On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:06:27 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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I saw it. Neal use to be somewhat respected among mariners.
And he had a few things positive going on. IIRC he even sat for a 5
ton Capt. ticket.

Me thinks he caught the clap, and now his brain is rotting like
Hitlers did in his last days.

Fred

The Good Captain Neal is still very much respected among mariners. His
accomplishments are legion. His Master Mariner ticket is the highest and
most coveted of any seaman. Proof he http://www.badongo.com/pic/3853394

He e-mails me from time to time and I forward him a large box of his fan
mail. The last box I sent to Cape Town, South Africa. He's going round again
or those are his current plans at least.

Had the skipper of the lost "Red Cloud" procured the services of the Good
Captain on that ill-fated coffee run the Red Cloud would have never
foundered. He's sailed through many a tropical cyclone so some short-lived
little Gulf cold front he would have taken in stride even in a less than
seaworthy such as Red Cloud.

Wilbur Hubbard


And there is Wilbur, The Old Man of the Sea, The Master Mariner, the
individual who specifies the correct length of a set of oars was
"short enough to fit in the boat" and many other gems of nautical
wisdom.

Too bad you have never been in a boat. Maybe you would have learned a
tiny bit about sailing and instead of being the buffoon of RBC you
might be able to scale the heights of being "someone who is not too
bright". Far above being referred to as "Wilbur the Dummy".

Say, for instance, if you had said that "oars should be long enough to
reach the water", people would have thought, "well, he isn't the
brightest light on the Christmas tree" instead of "Stupid old Wilbur
done did it again". One thing I'll give you credit for though. You
really work at being stupid. Nobody could be as dumb as you are
without a tremendous amount of effort.



A fool who knows his foolishness is wise
at least to that extent, but a fool who
thinks himself wise is a fool indeed.