Getting real

On Nov 26, 1:42 pm, "Roger Long" <stri...@maine.> wrote:
> We all have our suspicions, I'm sure, about some of the regular posters to
> this newsgroup ...
>
> Who would have ever believed that frequent contributor, Titanic researcher,
> and boating magazine author, Roger Long, has not owned a boat with a cabin
> in his entire adult life? ...

Not me. That was one of those "unknown unknowns" that we've heard so
much about. I am sorry to hear that "Strider" comes to you as a
consolation prize. I did get a chuckle out of your set-up to this
presumably sad news. However, with the notable exception of WH and
his sock puppets, I've always assumed that posters here were pretty
much the people they claimed to be. I suppose, given the choice, I'd
rather be naive than paranoid :)

-- Tom.

"Goofball_star_dot_etal" <who@needs.email.anyhow> wrote in message
news:064ok3la9u35liuqm0kucemb5h6ims2p7v@...
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:42:19 -0500, "Roger Long"
> <strider@maine.> wrote:
>
>>We all have our suspicions, I'm sure, about some of the regular posters to
>>this newsgroup, believing (probably correctly) that they living out their
>>fantasies of cruising in some Internet café or on a lonely laptop far from
>>any water that hasn't been chlorinated in the city treatment plant.
>>Trying
>>to figure out who is real and who is not is one of the fun things about
>>hanging out here.
>>
>
> The trouble is that you are hopeless at it. My name, publications and
> sailing pictures are all public. Your debating tactics leave at lot to
> be desired.
>

"Goofball_star_dot_etal" <who@needs.email.anyhow> wrote

> The trouble is that you are hopeless at it. My name, publications and
> sailing pictures are all public. Your debating tactics leave at lot to
> be desired.
>

(Sorry for other blank reply. The automatic reply bug is alive and well in
my computer.)

I take it you think my OP was aimed at you. It wasn't and had nothing to do
with any previous discussions.

OTOH, if those details were ever disclosed here, it must have been before my
time. All I know is that you are another poster using a funny alias. Feel
free to enlighten us again. I'm always interested in anyone's publications.

--
Roger Long

Roger Long wrote:

>
> Nice looking boat. I can see we have a similar philosophy (probably driven
> partly by economics in your case as well). Have a small, tough, simple
> boat, that doesn't wear you out handling the gear and sails and go places in
> it.
>
> --
> Roger Long
>
>

So true!

The weather turned nice yesterday.

I got to sail while the big guys sat at the pier (without their crews).


Richard