On 3/11/2014 11:28 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/11/14, 12:16 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:36:26 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:


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?

I guess that liberal arts degree did not leave you with the
intellectual curiosity sufficient to keep yourself amused without
someone telling you what THEY want you to do,

... or maybe you just need the money



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.

There comes a time when one wants to stop doing for a living and start
living.

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:51:08 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 4:46 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:29:33 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

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


Honestly, FOAD, we know you're smarter, more tenacious, and more every other quality one could think
of than anyone here. My gosh, you keep telling us!!!

And no one can deny you've mastered your 'rancorous posting' hobby! I hope you got an achievement
badge of some sort - like a Cub Scout award or something.


You're boring. Try again tomorrow. Why aren't you out on the golf
course? It was 70F here an hour ago.

Besides, I'll never be as exciting as you.

On 3/11/14, 7:37 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:51:08 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 4:46 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:29:33 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

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


Honestly, FOAD, we know you're smarter, more tenacious, and more every other quality one could think
of than anyone here. My gosh, you keep telling us!!!

And no one can deny you've mastered your 'rancorous posting' hobby! I hope you got an achievement
badge of some sort - like a Cub Scout award or something.


You're boring. Try again tomorrow. Why aren't you out on the golf
course? It was 70F here an hour ago.

Besides, I'll never be as exciting as you.


Compared to you, watching beige ceiling paint drying is exciting.
You really seem obsessed with me, Johnny. I'll bet more than half your
posts here each day consist of your cheap shots aimed at him.

On 3/11/2014 1:49 PM, 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.

Are you jealous of your cousins having their college paid for by their dad.

On 3/11/14, 7:39 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/11/14, 7:37 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:51:08 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 4:46 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:29:33 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

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


Honestly, FOAD, we know you're smarter, more tenacious, and more
every other quality one could think
of than anyone here. My gosh, you keep telling us!!!

And no one can deny you've mastered your 'rancorous posting' hobby!
I hope you got an achievement
badge of some sort - like a Cub Scout award or something.


You're boring. Try again tomorrow. Why aren't you out on the golf
course? It was 70F here an hour ago.

Besides, I'll never be as exciting as you.


Compared to you, watching beige ceiling paint drying is exciting.
You really seem obsessed with me, Johnny. I'll bet more than half your
posts here each day consist of your cheap shots aimed at him.


Make that "...aimed at me."

On 3/11/2014 3:13 PM, 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.

how depressing that must be for you.

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:39:03 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 7:37 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:51:08 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 4:46 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:29:33 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

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


Honestly, FOAD, we know you're smarter, more tenacious, and more every other quality one could think
of than anyone here. My gosh, you keep telling us!!!

And no one can deny you've mastered your 'rancorous posting' hobby! I hope you got an achievement
badge of some sort - like a Cub Scout award or something.


You're boring. Try again tomorrow. Why aren't you out on the golf
course? It was 70F here an hour ago.

Besides, I'll never be as exciting as you.


Compared to you, watching beige ceiling paint drying is exciting.
You really seem obsessed with me, Johnny. I'll bet more than half your
posts here each day consist of your cheap shots aimed at him.

Actually, FOAD, about 100% of my posts to you are in response to your 'cheaper' shots at me.

Who is the 'him' you refer to above? Just good grammar, eh?

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:43:05 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 7:39 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/11/14, 7:37 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:51:08 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 4:46 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:29:33 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

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


Honestly, FOAD, we know you're smarter, more tenacious, and more
every other quality one could think
of than anyone here. My gosh, you keep telling us!!!

And no one can deny you've mastered your 'rancorous posting' hobby!
I hope you got an achievement
badge of some sort - like a Cub Scout award or something.


You're boring. Try again tomorrow. Why aren't you out on the golf
course? It was 70F here an hour ago.

Besides, I'll never be as exciting as you.


Compared to you, watching beige ceiling paint drying is exciting.
You really seem obsessed with me, Johnny. I'll bet more than half your
posts here each day consist of your cheap shots aimed at him.


Make that "...aimed at me."


Already answered.

On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 5:50:20 PM UTC-4, F*O*A*D wrote:

I practiced a little Zen and the Art of (simple) Motorcycle Maintenance

earlier today...Motorex here and there, tire air pressure, battery,

check for loose pieces and parts, sponge bath. If it is nice out

tomorrow, I'll drop her off the Pit Bulls and take a ride.

MORE ****ING LIES....**** OFF ASSHOLE.

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 18:41:41 -0500, HanK wrote:

He also liked to build electro-mechanical stuff, mostly strange
toys for his grandkids

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That sure does sound like a hobby doesn't it? Harry's all tangled up
in his twisted web again - but that's *his* hobby.