Oh for crying out loud, Mike...
Just for the record, I was serious in asking Jim to send me an email on his B and B. And unfortunately I didn't get to see the link before you deleted it. So, could Jim please send me an email at pbarduniasataol.com (replace "at" with the sqiggly thing) so I can find out the information...
I feel partially responsible for this mess, because of my post a couple of weeks ago looking for help with that stinking Sea Ray. As you folks recall I didn't argue with Mike deleting my post - he's the boss on this thread. Personally I disagree with his decision of course or I wouldn't have posted the message in the first place - its not like I did it just to antagonize him. IMHO as long as people realize this forum isn't a clearing house for all of our business transactions then if once in awhile certain business things get discussed on here then I don't see the harm...
Common sense would seem to dictate that conversations on here should be the same as we might have at the dock at the local marina, and obviously discussions about work sometimes take place at the dock. I don't as a rule, practice putting all my used boat inventory up on the back of my boat [:-irked] but I certainly would ask around the marina to see if anybody needs a cabin cruiser if I'm stuck with one in a special situation. Likewise our friend with the restaurant wants to tell us about the party Saturday night. I don't go to those things, but maybe it was fun and a worthwhile thing to tell his friends about here on BoaterEd. I teased him about the message being hard to understand, but not about him placing it...
So Mike, I would ask you to reconsider your intention to become so strict with the prohibition on anything remotely seen as commercial, and would ask my fellow ROs to lighten up a bit, because this is so silly...
Then again, maybe it doesn't matter - I just launched into a big tirade on NBR railing against Liberal hypocrisy regarding the Don Imus flap, so maybe I'll get thrown off this forum. <<sigh>>, perhaps its just cabin fever getting the best of us...