"Canuck57" wrote in message
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On 12/06/2010 12:56 PM, YukonBound wrote:


"Canuck57" wrote in message
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I hope Abby changes her mind.

October, she can beat that. Perhaps ABC, CBS, MSNBC etc can pool up
some millions and give her another shot. One with a decent mast.

Even if it doesn't cook a record, a once in a lifetime opportunity...

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/0...0 4:b34826062


A 16-year-old California girl who is adrift on her damaged yacht in
the Indian Ocean will probably give up on her dream of sailing around
the world alone.

Jeff Casher, the spokesman for Abby Sunderland's family, said Friday
the teen's boat is severely damaged and might be sunk at sea instead
of being towed ashore and salvaged.

Rescuers are en route to her location and hope to reach her between
midnight and 12:30 a.m. PT on Saturday.

On Wednesday, Sunderland wrote a blog entry about the rough weather,
saying "Wild Eyes was rolling around like crazy" in the huge seas and
she triggered her emergency beacons.

Searchers aboard a Qantas Airbus A330 spotted the teen's boat and made
contact with her via radio about 20 hours later, family spokesman
William Bennett said.

Sunderland had set sail from Los Angeles County's Marina del Rey on
Jan. 23 in an attempt to become the youngest person to sail around the
world alone without stopping. Her brother Zac briefly held the record
at age 17.

Read mo
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/0...#ixzz0qfL9u3o4


Sure.... keep tossing her out there until she is killed.
Or, if she does set the record, you can send a thirteen year old to beat
it next year.

I think that should be her choice. Not yours or mine, but I hope she does
not give up for some noisy nosey snot.

That being said, she is a good example of why kids, even the 30 or 40 year
old variety are losers. They expect life to hit them, instead of going
out and living it. This girl has more on the ball than many 4 times her
age. She should go for it.

Far too many like de-fumer let life pass them by. Makes them needy,
greedy and pathetic actually. This girl will be a winner in any circle.
And behaved much better in this circumstance than most pathetic types
would. I can see de-fumer for example, panic driven just screw up.

My grandparents let me take a power boat out at 7. Teach the kids to be
responsible and let them grow with it. Then perhaps maybe they will not
just be slugs hanging out at the mall waiting for old ladies to drop a
fiver.

I can relate to this. She at least needs to get out an sale in the next
few weeks, shake it off and continue...

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Taxation, modern day slavery. The loss of economic freedom.

You're a moron. I mean this is so obvious. It's gotta hurt your head.