Reality check, John. I think the objections were more to do with your attitude than your words. But hey? What do I know? Jolie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Jolie Smilowicz wrote: > Reality check, John. I think the objections were more to do with your > attitude than your words. <snip> I guess I missed something here. But I do have a bigger reality check: John Winters has been providing this list with tons of great information and entertainment for many years. Paddlewise has had many good contributors come and go, but John is one of the few that have stuck around and continued to share his professional knowledge, experience and even hilarious creative writing talents with us. Personally, I usually find his "attitude" to be refreshing. I sincerely hope that the remarks of a few Paddlewisers who apparently don't appreciate his thoughts on nomenclature won't cause him to stop contributing in the future. If we drive away the paddlesport professionals who are generous enough to share their knowledge, experience and valuable time with us, we will end up with another one of those forums where all we have is people who don't know what they're talking about misinforming everyone else. And perhaps the spelling police can send any corrections to me privately and spare the list from deleting yet another worthless message. Frank PS - Now if I can just get back to scanning those Manatee photos... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Correct terminology shall be used. A Great Lakes Freighter is a boat, not a ship, despite what the designers might say. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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