tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post6355375640345128650..comments2023-09-25T08:48:48.104-07:00Comments on John Vigor's Blog: My silent fan clubJohn Vigorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215080385571534292noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-26522845610893436012009-03-25T13:27:00.000-07:002009-03-25T13:27:00.000-07:00Bob, it is my unpleasant duty to expel you forthwi...Bob, it is my unpleasant duty to expel you forthwith from the Silent Fan Club. You have broken the one and only rule by writing to me with words of praise. Sorry about that, but rules are rules and I hope that will teach you a lesson you won't easily forget.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, turning to other matters ... I am surprised to learn how I have influenced your life. It is a responsibility I never sought and never imagined. Nobody should take me seriously without my permission. There are severe penalties for that.<BR/><BR/>I'm flattered, however, that Kathy thinks I write good. I can write even gooder if I really try, but I have to say you're lucky to have a wife with such wonderful taste.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes to both of you,<BR/><BR/>John V.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-60946444759447226442009-03-24T17:56:00.000-07:002009-03-24T17:56:00.000-07:00Hi John,Your latest post made me laugh... if you o...Hi John,<BR/><BR/>Your latest post made me laugh... if you only knew what was really happening out here in your reader base you would be amazed, I suppose.<BR/><BR/>So here is what's been happening unbeknownst to you.<BR/><BR/>First, months ago I had decided to sell my Sabre 28. I admit temporary insanity struck me, even before the financial crisis struck me. But I had been having a guilty conscience about putting her up for sale when I came across your blog post in which you described your own angst about owning a luxury yacht in such perilous times. So I very cleverly cut your blog out and sent it as an original email to my wife (editing out the Cape Dory and putting in the Sabre). I never mentioned it to her, just sent it along and forgot about it. She sent me back an email (we both have offices in the upstairs of our home and email each other back and forth - weird, but after 36 years of marriage, it works)and simply said, "Well, YOU decided to sell it!" Immediately I changed my mind and decided not to sell her.<BR/><BR/>About two weeks later I was reading through your book on The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat (this was after you replied to my comment on your blog about the prisoners email you were receiving) and came to the page that you described the most frightening experience you have ever had at sea - shining the light in the water while becalmed at night. I walked into my wife's office, sat down on the couch and said to her, "you need to listen to this" and proceeded to read the story. Now Kathy has been taking a creative writing course for fun (she writes wonderfully well anyway) and when I finished she remarked at how beautifully that had been written. I said, "That is by the same author that wrote that note about feeling guilty about owning a yacht during the financial crisis that I sent you." She said, "What?! I thought YOU wrote that and I was so very impressed that you felt so strongly about keeping your boat that I felt really bad about your selling her!" She had even told other women in her book club about it... alas, my 15 minutes of fame came at your expense, but the truth is out.<BR/><BR/>I then proceeded to buy your book "Small Boat to Freedom" which I am now reading and Kathy is waiting to read when I am finished.<BR/><BR/>All because of your blog.<BR/><BR/>Bob<BR/>sv Azure<BR/>Sabre 28<BR/>Lake MichiganBob K7ZBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723457691643827548noreply@blogger.com