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John Gaquin wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Nice try.




That's what I figured you did for a living...
Nothing.

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On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 10:09:13 -0500, "John Gaquin"
wrote:


"Steven Shelikoff" wrote in message

Harry, a communist like you should love football. It provides enjoyment
for many more people of lower means than recreational boating does

Steve, I'm going to disagree with you here. Harry dislikes team sports
because organized team sport is a meritocracy. Some are more skilled and
harder workers than others, and the skilled, hard workers get bigger
rewards, while those with lesser skills and effort fail -- with no regard
for their so-called "self-esteem". This is the way every business ought to
be allowed to work, but we all know that is not the case.

Also, having seen Harry's physique, I can say that he probably wasn't
a team sport (or individual, for that matter) during his high school
and/or college days. Very often when people are prevented from
engaging in an activity they become opposed to the activity. Then they
try to make it seem as though they are on a pedestal which makes them
"too good" to engage in said activity. This is mostly psychological
stuff, so Harry and his wife probably spend a lot of time discussing
this aspect of his personality.

Of course, very often these same people will come back with a list of
all the sports at which they "excelled".

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

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On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 10:59:09 -0500, "John Gaquin"
wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Nice try.

See what I mean? So predictable.

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

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My favorite team sports are rugby, swimming and track, the three sports
I most enjoyed participating in in high school and college. I have the
honor of losing and losing badly in a 1960s shot put event to Randy
Matson of Texas A&M. He was incredible. I was merely on the team. What a
joy to watch that guy. Got to photograph him, too, the next year, while
a stringer for the KC Star.

Randy Matson was an Olympic champion and national champ in both shot and
discus several times.. So, you and a lot of other people lost to him. It
must have been fun just competing in that kind of crowd.

donpj

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"John H" wrote in message

.....Very often when people are prevented from
engaging in an activity they become opposed to the activity. Then they
try to make it seem as though they are..."too good" to engage in said
activity.

Of course, very often these same people will come back with a list of
all the sports at which they "excelled".

You may be on the right track re Harry, or not. In the scheme of things,
he's a source of chuckles, and little more. I do know that professional
team sports are an irritant to some of the professional union people I know
(people actually running unions, not flitting around the periphery as he
does), because professional team sports fly in the face of a great deal that
unions believe in. Through their so-called "Players Associations", pro
athletes have managed to effect the fiscal extortion that is so common among
all large unions, but they can't seem to break this whole performance issue.
Pro sports and entertainment (is that a redundancy?) are the only two major
unionized areas where performance remains paramount. If you can't show
results better than most of your peers, you fail. Period. And you
disappear. This is nigglingly bothersome to unions, because their credo
dictates everything be collective -- like a pure form of communism. No
individual is given accolades as hero, and no individual is responsible for
failure.

In a broader sense, it is noteworthy that these two areas -- pro sports and
entertainment -- are virtually the only areas where no form of affirmative
action has been applied, and these are the areas where minority participants
have proven overwhelmingly successful. Collective protection is not an
incentive to stellar performance.

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John Gaquin wrote:

.....I do know that professional team sports are an irritant to some of
the professional union people I know.... because professional team sports
fly in the face of a great
deal that unions believe in.



"Harry Krause" wrote in message

....I'm not aware of any particularly widespread animosity
in the union movement towards the sports unions, ......

That's not what I said. Nice try. Reread, above.

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On 3 Feb 2004 04:10:15 -0800, (basskisser) wrote:


What a bunch of pure horse****, mixed with wild, unfounded
allegations. Typical of your type, not a bit based on fact. Why would
you call Janet a pig, bitch, and a whore? There are stories around
about how well she treats her hired help, therefore the bitch part is
unfounded. A whore? Please provide any evidence that she sells her
body. Timberlake a fag? Have any facts to back THAT up? And no, I
don't care for the stylings of either, but I'm much too good rant wild
allegations that have no basis of fact.

Uh, basskisser, didn't you write the following?

"You ****ing idiot!!! Do you not think that outboard motors need to be
distributed? Hmm, here's a thought you dolt, maybe that distribution
of those outboards........are through distribution centers...ya think?
Now, the centers are wholly owned and operated by Yamaha Motors,
U.S.A. and use union labor. My orginal "yamaha has plants in the U.S.
and they use organized labor" is valid, and correct."

Doesn't that fit the "...wild allegations that have no basis in fact"?

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

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John H wrote in message . ..
On 3 Feb 2004 04:10:15 -0800, (basskisser) wrote:


What a bunch of pure horse****, mixed with wild, unfounded
allegations. Typical of your type, not a bit based on fact. Why would
you call Janet a pig, bitch, and a whore? There are stories around
about how well she treats her hired help, therefore the bitch part is
unfounded. A whore? Please provide any evidence that she sells her
body. Timberlake a fag? Have any facts to back THAT up? And no, I
don't care for the stylings of either, but I'm much too good rant wild
allegations that have no basis of fact.

Uh, basskisser, didn't you write the following?

"You ****ing idiot!!! Do you not think that outboard motors need to be
distributed? Hmm, here's a thought you dolt, maybe that distribution
of those outboards........are through distribution centers...ya think?
Now, the centers are wholly owned and operated by Yamaha Motors,
U.S.A. and use union labor. My orginal "yamaha has plants in the U.S.
and they use organized labor" is valid, and correct."

Doesn't that fit the "...wild allegations that have no basis in fact"?

John H

Sorry, John, but I guess you don't understand English. I said, "Yamaha
has plants in the U.S. and they use organized labor". That statement
is nothing of an allegation, it is fact.