Where"s gary ???

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fc3 said:
I won't speak for any of the guys with extensive experience in cruising, buying, and maintaining boats. I speak for myself and if you wish to assume parallels, that's your business.

Gaining knowledge is not cheap, painless, or easy. What I know about boats and boating has taken me decades to accumulate. I've taken things apart, repaired them, and reassembled them. I've read thousands of pages of articles, stories, and books on these topics. I've studied the OEM's manuals. I've bought and stored tons of data, tools, and parts. I've run boats in good weather, crappy weather, and weather where everyone else was tied to the dock. All of the experience gained I've given away to other forum members for free. Had I published it as a book, a series of magazine articles, or as a newsletter, I probably could have made a few bucks.

I don't ask anything for it. But on the other hand, when the whining, complaining, kvetching, and crap become too much, I'm taking my marbles and going home. Or setting up my own site. Whatever.

You can have whatever kind of forum you want. If you want a nicey-nicey one with political correctness, lace doilies, and pretty talk, that's fine. But that's not my idea of fun. And it might not be other people's idea of fun, either.

Best regards,
Frank
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Are we both talking about CSR? This is the most politically incorrect boating forum I think I have seen. So much so that I feel bad for letting it get as out of control as it is. Pretty much anything goes on here, lets see you try that on some of the other better known forums. I think I have edited about 10 posts in the past 3 years and nobody has ever been banned. Whoever said you need to be PC anyway?
 
G Dock, how will that help? Someone will get their ego scuffed and all hell will tear lose again...why oh why would anyone want to be a moderator?
 
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Are we both talking about CSR? This is the most politically incorrect boating forum I think I have seen. So much so that I feel bad for letting it get as out of control as it is. Pretty much anything goes on here, lets see you try that on some of the other better known forums. I think I have edited about 10 posts in the past 3 years and nobody has ever been banned. Whoever said you need to be PC anyway?
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I didn't say it was. But if that's what some of the girls want, then let them have it. But it's not for me.
 
Fc3 has it right. I was actually a one time poster who complained about Gary and some of the cronies on here for demeaning other posters. i actually left for 4 months. Ill tell you what I found. I found that my boat is more complex than I ever imagined, I found that my mechanic charges way too much,I determined that i need to do my own work, I found that although I grew up on a farm in central Illinois working on tractors and owning my first car driving it in the pasture when I was 12 and working on motorcycles and cars since then, that I still need alot of help in diagnosing the different issues on my boat. People like gary, no, Gary in particular, along with other guys like Fc3, are worth their weight in gold for gaining real life experience and knowledge on our boats. It took a while to figure it out, but the good Gary offered far outweighed the bad.
 
U cant please everyone. So the next chain of thought should be who contributes more .. the WHINERS or The Gary's ... Ulll see the GARYS are worth there weight in gold... Let the whiners well whine.... Everyone has choices..... Just like the radio ... dont like stern change the station....Dont like The Garys comments find a new forum. I think he has earned his place.


Rob
 
Enjoy your "time out" Gary. I'm looking forward to your return. This place isn't the same without you. Besides, someone had to try out the whole infractions thinghy.
 
Robski97: I don't think it's too much to ask that contributors, even the really good ones, treat others with respect. I suspect everyone here is capable of sharing great advice without dragging the discussion to the level of a fraternity party.

P.S. My comments above are not directed at Gary
 
I step away for real life. . .and five pages of posts about Gary pop up. Impressive.

Personally, I find some of what Gary posts to be a bit offensive. But I don't mind, as this is a public forum and I do not make the rules. I chose to participate (and provoke) at my own peril. Sometimes I am labeled a socialist pig (poll running 4-1 last I checked) and other times I learn something valueable. A fair trade in my view.

Overall, I think it is the role of the admins and moderators to set the tone and boundries for this board. It would be unreasonable to let total anarchy run rampant on this board. Personally, I think they all do a really good job keep things "reasonably" in check and I am happy to stand up and say it. And yes. . if you post personal views and "humour" you need to expect that you will offend someone occassionally. . and maybe get a post deleted here and there. Big whoop.

Remember the two most important things: (1) Don't sweat the small stuff and (2) It's all small stuff.

The only complaint I have about this board is sometimes threads get tangled. For example. . .the current train of events started in a "winterization" board (I believe), then spilled over to the "home pics" thread of the holding tank. . and here we are now in the "Sport Yachts" section.

Which G2 vision card for my 545s do I need to buy to follow this thread?
 
Gary..I can't believe you gave up that quick...over what?..a picture in a urinal and a bit of sarcasm…and a couple of guys whining about it to management.….tuff’n up already!!
 
G Dock:thumbsup:. Just don't let him do the cooking at the dock parties. Last time he had to throw the cheap grill away. :lol::smt043:lol:
 
thunderbird1 said:
Robski97: I don't think it's too much to ask that contributors, even the really good ones, treat others with respect. I suspect everyone here is capable of sharing great advice without dragging the discussion to the level of a fraternity party.

P.S. My comments above are not directed at Gary
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Well said. You can disagree with someone's opinion; hell, they can even be flat-out wrong- but it's in "how" you say it that matters.

I got fifty bucks that sez this goes to twenty pages...
 
How about 2 new sections..........G dock for the Gary crowd & the PETA pit for the other 2 :thumbsup:
 
On my second post, I met Gary, argued what I was doing was wrong, but "the way it was said" got me laughing like hell. I was curious, who is this guy, so I visited his blog. Nice pictures, good writer, interesting character. Forums need characters, to make it interesting, and we do need admins to keep everything in order. I come here for advice, relaxation and laughs. There is some of each nearly every night. This is the place to get information, and ideas. When I need advice, I ask, and then call my my dealer... I pay for his work, so he better be right. This is a great forum, compared to your elction campaign, this is mild stuff... my two cents.

R.Blatter
310 Sundancer 2001
 
Gary is good in my book, gives great advice and is pretty damn witty! I enjoyed reading his blog, and if he makes the Great Lakes Cruise, I'd like to buy him some cocktails..

You would think the DOW is above 14k, we just found Osama Bin Laden and are now getting free oil from Iraq... There are bigger issues out there!
 
I vote for it to be called the G-Spot.
 
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