electro-mechanical stuff, mostly strange
toys for his grandkids, and to buy trashed out houses and totally refurb
them. He didn't have to have a new hobby of the week to keep himself
busy because he couldn't attain proficiency in the ones he chose.

You're the jack of all hobbies and master of none.

I would never expect to be as good as you or any of your relatives at anything.

And you're right, unlike you I've not 'mastered' anything. You are the hero, FOAD!

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:01:21 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 2:56 PM, KC wrote:
On 3/11/2014 2:40 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:36:26 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 8:23 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:56:55 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 7:48 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:17:40 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:02:48 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

BTW Harry, why would you of all people want to hang around a
'right-wing pigpen?"

===

Every once in a while he gets to hear about real boats.

Well, he's not interested in hearing about your trawler. It's
too slow, and there's no way he'd
spend all that time getting from one place to another. Of
course, he is pretty quick on his Ducati
superbike.

===

I guess we shouldn't tell him that slow trawlers are an excellent
platform for viewing skimpy bikinis in exotic locations. Of course
even a slow trawler is faster than an imaginary Ducati.


His trawler isn't slow. Remember, it's got twin Volvo diesels -
probably turbocharged - to get him
to Florida at 727 speed.



The idea of spending a lot of time in exotic locations waiting for
parts
to fix a broken down old trawler with failing generators,
transmissions,
et cetera, has little appeal to me.

It's for sure that 'sitting on the hard' will be much easier on the
generator, transmissions, et
cetera. You really should crank those Volvo diesels up every couple
of years, just to move the oil
around.

And, if you're in an exotic location, what the hell's wrong with
spending some time there while
waiting for a new generator to arrive? Sounds ideal to me....planned
that way, maybe, eh?



You seem to think that what might appeal to you is of universal appeal.
Oh, and typically, you're not waiting for a new generator to arrive,
you're waiting for a part on your existing generator to arrive.

I get a kick out of you "full-time retirees." You've got nothing of
consequence to do all day long, all week long, all month long, so you
have to find a zillion little hobbies to fill out your dance card. Golf,
model airplanes, RV'ing, firearms, motorcycling, bluegrass festivals,
guitars. What's next, line dancing?

Oh, and I've never waited for a generator or a generator part to arrive.


I believe harry might have been referring to Wayne, and I don't think it
was a generator, I think it was an alternator...


You're probably right about that...I think he was temporarily stuck in
the Carolinas...some years ago.

===

Absolutely right, and in the best tradition of retirement boat
cruising we made lemonade out of the lemon, sort of an extended
vacation in the Outer Banks area. We'd never had the opportunity to
do that before and it actually turned into a fun adventure like a lot
of other unexpected twists and turns.

On 3/11/14, 3:04 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:28:48 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:



I like the sort of work clients pay me to do. It's intellectually
challenging, in some cases it makes a difference for various groups of
people, I get to meet and work with interesting people, it provides me
with travel opportunities, I get to wear dress suits and ties ( ), et
cetera.

I'd go crazy trying to fill up my days and weeks with golf, model
airplanes, stamp collecting, et cetera. I'm sure many of you find
intellectual and psychic rewards in such pursuits, but I don't.

I really enjoy what I do for a living. I guess you didn't.


I enjoyed doing what I did, they just stopped doing it.

Now I teach myself jobs other people do and work for myself.

If you can't keep yourself amused without going to work, I guess you
should keep working until you die.


I don't do the work I do for amusement. I do it for the reasons stated
in my first paragraph, above.

I have a couple of hobbies, and other leisure activities, but that's
what they are...leisure time activities, not my life.

My wife, who is much busier with work than I am or want to be,
occasionally takes a couple of days off between vacations, but after a
couple of days, even with her hobbies, she is ready to go back to work
helping people. Her dad, who recently turned 80, still works a couple of
days a week as a consultant in his field, and he has a few leisure time
hobbies, too. I have few old friends in the labor movement, well into
their 80's, who are still actively working on union-related issues here
and abroad.

On 3/11/14, 3:18 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:49:06 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 2:39 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:36:26 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 8:23 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:56:55 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 7:48 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:17:40 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:02:48 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

BTW Harry, why would you of all people want to hang around a 'right-wing pigpen?"

===

Every once in a while he gets to hear about real boats.

Well, he's not interested in hearing about your trawler. It's too slow, and there's no way he'd
spend all that time getting from one place to another. Of course, he is pretty quick on his Ducati
superbike.

===

I guess we shouldn't tell him that slow trawlers are an excellent
platform for viewing skimpy bikinis in exotic locations. Of course
even a slow trawler is faster than an imaginary Ducati.


His trawler isn't slow. Remember, it's got twin Volvo diesels - probably turbocharged - to get him
to Florida at 727 speed.



The idea of spending a lot of time in exotic locations waiting for parts
to fix a broken down old trawler with failing generators, transmissions,
et cetera, has little appeal to me.

It's for sure that 'sitting on the hard' will be much easier on the generator, transmissions, et
cetera. You really should crank those Volvo diesels up every couple of years, just to move the oil
around.

And, if you're in an exotic location, what the hell's wrong with spending some time there while
waiting for a new generator to arrive? Sounds ideal to me....planned that way, maybe, eh?



You seem to think that what might appeal to you is of universal appeal.
Oh, and typically, you're not waiting for a new generator to arrive,
you're waiting for a part on your existing generator to arrive.

I get a kick out of you "full-time retirees." You've got nothing of
consequence to do all day long, all week long, all month long, so you
have to find a zillion little hobbies to fill out your dance card. Golf,
model airplanes, RV'ing, firearms, motorcycling, bluegrass festivals,
guitars. What's next, line dancing?

Personally, I think golf, airplanes, motorcycles, photography, RV'ing, firearms, Bluegrass
festivals, guitars, et cetera, are preferable to sitting in a basement trying to impress people with
what a spectacular person you are and how much spectacular stuff you own.



I don't think you have anything of significance to do with your life,
and you're bored, so you spend most of your time trying to keep busy
with your hobbies.

It's funny. My uncle, my dad's bro, worked hard most of his life, got
his two daughters through college and married, and then he and his wife
moved from a Massachusetts north shore town to Florida, near Boca. This
was at 55-56. He discovered golf, and in the next 10 years, he became a
par and sometimes better golfer, playing many days a week well into his
80's. He also liked to build electro-mechanical stuff, mostly strange
toys for his grandkids, and to buy trashed out houses and totally refurb
them. He didn't have to have a new hobby of the week to keep himself
busy because he couldn't attain proficiency in the ones he chose.

You're the jack of all hobbies and master of none.

I would never expect to be as good as you or any of your relatives at anything.

And you're right, unlike you I've not 'mastered' anything. You are the hero, FOAD!



I'm smart and tenacious enough to work at a hobby until I attain
proficiency at it, rather than brush it aside to try something else new.
How's your guitar playing coming along? You any competition for Norman
Blake:

http://tinyurl.com/luw8oct

He's the guy with the glasses.

Or perhaps a more modern copycat:

http://tinyurl.com/ktld6pa

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:13:43 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 3:04 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:28:48 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:



I like the sort of work clients pay me to do. It's intellectually
challenging, in some cases it makes a difference for various groups of
people, I get to meet and work with interesting people, it provides me
with travel opportunities, I get to wear dress suits and ties ( ), et
cetera.

I'd go crazy trying to fill up my days and weeks with golf, model
airplanes, stamp collecting, et cetera. I'm sure many of you find
intellectual and psychic rewards in such pursuits, but I don't.

I really enjoy what I do for a living. I guess you didn't.


I enjoyed doing what I did, they just stopped doing it.

Now I teach myself jobs other people do and work for myself.

If you can't keep yourself amused without going to work, I guess you
should keep working until you die.


I don't do the work I do for amusement. I do it for the reasons stated
in my first paragraph, above.

I have a couple of hobbies, and other leisure activities, but that's
what they are...leisure time activities, not my life.

My wife, who is much busier with work than I am or want to be,
occasionally takes a couple of days off between vacations, but after a
couple of days, even with her hobbies, she is ready to go back to work
helping people. Her dad, who recently turned 80, still works a couple of
days a week as a consultant in his field, and he has a few leisure time
hobbies, too. I have few old friends in the labor movement, well into
their 80's, who are still actively working on union-related issues here
and abroad.

You are the perfect man, FOAD.

On 3/11/14, 4:31 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:13:43 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 3:04 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:28:48 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:



I like the sort of work clients pay me to do. It's intellectually
challenging, in some cases it makes a difference for various groups of
people, I get to meet and work with interesting people, it provides me
with travel opportunities, I get to wear dress suits and ties ( ), et
cetera.

I'd go crazy trying to fill up my days and weeks with golf, model
airplanes, stamp collecting, et cetera. I'm sure many of you find
intellectual and psychic rewards in such pursuits, but I don't.

I really enjoy what I do for a living. I guess you didn't.


I enjoyed doing what I did, they just stopped doing it.

Now I teach myself jobs other people do and work for myself.

If you can't keep yourself amused without going to work, I guess you
should keep working until you die.


I don't do the work I do for amusement. I do it for the reasons stated
in my first paragraph, above.

I have a couple of hobbies, and other leisure activities, but that's
what they are...leisure time activities, not my life.

My wife, who is much busier with work than I am or want to be,
occasionally takes a couple of days off between vacations, but after a
couple of days, even with her hobbies, she is ready to go back to work
helping people. Her dad, who recently turned 80, still works a couple of
days a week as a consultant in his field, and he has a few leisure time
hobbies, too. I have few old friends in the labor movement, well into
their 80's, who are still actively working on union-related issues here
and abroad.

You are the perfect man, FOAD.



Isn't there some racist Tea Party function you should be attending?

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:00:27 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:01:21 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 2:56 PM, KC wrote:
On 3/11/2014 2:40 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:36:26 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 8:23 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:56:55 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 7:48 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:17:40 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:02:48 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

BTW Harry, why would you of all people want to hang around a
'right-wing pigpen?"

===

Every once in a while he gets to hear about real boats.

Well, he's not interested in hearing about your trawler. It's
too slow, and there's no way he'd
spend all that time getting from one place to another. Of
course, he is pretty quick on his Ducati
superbike.

===

I guess we shouldn't tell him that slow trawlers are an excellent
platform for viewing skimpy bikinis in exotic locations. Of course
even a slow trawler is faster than an imaginary Ducati.


His trawler isn't slow. Remember, it's got twin Volvo diesels -
probably turbocharged - to get him
to Florida at 727 speed.



The idea of spending a lot of time in exotic locations waiting for
parts
to fix a broken down old trawler with failing generators,
transmissions,
et cetera, has little appeal to me.

It's for sure that 'sitting on the hard' will be much easier on the
generator, transmissions, et
cetera. You really should crank those Volvo diesels up every couple
of years, just to move the oil
around.

And, if you're in an exotic location, what the hell's wrong with
spending some time there while
waiting for a new generator to arrive? Sounds ideal to me....planned
that way, maybe, eh?



You seem to think that what might appeal to you is of universal appeal.
Oh, and typically, you're not waiting for a new generator to arrive,
you're waiting for a part on your existing generator to arrive.

I get a kick out of you "full-time retirees." You've got nothing of
consequence to do all day long, all week long, all month long, so you
have to find a zillion little hobbies to fill out your dance card. Golf,
model airplanes, RV'ing, firearms, motorcycling, bluegrass festivals,
guitars. What's next, line dancing?

Oh, and I've never waited for a generator or a generator part to arrive.


I believe harry might have been referring to Wayne, and I don't think it
was a generator, I think it was an alternator...


You're probably right about that...I think he was temporarily stuck in
the Carolinas...some years ago.

===

Absolutely right, and in the best tradition of retirement boat
cruising we made lemonade out of the lemon, sort of an extended
vacation in the Outer Banks area. We'd never had the opportunity to
do that before and it actually turned into a fun adventure like a lot
of other unexpected twists and turns.

You mean you didn't sit down in the engine compartment steaming and fuming the whole time, thinking
up rancorous **** to post? I'm sure you just shattered his illusion of what 'real' boating is all
about.