I relish who you are. It's inspiring, blunt yet elegant (for the
understanding group). Not aligning or anything like that, sometime its very
brazzen, that's what the winds deal us.... And it always get us to a port.

Your 70 years on my personal experience, it always taken with gratitude and
then salt!!! You gotta have fun poking at life. And the "modern" world
is... A different day.
We are a great group of folks. IMHO ( in my humble opinion)


Nothing happening worth dying for this year.


Sometimes I suck at writing. hope this comes across supportive
,encouraging, and entertaining.

Stay safe,.

On Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 9:00 PM stan <stan at generalboats.com> wrote:

> Todd.
>
> Thanks for replying.  That assumption is incorrect.  In my disjointed
> writings re ROC it does point out that anyone, buying any Rhodes, from
> the factory, automatically is a paid in full member of ROC.   So Sean
> is.  Sean is a military doctor so not that clear on what he wanted.   I
> responded within a few days but he is conditioned to "stat" orders.
> (Rose was a nurse until I corrupted her but before I did she introduced
> me to 'stat' as used in medical terms.)  If I had filled Sean's order
> for a pop top and pop top slider, stat, he would have been very unhappy.
>
> I lucked out with formal educational benefits from WW11 (US Navy air
> corps schooling/Purdue engineering/NYU business administration) but find
> that the education that comes from living and doing, is the more
> productive part of what we end up knowing. We simply get wiser with each
> year we get through, like it or not.  At my age I knew that if Sean
> needed a new pop top and pop top slider for a recently recycled Rhodes,
> whatever caused that damage would have had him needing a new boat.  So
> we took the time out to review the names of the boat parts so we would
> be on the same page in ordering parts via the   www.Rhodes22parts.com
> web site.  Turns out his interest was for a pop top enclosure; and by
> slider he meant, the way to attach it to the boat.
>
> Also appreciate your extending me a peak at your thoughts: /"explaining
> the certificate and the counterintuitive royalty scheme for private boat
> sales, replays every 18 months or so." /One of my varied careers was a
> Madison Avenue mad man (radio/tv director with a little copywriting on
> the side) where one of the golden rules is repetition.  You are right;
> 18 months of media silence is way too long a stretch to drive home a
> message.  Still, the checks come in the mail from respected List names
> with notes like, "Stan, I've been mulling over what you are trying to do
> and I get it."  Borrowing your words, /"was my assumption wrong (as
> usual)" . /When it comes to what you see as a 'counterintuitive royalty
> scheme', your take misses by 180 degrees.   I won't bother you with the
> alternate view, unless you encourage me.  And then I would love to.
>
> Meantime have a merry.  Mine will be a one man celebration in this now
> empty house, of having lived an amazing life for 71 years with one
> pretty, sexy, loving, sweet as can be, significant other.
>
> stan
>
>
> On 12/22/20 10:16 AM, Todd Tavares wrote:
> > Here we go again...meaning trying to figure out who is eligible for full
> > factory support and purchasing parts.
> > By your salutation "Hi Stranger" I assumed that Sean is not a holder of a
> > coveted C of S or ROC.
> > That whole conversation; explaining the certificate and the
> > counterintuitive royalty scheme for private boat sales, replays every 18
> > months or so.
> >
> > Or was my assumption wrong (as usual) and my reply premature?
> >
> > Todd T.
> > tavares0947 at gmail.com
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 6:50 AM stan <stan at generalboats.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Todd,
> >>
> >> Would you please explain your "Here we go again" to me.
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >>
> >> stan
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12/21/20 5:54 PM, Todd Tavares wrote:
> >>> Here we go again....
> >>
>
>