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Default Round the world
In article s.com,
lid, Wilbur Hubbard says...

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In article s.com,
lid, Wilbur Hubbard says...
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On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:09:05 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote this crap:

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Imagine if your lazy attitude was in place 200-250 years ago
in the age of sail where very large vessels plied the seas and
the ports without the hint of an engine on board. Did freight
and passengers not get delivered before the age of steam
boats?

Yes. Arrival times could be within weeks, sometimes months, and many
boats didn't arrive at all, and today, make popular diving atractions.

So? What does that mean other than sometimes pure sailboats foundered. That
most certainly does not belie the fact that motorboats also founder!

Whilst true on face value, if you check the percentages, you'll find
todays martitime foundering incidents *far* less prevalent than the days
of sailing vessels. So your suggestion is, essentially, false.

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Duncan.
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