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Scraping Paint
This weekend, while sitting around the pool and hanging out with other boaters and liveaboards, some discussions started taking place, as they always do, about how to do all things boatwise. Someone would say something, and someone else would counter what was said with some better idea, and yet someone else would try to trump the first two ideas with something they thought was better than that. It was interesting to NOT take part in the conversation and sit back and watch the interactions between folks.
After having this sort of experience recently here, and elsewhere, it got me to thinking about the interactions and discussions that we as boaters have, and the many different ways that we approach problems and tackle issues.
It all made me wonder why there is such a prevalent "my way or the highway" attitude toward boating - and really everything. I could ask the same type of questions on my film photography forum as well, as it's often plagued with the same issues.
I know there are some well traveled cruisers here, and you must have gone through some of these types of experiences when you were first getting started. How did you deal with it? Do you just smile and nod and get another drink?
Am I just a little to thin skinned and taking things too personally? Or do others agree with my observation?
After having this sort of experience recently here, and elsewhere, it got me to thinking about the interactions and discussions that we as boaters have, and the many different ways that we approach problems and tackle issues.
It all made me wonder why there is such a prevalent "my way or the highway" attitude toward boating - and really everything. I could ask the same type of questions on my film photography forum as well, as it's often plagued with the same issues.
I know there are some well traveled cruisers here, and you must have gone through some of these types of experiences when you were first getting started. How did you deal with it? Do you just smile and nod and get another drink?
Am I just a little to thin skinned and taking things too personally? Or do others agree with my observation?