Wilbur Hubbard wrote:


Go ahead, be honest. Admit you're doing it mostly for YOU. Don't try to
beat around the bush and couch it in terms of easing somebody else's
mind. That's a cop-out and you know it.


Admit what's not true? Hardly. I spent weeks offshore singlehanding in
perfect comfort mentally if not physically. If you mean a double back
slash something or other that I want to call my daughter to make her
feel better because that way I feel better, ok, that's true. In the same
way I give flowers to my wife (I'm remarried) to make her feel better
but when I please her, I feel good about that.

My daughter was anxious when I went offshore a few years ago. She said
so before I left and after I returned. My idea of a good time isn't
making her unhappy. She's my daughter - do you have one? If you do, you
surely understand what I'm driving at.

-paul