[Rhodes22-list] Looking for a Rhodes 22

[stan]

You guys are embarrassing me.

cut it out

(I love it.)

I don't want to get Rummy upset.  He complained when I sentimentally 
mentioned my kids in a posting once.  I guess that is the legacy of the 
Vietnam War.  He should have attended WW 2 - you knew why you were there and 
that seemed to soften those called. .

stan/gbi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie Thorndycraft" <julie at circle7.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Looking for a Rhodes 22


> Bill,
> We all adore Stan, how could we not? I'd adopt him in a minute, but he
> probably has enough relatives already.
> Julie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 8:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Looking for a Rhodes 22
>
>
> Thanks, Herb,
>
> I like my writing much better when it's about sailing than when it's about
> politics, too.  But I honestly believe that no matter what your political
> persuasion, the current administration must be seen as dangerous and
> duplicitous, and that it's un-American not to speak up about it.
>
> I don't know if you were on this list when I fought the decision to permit
> politics, but I fought that as hard as I'm fighting this.  I have mixed
> feelings about the outcome.  Most of the time this is one of the best
> political forums on the net.  Even our tolerance of intolerance is
> interesting.
>
> We are 200+ people with nothing in common but a boat.  When I want to know
> what's going on in this country I come to this list.
>
> Thanks for your kind words.  I'm in love with sailing, my boat is the best
> toy I've ever owned, and I adore Stan.  Sometimes that comes through.
>
> Bill Effros
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Herb Parsons
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 12:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Looking for a Rhodes 22
>
>
> Wow. That was SO well put. Bill, I like your writing MUCH better when
> it's about sailing than I do when it's about politics.
>
>>>> bill at effros.com 9/12/2004 10:00:50 PM >>>
> Nah, buy a Rhodes-22, spend a week in Edonton with Stan, and he'll
> teach you everything you need to know about sailing.  Take a few power
> squadron courses while Stan is building your boat, and live happily for
> the rest of your days.  Sailing is not incomprehensible like ......
> sociology....it's elegant, like math or physics.  You can derive great
> satisfaction from it with only a simple understanding of the forces at
> play, and spend the rest of your life building on that foundation. Or
> you can just let the wind push you around while you watch the sun rise
> and set.  It's a lovely thing to do, and the R-22 is a wonderful thing
> to do it in.
>
> Bill Effros
>
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