Wal - I was agreeing with you.... John
Sent from my iPad > On Dec 22, 2013, at 12:54 PM, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote: > > Oh well... Two things: > > you wrote: >> Hard to believe that someone who just spent a king's ransom buying a company >> might not see the humor in a comment on their first boat. > > Actually, if I were in his shoes my sense of humor might have some > constraints right now. A false rumor can spread like wildfire (see > www.sailinganarchy.com.) Speaking of which, about ten years ago some twit > who owned a 1/4 share of a Melges 24 sailed on my boat, and then announced on > sailing anarchy that my boat sailed like a pig. Ten years later, if I ever > see that twit again I'll spit in his face. So, everyone has a different > touchy area where jokes are concerned. > > Heck, in these days of instant global internet communications, even a tough > truth can wreck you: > > a) I wonder how many Columbia 32's have sold since the rudder fell off of > 'Uncontrollable Urge.' > <http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LA-1-Killed-as-Sailboat-Smashed-on-Rocks-in-Race-196686001.html> > > > b) And of course, there's the Tartan laminate failure: > <http://my.boatus.com/consumer/pdf/2009-01-DefectAndItsAftermath.pdf> which I > believe occurred shortly after the C&C brand was purchased by Fairport. > > So, yeah, if I had pledged my life, fortune and sacred honor to a new > business venture, I'd be pretty darn touchy about anyone who said anything > negative. > > anyway... > > Second, your email contained this attachment: > >> Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote: >> >> This message cannot be displayed because of the way it is formatted. Ask the >> sender to send it again using a different format or email program. te > > Ummm, I'm pretty sure my emails are sent in plain text. I'll check the > settings, in case they were changed during a recent upgrade. I use Mozilla > Thunderbird for email. I like to send and receive plain text, since it's > faster over a slow internet connection, and prevents me from having to > download an imbedded 2GB picture of somebody's new dog, cat, girlfriend, > boat, baby, etc. > > Wal > > -- > s/v Stella Blue > www.wbryant.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
