Fwd: Re: Private vs Public Responses

Tim Spofford (tims@spof.org)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:04:06 -0700


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>At 08:43 PM 09/12/1999 -0400, Lewis Baumstark wrote:
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>>being flamed, I'm just a little self-consious in the presence of you "old
>>salts," a little afraid of saying something real dumb. I suspect this is
>>the case with many others. Anybody else feel this way?
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>I do, and I've been around boats, and sailboats, much of my life. I
>sailed the Chesapeake on this guy - http://spof.org/brigadoon.jpg - with
>my grandfather, who was about as salty as they come, beginning when I was
>about 10 or 12 and before that on the boat that became the logo for
>Fawcett's, Annapolis (http://www.fawcettboat.com), I worked at Fawcett's
>growing up, and I spent 4 years at sea in the Coast Guard. But the fact
>is, I'm not very experienced and, yes, I fear asking the stupid question
>or, worse, making the stupid comment. But with one notable exception,
>I've found the folks here to be extraordinarily helpful and if they do
>condescend to us less experienced folks, they do it out of ear range.

Tim Spofford
Kirkland, Washington
http://spof.org
P-19 #611 "Heron"