"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Gregory Hall" wrote in message
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"katy" wrote in message
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so what good is your boat to you, except as a resale
item, if you
become an amputee?

Ignorant girl. Tell that to Tristan Jones who wrote some
good sailing
books including "Outward Leg". He was an amputee.
http://www.tristanjones.org/outward.htm


I'll bet he would have traded his boat for a good leg,
anyday.

And *that* was Katy's point,

Nope. You're wrong. Her point was just like she said. Get your leg
amputated between boat and dock and then you've gotta sell your boat.
It's no good to you anymore except for resale. How can you possibly get
what you said out of what she said? She seems to think amputees can't be
sailors. It ain't nice dissing the handicapped. Acting like a one-legged
man's got nothing going for him. Needs to be sitting in a wheel chair or
the like. She's ignorant. And you're just like her. So why don't you
mind your own beeswax.

Greg

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KLC Lewis wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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Joe wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T2MO0xBNwM

Joe


Now that one I'll believe was taken on a cell phone...seems like they
ended up right back where they started from...and the guy standing on his
bow pulpit? What was that about? Just what did he think he was going to
do?


Better that he should take some damage personally than allow his boat to
be hurt?
Maybe he's afraid the other boat is uninsured? One of the first rules I
learned: body parts do not belong between two boats, a boat and a dock, a
boat and a rock...he did not have a fending pole in his hand...he did not
have a bumper to sling between them...so what good is your boat to you,
except as a resale item, if you become an amputee?

That's exactly why boobspit keeps his fenders on deck.......at-the-ready

"Gregory Hall" wrote in message
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"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Gregory Hall" wrote in message
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"katy" wrote in message
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so what good is your boat to you, except as a resale
item, if you
become an amputee?

Ignorant girl. Tell that to Tristan Jones who wrote
some
good sailing
books including "Outward Leg". He was an amputee.
http://www.tristanjones.org/outward.htm


I'll bet he would have traded his boat for a good leg,
anyday.

And *that* was Katy's point,

Nope. You're wrong. Her point was just like she said. Get
your leg
amputated between boat and dock and then you've gotta sell
your boat.
It's no good to you anymore except for resale. How can you
possibly get
what you said out of what she said? She seems to think
amputees can't be
sailors. It ain't nice dissing the handicapped. Acting
like a one-legged
man's got nothing going for him. Needs to be sitting in a
wheel chair or
the like. She's ignorant. And you're just like her. So
why don't you
mind your own beeswax.


My take was that her point was, better to smash up your boat
than to lose a limb.

Beeswax, grandpa?

Scotty

KLC Lewis wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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Tristan Jones was a liar and a pirate. He could wirte a good tale but if
you believed that bilge then you're as lame as he was.


Could you expand upon that a bit?


Tristan Jones
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Tristan Jones (May 8, 1924? - June 21, 1995) was an author and mariner
who wrote numerous books and articles, many in the first person, about
sailing. Since his stories tended to be a combination of both fact and
fiction in the tradition of Welsh story tellers, many of the details of
his early life are unknown.
Trivia

Mr. Jones was named, he claimed , for the island of Tristan da Cunha
because his parents were sailing near it when his mother entered labor.
The reality is that he was born Arthur Jones in Liverpool, the
illegitimate son of a Lancashire mill girl.

If you read any discussion boards regarding him, you will find that he
was a good spinner of yarn...I had an earthy uncle who loved the
backwoods of Northern Ontario, ate possum stew out of a big old
cauldron, and told whopper tales, too, that he purported to be true.
Fascinating minds, yes, but the truth? No way. There has also been much
discussion about his sexual proclivities. Now that he's dead, you find
mostly those who want to immortalize him and make him larger than life.
I personally do not think he is worthy of hero-worship although his
books are great reads...as long as you remember that they are fiction
based on a little bit of fact. Yes, the man could sail. So what? So can
many here...so honor him as an author, a good teller of tales, but don't
honor him because he performed great fetes of sailing magic..he didn't...

Gregory Hall wrote:

"katy" wrote in message
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Tristan Jones was a liar and a pirate. He could wirte a good tale but
if you believed that bilge then you're as lame as he was. Neal, get a
life. You must ahve something you could do other than pretend to be
toehr people.


But he was an amputee. You said amputees didn't have no use for a boat.

No...I said that guy, if an amputee, would ahve no use for his boat...he
was doing a yutzy thing in a yutzy situation...

Tristan SAILED his almost around the whole globe one legged. I'd say
that makes you wrong.

Nope...doesn't make me wrong about anything...TJ was a hardened,
seasoned sailor before diabetes took his leg. He had lived aboard for
eyars and knew his way around his boat. Take a look at that guy hanging
off his bow pulpit, ready to sacrifice an arm or a leg....that's a
STUPID thing to do and Tristan Jones would agree...

Be a good girl scout and admit it. And what's
with this "Neal" crap? Does "Greg" look like "Neal" to you? Both have an
"e" and both have four letters. But, they ain't even close. You could
be dyslectic. I notice you mix up letters all the time. There's help for
that, ya know.

Yeah, Neal...whatever....gonna hide from the world forever behind all
your little socks? One day you'll run out of phone books to get names
from and then what?

Greg

Scotty wrote:
"Gregory Hall" wrote in message
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"katy" wrote in message
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so what good is your boat to you, except as a resale

item, if you

become an amputee?

Ignorant girl. Tell that to Tristan Jones who wrote some

good sailing

books including "Outward Leg". He was an amputee.
http://www.tristanjones.org/outward.htm



I'll bet he would have traded his boat for a good leg,
anyday.

And *that* was Katy's point,

Scotty


Don't bother, Scotty...maybe he'll stick his groin out between tow boats
and take care of his own problem...

Gregory Hall wrote:

"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Gregory Hall" wrote in message
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"katy" wrote in message
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so what good is your boat to you, except as a resale

item, if you

become an amputee?

Ignorant girl. Tell that to Tristan Jones who wrote some

good sailing

books including "Outward Leg". He was an amputee.
http://www.tristanjones.org/outward.htm



I'll bet he would have traded his boat for a good leg,
anyday.

And *that* was Katy's point,


Nope. You're wrong. Her point was just like she said. Get your leg
amputated between boat and dock and then you've gotta sell your boat.
It's no good to you anymore except for resale. How can you possibly get
what you said out of what she said? She seems to think amputees can't be
sailors. It ain't nice dissing the handicapped. Acting like a one-legged
man's got nothing going for him. Needs to be sitting in a wheel chair or
the like. She's ignorant. And you're just like her. So why don't you
mind your own beeswax.

Greg

You're really a butt wipe, ya know....back in the bin with you...

Scotty wrote:
"Gregory Hall" wrote in message
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"Scotty" wrote in message
...

"Gregory Hall" wrote in message
...

"katy" wrote in message
...

so what good is your boat to you, except as a resale

item, if you

become an amputee?

Ignorant girl. Tell that to Tristan Jones who wrote

some

good sailing

books including "Outward Leg". He was an amputee.
http://www.tristanjones.org/outward.htm


I'll bet he would have traded his boat for a good leg,
anyday.

And *that* was Katy's point,

Nope. You're wrong. Her point was just like she said. Get

your leg

amputated between boat and dock and then you've gotta sell

your boat.

It's no good to you anymore except for resale. How can you

possibly get

what you said out of what she said? She seems to think

amputees can't be

sailors. It ain't nice dissing the handicapped. Acting

like a one-legged

man's got nothing going for him. Needs to be sitting in a

wheel chair or

the like. She's ignorant. And you're just like her. So

why don't you

mind your own beeswax.



My take was that her point was, better to smash up your boat
than to lose a limb.

Beeswax, grandpa?

Scotty


Like I said, don't bother....he's nothing but used Charmin....

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:39:55 -0400, "Gregory Hall"
wrote:


"katy" wrote in message
...
so what good is your boat to you, except as a resale item, if you
become an amputee?

Ignorant girl. Tell that to Tristan Jones who wrote some good sailing
books including "Outward Leg". He was an amputee.
http://www.tristanjones.org/outward.htm

Go post to a knitting group where you might know something about it,
please. Pretty please.

Greg


And as everyone at Ao Chalong, Phuket, Thailand, where Tristan spent
his last few years knows he owed everyone who was dumb enough to loan
him money. Whether or not he made any money from his books nobody
knows but it is certain that he was broke the last several years of
his life.


Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeATgmailDOTcom)

"katy" wrote in message
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KLC Lewis wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
...

Tristan Jones was a liar and a pirate. He could wirte a good tale but if
you believed that bilge then you're as lame as he was.


Could you expand upon that a bit?
Tristan Jones
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Tristan Jones (May 8, 1924? - June 21, 1995) was an author and mariner who
wrote numerous books and articles, many in the first person, about
sailing. Since his stories tended to be a combination of both fact and
fiction in the tradition of Welsh story tellers, many of the details of
his early life are unknown.
Trivia

Mr. Jones was named, he claimed , for the island of Tristan da Cunha
because his parents were sailing near it when his mother entered labor.
The reality is that he was born Arthur Jones in Liverpool, the
illegitimate son of a Lancashire mill girl.

If you read any discussion boards regarding him, you will find that he was
a good spinner of yarn...I had an earthy uncle who loved the backwoods of
Northern Ontario, ate possum stew out of a big old cauldron, and told
whopper tales, too, that he purported to be true. Fascinating minds, yes,
but the truth? No way. There has also been much discussion about his
sexual proclivities. Now that he's dead, you find mostly those who want to
immortalize him and make him larger than life. I personally do not think
he is worthy of hero-worship although his books are great reads...as long
as you remember that they are fiction based on a little bit of fact. Yes,
the man could sail. So what? So can many here...so honor him as an author,
a good teller of tales, but don't honor him because he performed great
fetes of sailing magic..he didn't...

Ya, I was more interested in your "Tristan Jones was a pirate" comment. A
teller of TALL tales he certainly was.