[Rhodes22-list] parts website

[Chris Geankoplis]

I can’t think of a more beautiful subject to celebrate.
Thanks for all you have done.
Chris & Alice Geankoplis
Enosis 1 & the other red Rhodes

On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 at 22:00, stan <stan at generalboats.com> wrote:

> Todd.
>
> Thanks for replying.  That assumption is incorrect.  In my disjointed
> writings re ROC it does point out that anyone, buying any Rhodes, from
> the factory, automatically is a paid in full member of ROC.   So Sean
> is.  Sean is a military doctor so not that clear on what he wanted.   I
> responded within a few days but he is conditioned to "stat" orders.
> (Rose was a nurse until I corrupted her but before I did she introduced
> me to 'stat' as used in medical terms.)  If I had filled Sean's order
> for a pop top and pop top slider, stat, he would have been very unhappy.
>
> I lucked out with formal educational benefits from WW11 (US Navy air
> corps schooling/Purdue engineering/NYU business administration) but find
> that the education that comes from living and doing, is the more
> productive part of what we end up knowing. We simply get wiser with each
> year we get through, like it or not.  At my age I knew that if Sean
> needed a new pop top and pop top slider for a recently recycled Rhodes,
> whatever caused that damage would have had him needing a new boat.  So
> we took the time out to review the names of the boat parts so we would
> be on the same page in ordering parts via the   www.Rhodes22parts.com
> web site.  Turns out his interest was for a pop top enclosure; and by
> slider he meant, the way to attach it to the boat.
>
> Also appreciate your extending me a peak at your thoughts: /"explaining
> the certificate and the counterintuitive royalty scheme for private boat
> sales, replays every 18 months or so." /One of my varied careers was a
> Madison Avenue mad man (radio/tv director with a little copywriting on
> the side) where one of the golden rules is repetition.  You are right;
> 18 months of media silence is way too long a stretch to drive home a
> message.  Still, the checks come in the mail from respected List names
> with notes like, "Stan, I've been mulling over what you are trying to do
> and I get it."  Borrowing your words, /"was my assumption wrong (as
> usual)" . /When it comes to what you see as a 'counterintuitive royalty
> scheme', your take misses by 180 degrees.   I won't bother you with the
> alternate view, unless you encourage me.  And then I would love to.
>
> Meantime have a merry.  Mine will be a one man celebration in this now
> empty house, of having lived an amazing life for 71 years with one
> pretty, sexy, loving, sweet as can be, significant other.
>
> stan
>
>
> On 12/22/20 10:16 AM, Todd Tavares wrote:
> > Here we go again...meaning trying to figure out who is eligible for full
> > factory support and purchasing parts.
> > By your salutation "Hi Stranger" I assumed that Sean is not a holder of a
> > coveted C of S or ROC.
> > That whole conversation; explaining the certificate and the
> > counterintuitive royalty scheme for private boat sales, replays every 18
> > months or so.
> >
> > Or was my assumption wrong (as usual) and my reply premature?
> >
> > Todd T.
> > tavares0947 at gmail.com
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 6:50 AM stan <stan at generalboats.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Todd,
> >>
> >> Would you please explain your "Here we go again" to me.
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >>
> >> stan
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12/21/20 5:54 PM, Todd Tavares wrote:
> >>> Here we go again....
> >>
>
>