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"katy" wrote in message ... Gregory Hall wrote: "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. Greg You're really a butt wipe, ya know....back in the bin with you... Sheesh. Talk about anger issues. What a bitter old bat! Greg |
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"katy" wrote in message ... 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. I tried to find the corresponding discussion for that but it seems to have disappeared...seems that many of the incidents he relates (specifically, one with cheese) were actually theft...he liked to make money on the side and was not adverse to hieing off with what he considered "finder's keepers"...in that respect, he ;pirated other people's goods...I doubt he was brave enough to actually do any piracy at sea... |
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:07:50 -0400, katy
wrote: KLC Lewis wrote: "katy" wrote in message ... 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. I tried to find the corresponding discussion for that but it seems to have disappeared...seems that many of the incidents he relates (specifically, one with cheese) were actually theft...he liked to make money on the side and was not adverse to hieing off with what he considered "finder's keepers"...in that respect, he ;pirated other people's goods...I doubt he was brave enough to actually do any piracy at sea... Tristan lived out his last few years in Phuket Thailand and while I don't know of any specific thefts he certainly was not a man to ever repay a bill. He died owing everyone who ever loaned him money. By the way, he lost his legs due to Diabetes which never seemed to effect his drinking at all. Most of the people at Ao Chalong (the district of Phuket where hung out) detested him as a loud mouthed, obnoxious, drunken ,bum. For some details of his acquisition of the Sea Dart see Ron Riel's site as Ron sold him the boat. Bruce in Bangkok (brucepaigeATgmailDOTcom) |
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:07:50 -0400, katy
wrote: KLC Lewis wrote: "katy" wrote in message ... 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. I tried to find the corresponding discussion for that but it seems to have disappeared...seems that many of the incidents he relates (specifically, one with cheese) were actually theft...he liked to make money on the side and was not adverse to hieing off with what he considered "finder's keepers"...in that respect, he ;pirated other people's goods...I doubt he was brave enough to actually do any piracy at sea... As far as his sexual proclivities, there is no question about that. Any of the people in Phuket who knew him was well aware of his tastes in partners. In fact he appeared to make no secret of the facts. On the other hand, he probably did more single handed sailing in small boats then any one else before or since. Bruce in Bangkok (brucepaigeATgmailDOTcom) |
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