On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 08:41:30 -0500, DSK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Exactly. My wife has girlfriends. So do my daughters. And my boys.


Yeah, whatever.


Actually, from what I've read and seen of Ellen MacArthur she is totally
and completely focused on sailing. She is so intensely competitive that
IMHO she'd be a very uncomfortable person to have a relationship with...
although I would like to sail with her as a learning experience.


Most of these solo types are very focused and competitive. From what
I've read, Amelia Earhart was much the same way.


Agreed. A polite way of saying she's an asshole?

Why would you consider someone who drives themselves hard to be an
asshole?

That's a behavior that should be emulated, not denigrated.



But Ellen and Amelia have made really outstanding accomplishments in
fields occupied by self-driven obsessives (assholes), so I think they'd
probably stand above most in that ranking. I don't know about Amelia
Earhart, but Ellen is at least polite and well-spoken (and very very
focussed)

Good for her - I'm glad she accomplished something spectacular.


Me too. She deserves the record.

Those who work hard, get the rewards.


Dave