LOL!
Judy B. ( is one letter after my name okay?)
In a message dated 2/22/99 3:58:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, forrest@slic.com
writes:
> Let's see, now....
>
> I hold no advanced degree. I am neither a doctor, a lawyer, nor an
> Indian chief. I am not, in fact, any sort of licensed professional.
>
> I am not rich -- not even "financially comfy." Call my condition
> "uncomfy," if you wish. That's close enough.
>
> I left middle-age behind me some time ago, but I am not yet
> sufficiently decayed to be either romantic or fascinating.*
>
>
> I do not now own a Potter, and I will probably never do so. (They're
> wonderful little ships, to be sure, but I fear that neither Potter is
> the boat for me.)
>
> I have no interest in outboard motors, solar panels, batteries, genoa
> tracks, or gel-coat repairs.
>
> I am only a sometime sailor. My present sailing rig could be described
> more-or-less accurately as comprising three sticks, an old tarp, and
> some string. Not a Harken block to be seen anywhere, and a big
> beaver-tail paddle serves as both lee-board and _steorbord_ (steering
> oar).
>
>
> Despite this admittedly long catalog of handicaps, however, a day
> seldom passes when I don't find something of interest on the Potter
> list. I hope I can be forgiven this small eccentricity.
>
>
> Forrest Brownell
> South Colton NY
> forrest@slic.com
>