Can part way be considered successful?
 

NASA sends astronauts to the Moon. They get halfway there and have to turn
around and come back. Was the mission a success?

A lumberjack starts felling a large tree. He cuts halfway through the trunk
and his chainsaw quits on him and he can't get it started again. Did he
successfully cut the tree down?

A man decides to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest. He gets halfway up and
decides he wants to stay and run a base camp. Did he summit Everest?

A football team sets out to win the Superbowl. They make it to the play-offs
but get defeated in the wild card round. Did they succeed?

A surgeon performs a heart replacement operation. He removes the patient's
heart and starts to insert the donor heart. He decides he doesn't want to do
it any more and leaves the building. Was the operation a success. Is he a
successful surgeon?

A guy named Bruce sets out to circumnavigate the world. He gets as far as
Bangkok where he's been languishing for thirty some odd years now. Is he a
successful circumnavigator? Is he a sailor who attained his goals?


The obvious answer to all the above is NO! Every instance represents
failure.


Wilbur Hubbard

Can part way be considered successful?
 

Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
NASA sends astronauts to the Moon. They get halfway there and have to turn
around and come back. Was the mission a success?

A lumberjack starts felling a large tree. He cuts halfway through the trunk
and his chainsaw quits on him and he can't get it started again. Did he
successfully cut the tree down?

A man decides to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest. He gets halfway up and
decides he wants to stay and run a base camp. Did he summit Everest?

A football team sets out to win the Superbowl. They make it to the play-offs
but get defeated in the wild card round. Did they succeed?

A surgeon performs a heart replacement operation. He removes the patient's
heart and starts to insert the donor heart. He decides he doesn't want to do
it any more and leaves the building. Was the operation a success. Is he a
successful surgeon?

A guy named Bruce sets out to circumnavigate the world. He gets as far as
Bangkok where he's been languishing for thirty some odd years now. Is he a
successful circumnavigator? Is he a sailor who attained his goals?


The obvious answer to all the above is NO! Every instance represents
failure.


Wilbur Hubbard


Every time NASA has send an astronaut to the Moon they have gotten to
the moon. There was one trip where there were some planned projects
that did not get completed.

It is a matter of basic physics, Once in an orbit that will take you to
the moon you are going to the moon unless you have significant fuel to
change that orbit. The moon ships did not have that fuel.

So the answer is not NO to all of your propositions.

Can part way be considered successful?
 

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in
anews.com:

A guy named Bruce sets out to circumnavigate the world. He gets as far
as Bangkok where he's been languishing for thirty some odd years now.
Is he a successful circumnavigator? Is he a sailor who attained his
goals?



Bruce isn't in Bangkok, he's in Phuket.

You've, obviously, never been a sex object for a beautiful Thai female.

That would make circumnavigation a moot point for me, too....(c;]
I'm surprised he still has a boat.....Who needs it?

Can part way be considered successful?
 

Hey Wilbur, you're the only guy I have seen, who can dig half a hole.

Can part way be considered successful?
 

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:47:40 -0500, Keith nuttle
wrote:

Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
NASA sends astronauts to the Moon. They get halfway there and have to turn
around and come back. Was the mission a success?

A lumberjack starts felling a large tree. He cuts halfway through the trunk
and his chainsaw quits on him and he can't get it started again. Did he
successfully cut the tree down?

A man decides to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest. He gets halfway up and
decides he wants to stay and run a base camp. Did he summit Everest?

A football team sets out to win the Superbowl. They make it to the play-offs
but get defeated in the wild card round. Did they succeed?

A surgeon performs a heart replacement operation. He removes the patient's
heart and starts to insert the donor heart. He decides he doesn't want to do
it any more and leaves the building. Was the operation a success. Is he a
successful surgeon?

A guy named Bruce sets out to circumnavigate the world. He gets as far as
Bangkok where he's been languishing for thirty some odd years now. Is he a
successful circumnavigator? Is he a sailor who attained his goals?


The obvious answer to all the above is NO! Every instance represents
failure.


Wilbur Hubbard


Every time NASA has send an astronaut to the Moon they have gotten to
the moon. There was one trip where there were some planned projects
that did not get completed.

It is a matter of basic physics, Once in an orbit that will take you to
the moon you are going to the moon unless you have significant fuel to
change that orbit. The moon ships did not have that fuel.

So the answer is not NO to all of your propositions.


On the other hand, as a noted failure, Willie speaks from
experience....
Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Can part way be considered successful?
 

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:49:00 +0000, Larry wrote:

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in
tanews.com:

A guy named Bruce sets out to circumnavigate the world. He gets as far
as Bangkok where he's been languishing for thirty some odd years now.
Is he a successful circumnavigator? Is he a sailor who attained his
goals?



Bruce isn't in Bangkok, he's in Phuket.

You've, obviously, never been a sex object for a beautiful Thai female.

That would make circumnavigation a moot point for me, too....(c;]
I'm surprised he still has a boat.....Who needs it?

Jesus! Do you know what rentals are in Phuket?

Poor old Wilbur, a guy in a 19ft. boat is three-quarters of the way
around and Willie is still sitting there in his 28ft. boat (that is
nearly 50% larger then the 19ft guy) and he still can't work up the
courage to go.

Makes one wonder about "real sailors".......

Ah well, some of us "do or die" and some of us just die on the vine.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Can part way be considered successful?
 

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:51:14 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Hey Wilbur, you're the only guy I have seen, who can dig half a hole.


I wonder; does he burry half his head in half a hole?
Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Can part way be considered successful?
 

Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

Jesus! Do you know what rentals are in Phuket?



Sort of like the boat people of Bangledesh....(c;]

There was a piece on Russia Today's English TV about how expensive it is to
live in Moscow, now that socialism has failed, mostly. A 1-room apartment
with your own bathroom is around $US5,800/month! No wonder the place is
filling up with Russian Mafia. They're the only ones who can afford the
rent!

I have friends who regularly spent a couple weeks in August, each year, in
Moscow or St Petersburg, but they don't go any more. Hawaii looks like a
bargain compared to Russia, today, unless you want to live in a mud hut in
the sticks.