The fact is most of you here never leave the sight of land because your
boats are not steel and so seaworthy as to be near unsinkable, so let's
pretend.

You are on a Disney cruise ship, the SS Mickey Mouse hits an iceberg
and sinks.

Luckly you, clawed your way aboard one of the lifeboats.
Now you must take command and and navigate your boat back to land.

Robert fumbled aboard and crushed the only sextant flatter than a
pancake.

The only watch you have is a Rolex bought from a NYer and as soon as
it hit... water it shorted out and stopped functioning.

You have the typical items found in a lifeboat, minus the
compass(stolen from all the lifeboats by a rum soaked Canook) how do
you figure out where you are, and were you need to go?

Joe

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com..
..
The fact is most of you here never leave the sight of land
because your
boats are not steel and so seaworthy as to be near
unsinkable, so let's
pretend.

You are on a Disney cruise ship, the SS Mickey Mouse hits
an iceberg
and sinks.

Luckly you, clawed your way aboard one of the lifeboats.
Now you must take command and and navigate your boat back
to land.

Robert fumbled aboard and crushed the only sextant
flatter than a
pancake.

The only watch you have is a Rolex bought from a NYer and
as soon as
it hit... water it shorted out and stopped functioning.

You have the typical items found in a lifeboat, minus the
compass(stolen from all the lifeboats by a rum soaked
Canook) how do
you figure out where you are, and were you need to go?

I'd turn on the GPS.

Scotty

Scotty wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com..
.
The fact is most of you here never leave the sight of land
because your
boats are not steel and so seaworthy as to be near
unsinkable, so let's
pretend.

You are on a Disney cruise ship, the SS Mickey Mouse hits
an iceberg
and sinks.

Luckly you, clawed your way aboard one of the lifeboats.
Now you must take command and and navigate your boat back
to land.

Robert fumbled aboard and crushed the only sextant
flatter than a
pancake.

The only watch you have is a Rolex bought from a NYer and
as soon as
it hit... water it shorted out and stopped functioning.

You have the typical items found in a lifeboat, minus the
compass(stolen from all the lifeboats by a rum soaked
Canook) how do
you figure out where you are, and were you need to go?

I'd turn on the GPS.

Sorry....Suzy had it ..and a beer buzz....... it fell overboard.

Joe

Scotty

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com..
..

Scotty wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message

oups.com..
.
The fact is most of you here never leave the sight of
land
because your
boats are not steel and so seaworthy as to be near
unsinkable, so let's
pretend.

You are on a Disney cruise ship, the SS Mickey Mouse
hits
an iceberg
and sinks.

Luckly you, clawed your way aboard one of the
lifeboats.
Now you must take command and and navigate your boat
back
to land.

Robert fumbled aboard and crushed the only sextant
flatter than a
pancake.

The only watch you have is a Rolex bought from a NYer
and
as soon as
it hit... water it shorted out and stopped
functioning.

You have the typical items found in a lifeboat, minus
the
compass(stolen from all the lifeboats by a rum soaked
Canook) how do
you figure out where you are, and were you need to go?

I'd turn on the GPS.

Sorry....Suzy had it ..and a beer buzz....... it fell
overboard.

Then I'd activate the EPIRB in the lifeboat.

Scotty

Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 14 Sep 2006 06:35:00 -0700, "Joe" wrote:

The fact is most of you here never leave the sight of land because your
boats are not steel and so seaworthy as to be near unsinkable, so let's
pretend.

You are on a Disney cruise ship, the SS Mickey Mouse hits an iceberg
and sinks.


Okay so the steel boat has now sunk...

Yelp...even the best can sink...look at the titanic

Luckly you, clawed your way aboard one of the lifeboats.
Now you must take command and and navigate your boat back to land.


The boat that saves you after the steel boat failed and sank is made
of what material?

Inferior plastic, rubber or fiberglass.

Joe

CWM

Scotty wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com..
.

Scotty wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message

oups.com..
.
The fact is most of you here never leave the sight of
land
because your
boats are not steel and so seaworthy as to be near
unsinkable, so let's
pretend.

You are on a Disney cruise ship, the SS Mickey Mouse
hits
an iceberg
and sinks.

Luckly you, clawed your way aboard one of the
lifeboats.
Now you must take command and and navigate your boat
back
to land.

Robert fumbled aboard and crushed the only sextant
flatter than a
pancake.

The only watch you have is a Rolex bought from a NYer
and
as soon as
it hit... water it shorted out and stopped
functioning.

You have the typical items found in a lifeboat, minus
the
compass(stolen from all the lifeboats by a rum soaked
Canook) how do
you figure out where you are, and were you need to go?

I'd turn on the GPS.

Sorry....Suzy had it ..and a beer buzz....... it fell
overboard.

Then I'd activate the EPIRB in the lifeboat.

Suzy saw it, thought it was an empty... tossed it searching for a
un-opened 6 pack of epirbs.

What now?

Joe

Scotty

"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...

and sinks.
fumbled aboard and crushed the only sextant
water it shorted out and stopped
functioning.

You have the typical items found in a lifeboat,
minus
the
compass(stolen from all the lifeboats by a rum
soaked
Canook) how do
you figure out where you are, and were you need to
go?

I'd turn on the GPS.

Sorry....Suzy had it ..and a beer buzz....... it fell
overboard.

Then I'd activate the EPIRB in the lifeboat.

Suzy saw it, thought it was an empty... tossed it
searching for a
un-opened 6 pack of epirbs.

What now?


After throwing Suzy overboard, I'd sit and wait for the CG
to rescue me, as you know, they keep good track of those
cruise ships.

Scotty

Joe wrote:
Scotty wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com..
.
Scotty wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message

oups.com..
.
The fact is most of you here never leave the sight of
land
because your
boats are not steel and so seaworthy as to be near
unsinkable, so let's
pretend.

You are on a Disney cruise ship, the SS Mickey Mouse
hits
an iceberg
and sinks.

Luckly you, clawed your way aboard one of the
lifeboats.
Now you must take command and and navigate your boat
back
to land.
Robert fumbled aboard and crushed the only sextant
flatter than a
pancake.

The only watch you have is a Rolex bought from a NYer
and
as soon as
it hit... water it shorted out and stopped
functioning.
You have the typical items found in a lifeboat, minus
the
compass(stolen from all the lifeboats by a rum soaked
Canook) how do
you figure out where you are, and were you need to go?
I'd turn on the GPS.
Sorry....Suzy had it ..and a beer buzz....... it fell
overboard.

Then I'd activate the EPIRB in the lifeboat.

Suzy saw it, thought it was an empty... tossed it searching for a
un-opened 6 pack of epirbs.

What now?

Joe
Scotty

Throw Susie to the nearest herd of hammerheads?

"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
...
On 14 Sep 2006 07:34:19 -0700, "Joe"
wrote:


Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 14 Sep 2006 06:35:00 -0700, "Joe"
wrote:

The fact is most of you here never leave the sight of
land because your
boats are not steel and so seaworthy as to be near
unsinkable, so let's
pretend.

You are on a Disney cruise ship, the SS Mickey Mouse
hits an iceberg
and sinks.


Okay so the steel boat has now sunk...

Yelp...even the best can sink...look at the titanic

Luckly you, clawed your way aboard one of the
lifeboats.
Now you must take command and and navigate your boat
back to land.


The boat that saves you after the steel boat failed and
sank is made
of what material?

Inferior plastic, rubber or fiberglass.


If plastic, rubber and fiberglass are so inferior, then
why aren't the
lifeboats made of steel? Seems like its always those boats
made from
"inferior" materials are what you can depend on to save
your life when
the steel boat fails.


What is the CG cutter that's about to rescue you made of?

SBV

Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 14 Sep 2006 07:34:19 -0700, "Joe" wrote:


Charlie Morgan wrote:


If plastic, rubber and fiberglass are so inferior, then why aren't the
lifeboats made of steel? Seems like its always those boats made from
"inferior" materials are what you can depend on to save your life when
the steel boat fails.

Cost mainly and weight, lightweight plastic are easy to launch and it's
cheaper to haul light stuff around than the proper heavy seaworthy
steel lifeboats of yesteryear.

http://www.tor.cc/photos4.htm

Plus less maintainance ie:cheaper to own.

Joe



CWM