I'm an ass, and full of crap

[sailingdog]

Nah, he's still stuck in LGA or was it Newark...

[sailaway21]

A prayer for all D.S.S.'s:
May the solar lady and the dog lady never meet.

"D.S.S."- A Distressed Sailnet Sailor

[sailingdog]

LOL... what a horrible day that would be....

[sailaway21]

Well, the solar thread has just gone nuclear, that is to say, attained critical mass. For those of you who slept through chemistry, critical mass is the point at which the nuclear reaction becomes self sustaining, and when confined in a small space the reaction that follows shortly thereafter is rarely described as pleasant.
Sailnet denial: The mental process that occurs when one assumes that if just one more explanatory paragraph is written, or the numbers are crunched just one more time, by ME, they will all understand.

Sailnet denial has many dangerous side-effects, not the least of which is that you never will get your hull pressure washed this weekend. More importantly, it involves a conversation in the dark. For all intensive purposes, you are conducting a conversation with Anna Nicole Smith (dead or alive, what's the difference?). If you were having a similar conversation, at the gas station, about how to reaffix a fuel tank cap, and encountered such resistance you would be on your way in about 2 minutes. Sailnet denial is evident when the thread reaches ten pages plus and the verbal heat is such as to melt a block of plastic into a brand new gas cap. Sailnet denial is when the guy who designed the original gas cap didn't put this much effort into it.

When you tell the kid behind the counter at Burger King you are going sailing, and he says, "cool", do you then proceed to tell him how to adjust for lee helm by use of the traveller, even though you're not sure if he's ever been on a boat? That would be public sailnet denial. Why do your fingers not know what the rest of you cognitively trusts? You may be talking to the kid at Burger King or somebody who's still trying to get the knots out of their blow dryer cord before they try a bowline!

You people are trying to produce a nuclear lightbulb! The inevitable result is all heat and brief illumination. Stop it. Quit. Read up on provisioning for God's sake. You know who you are, and what you know. You know who the rest of us are, and which of us you trust. That's it. Some people DO work at Burger King their whole life, and some people have trouble with their gas cap years running, and more plutonium fuel ain't gonna help either one. Do you smell that? That odor is the coffee your wife is making for you. You've been busy way too long on the keyboard, and she's pretty sure you're not just verifying your winning lottery ticket number.

"Boat Oars!"

[donrr1]

Sailnet denial: The mental process that occurs when one assumes that if just one more explanatory paragraph is written, or the numbers are crunched just one more time, by ME, they will all understand.

I haven't really seen eye to eye with alot of your posts SA, but this one has smacked the proverbial hammer on the head (think about it ). Ride on.......

Don

[sailaway21]

And I assume you were not meaning the head of a nail? (very good, lol)
23 pages, even money says it goes 25.

[PBzeer]

I'm guessing it could go 28.

[camaraderie]

Sailaway...you're right...I stayed away all day but then took a peek...I tried but I couldn't help myself...I'm in Sailnet denial!! Something is STIK-ing in my craw. I gotta bone and I can't let go!! Heeeeellp me!

[sailortjk1]

This might require a twelve step program.

[sailingdog]

Can we start a pool on the when the thread finally ends???

In Cam's case, we need volunteers for an intervention... any takers? It's dangerous, but someone's got to do it... not made any easier due to his access to the big RED button.