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shen posts the following"

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shen posts the following:

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felton -- who has no wife to explain things for him -- posts the following:

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felton wrote:
I am beginning to feel sorry for him. Jax obviously has deep seated
fears where rocks are concerned. Perhaps the neighborhood kids used
to throw rocks at young Jax.

What do you mean "used to"? The neighborhood kids still throw rocks at
him. His mom encourages them.

... In any event, the idea of venturing out
on the water where rocks might lurk, unmarked with lights to mark
their presence, seems to have Jax paralyzed with fear. I suppose with
someone with such a phobia, even miles may seem like a mere 60 yards.
Indeed, even with triple GPS redundancy his fear of rocks cannot be
overcome.

Even places like Cape Hatteras, where there are no rocks, he assumes
there must be. I wonder if he thinks the Gulf Stream also has rocks in
it? Thunderstorms? His car?

... I think we can just chalk this up to an area that requires
some intensive psychotherapy. It seems that the prescribed piloting
courses will not be sufficient.

Let's pray that no one tells him about the pirates up that way...

Doesn't matter. Nobody can tell Jaxxie anything about anything. He is in
his own world where sound waves and radio waves are deflected by at
least 2 degrees.

DSK

my mother was a social worker and complained sometimes about how difficult it
could trying to talk with welfare mothers, none too bright under the best of
times. she would sometimes mention how things got even worse come the third
week of the month when the mothers ran out of money and low on drugs and
usually food.

she believed in helping out those unfortunates, but noted that most had no real
wish to rise above their predicament.

I understand now. Not every welfare mother is on welfare and not every one is
a mother. What is common, though, is the determination to never learn anything
past some very early age of say thirteen. As common as broken fingernails.

what a shame.

felton wrote:
I am beginning to feel sorry for him. Jax obviously has deep seated
fears where rocks are concerned. Perhaps the neighborhood kids used
to throw rocks at young Jax.

What do you mean "used to"? The neighborhood kids still throw rocks at
him. His mom encourages them.

... In any event, the idea of venturing out
on the water where rocks might lurk, unmarked with lights to mark
their presence, seems to have Jax paralyzed with fear. I suppose with
someone with such a phobia, even miles may seem like a mere 60 yards.
Indeed, even with triple GPS redundancy his fear of rocks cannot be
overcome.

Even places like Cape Hatteras, where there are no rocks, he assumes
there must be. I wonder if he thinks the Gulf Stream also has rocks in
it? Thunderstorms? His car?

... I think we can just chalk this up to an area that requires
some intensive psychotherapy. It seems that the prescribed piloting
courses will not be sufficient.

Let's pray that no one tells him about the pirates up that way...

Doesn't matter. Nobody can tell Jaxxie anything about anything. He is in
his own world where sound waves and radio waves are deflected by at
least 2 degrees.

DSK

Not to worry, Jax only sails as crew, where he's limited to sitting in
the cockpit with his hands clasped together and told to sit still.
Although I'd agree he has a definite phobia regarding rocks, it is only one.
His greater phobia is having to answer questions (you'll note he's
answered none posed). This, coupled with his phobia regarding
intelligent discussion, tends to make anything he says, useless, at
worst, and a nuisance at best, since others have to waste so much time
correcting the errors in his reading comprehension, every time he post
one of his poorly researched "Jaxisms"..... it generally has it's
amusement value, however, which can be considered a positive aspect.

otn

felton wrote:
On 12 Mar 2004 20:03:10 GMT, (Shen44) wrote

.... And Jax makes another assumption based on scanty information and his own
limited brain functioning.

Shen

I am beginning to feel sorry for him. Jax obviously has deep seated
fears where rocks are concerned. Perhaps the neighborhood kids used
to throw rocks at young Jax. In any event, the idea of venturing out
on the water where rocks might lurk, unmarked with lights to mark
their presence, seems to have Jax paralyzed with fear. I suppose with
someone with such a phobia, even miles may seem like a mere 60 yards.
Indeed, even with triple GPS redundancy his fear of rocks cannot be
overcome. I think we can just chalk this up to an area that requires
some intensive psychotherapy. It seems that the prescribed piloting
courses will not be sufficient.

Let's pray that no one tells him about the pirates up that way...

It was never one of my favorite systems,
otn

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otnmbrd wrote:
Not to worry, Jax only sails as crew ...

Hardly "crew." A more accurate description might be "self loading ballast."

Rick