I don't find T2x bitter at all. My take is that he is very, very knowledgeable, helpful, has lots of experience and a no-nonsense guy who is not a fan of misinformation. It's always a learning moment for me when I read his post.

righttttt , and all this coming from 1.. yes 1, post. thanx . have a great holiday.

......and this thread brought to you by a guy with >2400 posts. :drink::drink::drink:

Okay...Now it's my turn!.... I have been patient and let every nitwit get enough off their chests to satisfy even guys from Long Island whose outsized screen names and inability to fathom history mask obvious latent issues stemming from some kind of toilet training mishaps in their youth.

Aside from questioning his marketing boasts and occasionally pointing out his diminutive size and outsized ego, usually tongue in cheek.......... I think the whole concept of my "assaults" on Reggie has been overblown, as has a lot of the redundant crap on this thread. In the past I have joked about him and posted some Wall Street Journal articles and statistics on FPB back when it was a public company. From time to time, I would also provide similar facts on Brunswick and other marine holdings. Some of the pictures and Elvis comparisons I have seen on this and other websites from other people are far more vicious and mean spirited than anything that I have offered, and a few have gone way too far IMHO.

I will repeat again for the record.... Reggie is a great boat racer and competitor, a relentless self promoter, and has devoted a good portion of his life to a boat company that has in many ways defined him. I have very few heros. While he may not be one of them, that ranks him with the majority of folks I know. I think, if you take the time to check, you will find that the overwhelming majority of my posts had nothing to do with Reggie, his boats or his company. Frankly I wish him well and hope for his continued success, perhaps with a lower volume of self aggrandizement.

The issue here is not really Reggie....It is the thin skinned, humorless, tight *ssed attitude adopted by his loyal minions who, much like the pre-pubescent girls at Elvis concerts back in the day, seem to gush defensively at the very mention of his name or product. This thread has featured a non stop litany of redundant babble by a handful of folks led by one guy who seems to be doing little more than raising his own post count by repeating a very tiring, boring and narrow view point and at the same time disingenuosly claiming to "respect" me and to be "learning" something at the same time. For the record I have tried to take this offline and create a fair and balanced relationship with him...which apparently hasn't worked.

In reviewing this thread, there were a fascinating number of pages generated in only 2 or 3 days. It started with and featured off base criticisms by a few uninformed and grammatically challenged Budinski's , juxtaposed against numerous endorsements from some of the most respected guys in the sport....all in all a very nice Christmas present for T2x, who is an alter ego I created to stir up controversy (seems to be working, eh?) and educate people on the various misconceptions and marketing nonsense rampant in the high performance boating industry.

T2x has been put through pages of scrutiny on this thread.... and I'm still here...and I ain't complaining..... I wonder if the shoe was on the other foot with a few of you folks could you do the same...? Or would you adopt the same pompous, knee jerk, narrow minded, myopic, lliliputian, shallow, back water, cretinous, outraged, obtuse, off based, politically correct, sympathy grabbing, neanderthal level, frigidly humorless, defensive, mispelled, overblown, under informed, sophomoric, chicken sh*t, windbag, bellowing that you have managed to pollute this thread with before running off and claiming that you were somehow "wronged"?.

In the end...all these pages... which started as a challenge ...have become (as I predicted) a thread about nothing...... or at the very least...a mostly positive thread about T2x.... (with a gratuitous plug for "Big Seas" thrown in for good measure :D) .. and a perfect example of how to shoot oneself in the foot by starting a thread, aimed at bringing down someone else, and than making an ignorant, redundant, over reaching and yes.....(sigh)...."bitter"...fool of yourself in the process.

And on that note..........

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

T2x


P.S. Please fight the need to respond if you are only going to add more endlessly repetitive fuel to your own pyre. This would probably be a good time to shut up.....or, if you have half a brain...delete this thread.

Just sayin...

Your 100% right again Rich!!! Hope you have a great Holiday!!

and a perfect example of how to shoot oneself in the foot by starting a thread, aimed at bringing down someone else, and than making an ignorant, redundant, over reaching and yes.....(sigh)...."bitter"...fool of yourself in the process.

Where were you and what were you doing when you heard that Reggie had resigned?

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I couldn't resist...........

Seems like to some of you this ranks up there with the Kennedy assassination.

When is the mourning period over so the world can move on to Christmas and other performance boat issues?..

dont remember taking aim so to speak.. i have an opinion, what its not founded,,, pleaseeee... so you can start a thread literaly taunting and being sarcastic and to be honest rude and offensive to some of us and not only on that thread but this one and others as well. so iam supposed to yield and now cower that the all mighty T2X has SPOKEN,,,,,cause your Better than Reggie. cause you are all knowing..cause you've been building cats since they were pussi@#,, wrong guy buddy. un like you never claimed to know" anything" but to be nice and drink my milk.....
i never said anything to be rude and if something i said was offensive to whom ever i tried to recind my comment to be less offensive, even offered an opollogy.
as for your pompous, long, winded, relic, dusty, wind bag of a response , put it in yur pipe and smoke it while on your stage coach ride back to the home for the" KNOW IT ALL'S" chokin down viagra so maybe you can spend another minute in the drivers seat...

oh yeah thought five responses ago you were out....my half brain cant tell.

Right back at ya...... and you are entering Tsunami in the Around Long Island Marathon next year...... correct?

Come to think of it.....can I come too?

We'll have something there for sure!! This year we just couldnt make it.

You make a lot of mistakes when thinking...........

Try doing something else for a while.

Something you're better at.

yawnnnnn,,,,,,

Didnt you just prove Rich's point about the "loyal minions"?

Just sayin:drink:

hey,,, HEY,,,, U LEAVE MY BLIND FOLD ALONE....

Bo you keep this sh1t up and T2X will disingeuosly decide to juxtapose and aggrandize your Minions!!!SO KNOCK IT OFF!!!:lolhit:

funny,,,,

bit·ter   /ˈbɪtər/ Show Spelled
[bit-er] Show IPA
adjective, -er, -est, noun, verb, adverb
–adjective
1. having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
2. producing one of the four basic taste sensations; not sour, sweet, or salt.
3. hard to bear; grievous; distressful: a bitter sorrow.
4. causing pain; piercing; stinging: a bitter chill.
5. characterized by intense antagonism or hostility: bitter hatred.
6. hard to admit or accept: a bitter lesson.
7. resentful or cynical: bitter words.
–noun
8. that which is bitter; bitterness: Learn to take the bitter with the sweet.
9. British . a very dry ale having a strong taste of hops.
–verb (used with object)
10. to make bitter: herbs employed to bitter vermouth.
–adverb
11. extremely; very; exceedingly: a bitter cold night.

bitter used in a sentence:


t2x tells the BITTER truth on various subjects about offshore history.

monstaaaaaa seems BITTER that people make "fun" of reggie.

t2x reminds of george carlin. rich uses satirical sarcasm to address the plethora of problems and issues with today's offshore racing. the problem is some are just not smart enough to read and understand the message.

it would be in our best interest if t2x was more vocal or had more areas to address the enormous amount of BS that is portrayed as offshore boat racing. it's sad to see the history of offshore racing as compared too today then compared to the past and then say that certain people have accomplished so much.

It is better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you are a jerk, then to open it and remove all doubt.

monstaaaaaa seems BITTER that people make "fun" of reggie.

at times yes... but pertaining to this thread no, just the facts. if you were down you wouldnt want to be kicked. read the posts , noone seems to be hacking, maybe me at times, jokingly i might ad, but i started this thread for a simple reason. the man is always salty towards certain people, so hense the question on that subject. Bitter.
many people make fun of others, crap i do it my self. but i do try to be somewhat ,,,,,,,,, reserved. even if i dont truly care for an individual.
maybe you havent read the words he has used to describe someone whom all he knows of is what he's let to know....
chillout,,,,

This seems to clear it all up.
Steve

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/8170101/

so, you have changed the law of physics... ROTFLMAO

T2x baits, and they get their necks caught in the trap. Rich, I don't know you from a hole in the ground. But I've read many of your posts and threads, and you're one of the most informative (cut to the chase) people anywhere. I had wondered why so many have this Reggie thing, and also why they think you hate him.

I think you explained it well in your post (which I nominate for post of the year). People need to read your posts and see for themselves.

Great post, sums it up perfectly.

who has the most minions???

T2X or Reggie????

(waiting. I think January 15th ish should be good :). I'll come up with a few astounding and profound words and opinions to fliet you with. Happy holidays)

You have to admit, Reggie hangs it out there, he makes himself a target. If you're going to dish it out, you gotta take it. I wouldn't get so defensive about it, after all he's getting publicity which it's all about right?

Forgive me, one and all, for starting this. I tossed out the thoroughly disposable word "bitter," more than half in jest, T2X's way in another post and now it's come to this. Among the more useful things I've learned from this thread, thanks to the post above, is that cretin can be used as an adjective if you put "ous" behind it. Though I won't use it in my own writing, I do appreciate the education. (Thanks, Rich.)

From my perspective, the departure of Reggie Fountain, whether you love him, hate him or don't give a rat's rear end about him, from Fountain was pretty big news, and with four stories in two weeks I covered it as such.

It was not, however, surprising news. As someone very rich and successful once told me, entrepreneurs make lousy employees. And as Reggie Fountain told me last week, "I've never had a boss in my life."

But here's what really intrigues me. You never see T2X and Reggie in the same place at the same time. Could it be, is it just possible that ... ? Nah.

oh boy

This has been very educational,merry christmas all.

Bitter about the v hull fastest stuff mabye I doubt it!He's pretty smart i just hate when you guys hit the books to debate him?Your smarts or no smarts:kiss:

You'd be bitter too.... if you were driving your Skater and your merkin blew off....

my chest was hurting me......

1 - the gyrating


2- so you built noahs arc.


3-so you re-wrote the laws of physics...




great effort...

C+. Napoleon wasn't that tall.

That's hilarious.........Steve did you produce that? I really like the fact that I had so much hair. I have seen a few of these and am amazed by the technology........ It would be great if the program was able to put the proper emphasis on the correct syllable.....but the monotone and timing errors make the whole thing even more funny at times.

P.S. The Ark was actually the third prototype. The first two had massive ventilation and EPA sewage disposal issues. :D

I will await the "flieting" with baited breath.

Happy Holidays back at ya..........

Could you guys please use easier words than in these posts? "Bitter" was easy but I need ages to look up all your strange, unfamiliar words in the dictionary. That makes me bitter.

Today "The invincible sun's rebirth" happend on the northern hemisphere in the night, the duration of the daylight is increasing from today on. I remember when I posted on Boatfreaks a couple of years ago that some of you might read about the relation between the mitra cult and christmas in order to stop the "war against Christmas". That war was too frightening. I know that some of you wrote reader letters to some newspapers and at least the war against christmas trees has declined.

Merry Christmas

LOL. Got me.

Here's a Schweddy Ball wish to all of your minions this season. Check out the promotional video. Hope you enjoy.

It gets going at 2 minutes.

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Hi-jack over.

Everything is fine partner. As soon as I get the show Darren wants I will overnight it to him. How about the guy that said "who carees if you agree or disagree with Rich", he doesn't know you are part of our Family. Well anyway, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. God Bless, Peace and Love, Augie

Sounds like Gordonian Jabberwocky to me.......

who gives a crap...if you dont like pudding...dont eat it...dont push it on my plate...... for christ sake nothing better to do......

Being Bitter
 

I like your way of think'n mon.