Harvey...please don't stop posting such topics. They are more than welcome here.
I'd hoped to avoid posting in this thread, and just move on...but there now seem to be many folks repeating a mantra, that's simply not true.
I've no desire to be part of a "boating topics only" community - how boring is that. Somehow, my plea to keep discussions friendly and away from obvious hot-button topics, seems to have been construed to mean this by many.
We've always discussed non-boating related material here. I'm perhaps more "guilty" than anyone else...of my most recent posts, I'm guessing the majority don't mention a thing about C-Dory or boating. I've babbled on about retirement dreams, house building, and of course - dogs. Which truth be told, I find far more interesting than some inanimate fiberglass floating object that many of us have in common.
In a way, it's kind of ironic. It's so predictable, that a topic on global warming, terrorism, oil companies, environmentalism, or any of a number of other issues has a good chance of degrading into mudslinging and flared tempers. But it's equally predictable, that every time I try to reign things back in, people seem to get completely gun shy and paranoid about what is acceptable around here. Which is worse than the "problem" I was trying to address.
So, in an attempt to set the record straight, here's a list of what I, the co-emperor of the C-Brats, dub acceptable and unacceptable. Disclaimer: I may change my mind at any time, and TyBoo may have his own list.
Acceptable: Stuff that's not boring, and anything about Brock.
Unacceptable: Arbitrary, depending on my mood.
Any questions, feel free to ask.
I'd hoped to avoid posting in this thread, and just move on...but there now seem to be many folks repeating a mantra, that's simply not true.
I've no desire to be part of a "boating topics only" community - how boring is that. Somehow, my plea to keep discussions friendly and away from obvious hot-button topics, seems to have been construed to mean this by many.
We've always discussed non-boating related material here. I'm perhaps more "guilty" than anyone else...of my most recent posts, I'm guessing the majority don't mention a thing about C-Dory or boating. I've babbled on about retirement dreams, house building, and of course - dogs. Which truth be told, I find far more interesting than some inanimate fiberglass floating object that many of us have in common.
In a way, it's kind of ironic. It's so predictable, that a topic on global warming, terrorism, oil companies, environmentalism, or any of a number of other issues has a good chance of degrading into mudslinging and flared tempers. But it's equally predictable, that every time I try to reign things back in, people seem to get completely gun shy and paranoid about what is acceptable around here. Which is worse than the "problem" I was trying to address.
So, in an attempt to set the record straight, here's a list of what I, the co-emperor of the C-Brats, dub acceptable and unacceptable. Disclaimer: I may change my mind at any time, and TyBoo may have his own list.
Acceptable: Stuff that's not boring, and anything about Brock.
Unacceptable: Arbitrary, depending on my mood.
Any questions, feel free to ask.
