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recently I noticed that some(a few) folks have asked questions that require a longish detailed answer.
The help and answers to the proposed problem are then forthcoming, but the thread originator never returns or if they do they never post again on their thread, so the post writers never know whether the person has been helped. Of course others with similar problems probably benefit anyway. I think its only good manners for the thread originator to return and say thanks, or at least say "your idea sucks, I would never try it. LOL

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Ya, I see where you're coming from and there are a few that do that. However, for the most part, the authors seem active in the threads.

Ya gotta remember Binkie, most folks are starting to go out on their boats instead of clacking on the keyboards, as the season is warming up. Lol.

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Excellent Binkie! I do hope I am not in the aforementioned group.

While in the process of rebuilding a Classic Whaler I am certainly sucking up as much info as is available from our fantastic membership. I need all the help I can get.

That said, I also have to remain vigilant in that not all the info and advice is of any real value and we do have some members who think they know of what they speak. When I receive replies of this nature it usually goes in one ear and out the other. I don't respond as a matter of "Good Manners".

In short, the advice I have received has been priceless but there has been some I would not pay a nickle for and this is the WWW. I find it rather useless to argue with someone if I can't reach out and punch him in the nose! It is best to simply not reply and let it go.

Gary

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Right on. Some members have no idea of what they are doing. You can read about it all you want but actually doing the work is a whole different story.

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Well I wasn't trying to knock the folks that are giving out info and answering the questions. Everyone has there own way of doing things, and its the results that counts. For instance a friend of mine, Bob Walwork is a mahogany boat builder building Raveau Boats. Originally a race boat builder. Well, I was at his shop a few weeks ago, and I asked him how he got those incredible varnish jobs. The wood looks better than any varnish job I've seen. He then tell me its not really varnish. He said his shop is so dusty that he doesn't dare varnish. So he tells me that he puts on 3 coats of Pettitts Z-Spar varnish, sands it smooth, then shoots on three coats of automotive clear coat. A few days later he buffs it with a buffer and some sort of wax. Any dust is buffed off and the finish is something else, plus it last as long as a car finish. I wouldn't do it that way myself (because I've never done it that way) but there are many ways to skin a cat. so they say.

Here is a link to his beautiful boats.
http://www.boats.com/blog/2011/02/vid...runabouts/

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X 3, very well said.

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I've done that very same thing for a memeber here. It's on my personal page. Looks awesome.

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This answer out of good manners idea sucks. I'd never try it!





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Huh??

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Showing good manners is never a bad idea; it is a way to show respect for one another. Thanks for the post theo.

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I was trying to rib Binkie, but I messed it up in a major way. I'm sorry about that. Never meant to offend you guys. Like my dad I really like a lighthearted approach to things. But sometimes I put my foot in it, especially when I fall back on the cheapest humor of all - sarcasm. Funny too, because I grew up pretty much despising guys like Don Rickles. And yet, the fact that sarcasm is cheap and offensive doesn't seem to sink into my thick head. And even though I made my dumb comment with tongue-in-cheek, there aren't many good ways to relay tone of voice and a twinkle in the eye over the internet. I need to remember that.

Anyway, I'm very sorry to come off like a jerk. Never meant to be that way.

Sincerely,
Ted Christian

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Ted, your not a jerk just didn't know where you were coming from. No harm, no foul...

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It takes a man to confess his innocent blunder in front of untold thousands of people. Thanks for the clarification Ted.

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Thanks fellas. Means a lot to me.

Back to good manners . . .

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Theo, I thought your comment was pretty funny but becuase of your typo it didn't come across right.I appreciate sarcastic humor, as sarcasm is one of my downfalls. LOL I don't think thousands of people read this stuff. I think 358 or so.

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Lol, I don't even see a reason for him to apologize to be honest with ya. Besides, I thought good manners were no longer "Politically correct"? Just sayin'.....lol.

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John

Did you paint that 13 whaler with clear coat or just the wood?

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Just the wood. The outer is Single Stage Urethane.