[Rhodes22-list] Sailing - Fallow Traveler? Not political

[Andrew Collins]

Ben

I too object to not knowing how to use the traveler, hence it lies fallow.
Maybe another sailing course will help me unravel its mysteries and reap the
rewards in knots.

After what seemed like two months of the doldrums, I got in a couple of
hours of hull speed sailing on Monday, with 4' swells on LIS, no less. The
steady east wind created unusual conditions.

Anybody else getting out?

Andrew
sv Carmen
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Robert Skinner
<Robert at squirrelhaven.com>wrote:

> Ben,
>
> Perhaps it is best to allow Ed the use of his native tongue.
> That makes it easier to filter, and for those who choose to
> scan his rants, it helps them assess the credibility of the
> message.
>
> The quality, inventiveness, and quantity of name-calling is
> an amusing study for those who have already figured out what
> is going on.  For the rest, spinning bull crap is no
> substitute for real knowledge, and there is so little of
> that available that the contest has degenerated into a
> beauty contest on both sides.
>
> Nobody is about changing minds here.  It is all wishful
> thinking, roaring, knuckle dragging, and chest pounding.
>
> /Robert
>
> Ben Cittadino wrote:
> > Dear Ed;
> >
> > First, you date yourself when you use the term "fellow traveler".  Nobody
> > has used that expression since 1953 or so.  It was one of Joseph
> McCarthy's
> > favorite epithets.  Back then it was cause to bring a libel suit.  Now,
> as
> > then it's a taunt of fearful men who  think everyone who disagrees with
> them
> > is a commie.  I take exception to your use of the term "fellow traveler"
> to
> > describe me or anyone else on this list. I want you to cut it out.  Got
> it?
> >
> > The term "Rockefeller Republican" describes those members of the
> Republican
> > Party who considered themselves socially liberal, fiscally conservative,
> and
> > strong on defense. It was used in the '60's to differentiate moderate
> > Republicans from those supporting Barry Goldwater.  Olympia Snow of Maine
> is
> > still considered an example of that school of thought.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Ben C.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tootle wrote:
> >> Ben:
> >>
> >> Henry Paulson said the other day he was a "Rockefeller Republican".
> >>
> >> Since you said that once you were one, before you became a 'fellow
> >> traveler', explain what they are?  were?
> >>
> >> Ed K
> >> Greenville, SC, USA
> >> Attachment for Ben about Philidelphia Bridges...
> >>  http://www.nabble.com/file/p19638028/cameras.jpg cameras.jpg
> >>
> >
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