On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 10:52:20 -0500, katy wrote
(in article ):

Charlie Morgan wrote:
On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:36:53 -0500, katy wrote:


Charlie Morgan wrote:

On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 07:27:04 GMT, "Shaun Van Poecke"
wrote:



"Mundo" wrote


Well I guess it means I am correct and your not bad at looking up
internet
resources.
--
Mundo, The Captain who's a wuss and an a pain in the ass

This guy says he's right when a paper that defines oil slicks says
he's wrong.
Big ego but not much brain power.....

Cheers,
Ellen

Its pretty easy to turn any situation into a holier than thou argument,
and
surely with the amount of misinformation available on the web you can
easily
prove your case whichever way you choose to swing.

For myself, even in situations where i think myself well informed, even
in
situations where i have actual relevant experience, i choose to keep my
mouth closed and my mind and ears open. In the final analysis, weighing
up
all the evidence for and against it is often possible to come away with
a
bit of knowledge you didn't have before. In the case of some rare
individuals its even possible to transcend that common western
scientific
approach of 'A is right, therefore B must be wrong' and approach the
holy
grail of multiple conflicting truths.

In the case of oil, its a bit of a funny one. Logic, and logical
accounts
ive read of its use point to it being just a bit of nonsense. The
personal
writings of old time captains with whole lifetimes spent at sea however
seems to contradict that. We have to bear in mind that people also used
to
believe that the earth was flat, but even if this whole idea of oil
calming
seas is wrong, it would be nice to understand how people so experienced
could come to believe it had merit.

let's not underestimate the value of a placebo if that be the case....

Shaun



When I hove-to in my boat, there is a slick on one side of the boat, but
no oil
is involved.

CWM


TMI....
have you been on vacation somewhere? Sailing?


Try it sometime. A slick doesn't have to involve anything but water. But
then,
you knew that, Katy. :^)

Haven't been on vacation. I've been doing a little sailing in OPB. It was
almost
70 degrees here yesterday. I saw a dogwood tree in full bloom. If the fruit
trees follow, and then it finally freezes, there won't be many apples around
here next fall.

My news provider is in the midst of a huge upgrade and relocation that
hasn't
gone very smoothly. Hopefully they will get it all ironed out soon. They
started
a little over a week ago.

CWM

Yeah..it's more like a Florida witer here than a VA winter...I heard a
male robin singing his spring song yesterday...hope no females take him
up on it...come February and some cold weather and all the little
fledglings will freeze...and I wonder too about the migration
birds...hope it's light and not temps that triggers their return trips
north ot there will be a lot of dead and starved songbirds out there...

All my bulbs are sprouting... got out sailing though on Saturday.

--
Mundo, The Captain who is a bully and an ass