[Rhodes22-list]can you take me off

[Jim White]

hahahahahahahah. Stop already, you're killing me
jw
At 10:27 AM 5/27/2005, you wrote:
>can you take me off the list ]
>
>--- Philip Esteban <3drecon at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > MJM,
> >     Wow!  That is the first email I ever read with
> > an accent! ;')
> > But I get your point.
> >
> > Philip
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf
> > Of michael meltzer
> > Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 10:23 PM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Unsubscribe - refent1
> >
> >
> > no, Felix problem is he can not be "Bothered" to
> > read the mail sent to
> > him, what happen is he logs in, see a list message
> > and replies to the
> > first one with "get me off", skips over everything
> > else. I am sure if
> > you where to ask him he would claim his time was to
> > precious to waste on
> > it, on the other hand he has no problem asking
> > others to waste their
> > time on his behalf.
> >
> > If you permit me to give a little insight: Sailing
> > and this list have a
> > dark secret. It goes something like this, The
> > "sport" can be done alone
> > and is seems real cool from the way the media
> > portrays it and is kind of
> > "sexy", The only real entry barrier is the coast of
> > the boat. Now the
> > rhodes22 is on the lower end of the price range so
> > we get allot of
> > first timers looking to get into sailing. Nothing
> > wrong with that. But
> > what comes with is some people who are very self
> > centered, only care
> > about them self's, Classics "Do as I say, I order
> > you" and are into the
> > sport because no one else can stand to be around
> > them(they are looking
> > for something in their life to do).
> >
> > Now sailors are a friend bunch, in truth they have
> > to be. One of the
> > first thing you learn you are never really in
> > control, you prepare but
> > in the end weather, water and breakdown are really
> > what governor things.
> > The next issue you are in strange place and going
> > from place to place.
> > You learn to provide help and sometimes a harder
> > thing to do receive
> > help. You also learn that the boat is expendable,
> > any damage from any
> > cause is your financial responcablity  alone(maybe
> > insurance) and you as
> > captain are responsible for everyone and everything
> > on the boat, that
> > includes awake, sleeping and not even their and any
> > actions done by
> > others. if you loose control on the water your boat
> > can and will be
> > taken way as salvage.
> >
> > It drive the above personalities nuts, they
> > generally drop out of
> > sailing very quickly. On the list "I only want to
> > hear about boats" can
> > be targeted to "I will give nothing, I listen only,
> > and I want you to
> > make it simple for me". You seen a few examples
> > already how they blow
> > their stack and run off because they did not get
> > their way. when it get
> > down to it they are not friendly. Also not very
> > vision, They problem
> > they never seem to understand is the people who know
> > the information get
> > board, you can only answer how to find a port leak,
> > unstick a
> > centerboard, adjust a mast, etc... so many times.
> > Now if a newcomer asks
> > that is mentioning which people like to do, but only
> > talk about a sail
> > boat would make it job  and they drop from the list.
> > Your can only read
> > sail magazine for two years for the same reason :-)
> >
> > I could go on but I think you get the drift,  BTW
> > High odd's you see you
> > see a post along the lines, "how dare you MJM", "WHo
> > do you thing you
> > are". It just the way life goes..................
> >
> > -MJM
> >
> > PS. It is relay just chitchat, most of the players
> > will never change
> > their perceptions and they know it to.
> >
> >
> > Rhodierose at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > >Is this felix???
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