[Rhodes22-list] Bill Effros! Famous author

Steve rhodes2282 at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 30 06:46:21 EDT 2004


Bill
This is how I recoup all the tax money I spend on
welfare:-)  
Steve



> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 1:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bill Effros! Famous
> author
> 
> 
> Ed,
> 
> I don't think so.  Michael was upset.  I tried to
> kid him out of it.  Stan
> tried to kid him out of it--and Michael became even
> more upset.
> 
> Michael's comments were obviously out of line, but
> I'm not going to buy a
> tugboat in protest, and I resent any newcomer
> writing a screed when he
> doesn't know either the history, or who he is
> addressing.
> 
> As a well known right wing tax payer, I am truly
> concerned when I see
> government employees spending huge amounts of time
> on private matters using
> government resources.  Whoever this guy is, he has
> his nerve lecturing
> Michael, Stan, and us, and then sending this stuff
> out using a government
> email address.
> 
> Steve is also a government employee, and he has also
> run up against this
> issue.  It will be interesting to see if he replies
> during the day, or waits
> until he is on his own time tonight.
> 
> Although it can often seem otherwise, this list was
> not created as a shill
> for Stan's company, and Stan knows it.  Anyone
> reading this list can be
> pretty sure we all say what we mean, and don't pull
> many punches.  Stan
> wouldn't have it any other way, and if he loses a
> sale because Michael was
> having a bad night, that's just fine with Stan. 
> Stan knows who his friends
> are, and what's important to him.
> 
> But I don't think Stan will lose a sale over this
> matter.  If this guy says
> he's walking away from a superior boat to get back
> at Michael, I don't
> believe him.
> 
> If he reads my message to Steve in the way it was
> intended he may see that
> maybe he was a little out of line, also.  And maybe
> I am, too.  And maybe
> I'll offend Steve.  And Steve will not sell his boat
> in protest.
> 
> We all know we can count on each other to say
> something when we are out of
> line and don't know it.  And that's just fine with
> us.  If the new guy wants
> to join us, he's welcome.  If not, not.
> 
> I have now said the same thing in many words I was
> trying to say with my
> little aside to Steve in a few words.
> 
> The QuoteWithoutComment book is starting to
> straighten itself out again, so
> I will be busy with it once again.  I've got to
> clean my boat for my wife's
> book club this weekend, so I'll at least get a
> little time on the water.
> 
> The list is great for those times when you want to
> be thinking about
> sailing, but can't be doing what you're thinking
> about.
> 
> Back to work,
> 
> Bill
> 
> PS -- I miss Rummy.  Kaboom!  RIP
> 
> 
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