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Soul searching about a sailor in trouble
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:13:26 +0000, Larry wrote:
Bruce in Bangkok wrote in : Larry, sorry I can't agree. when I lived in Maine I met a lobsterman - 81 years old and still fishing every day except Sunday. Had you told Capt. Carter he was too old to fish he'd have laughed at you. All these examples are quite admirable, but are the exceptions, not the old goats walking the docks at your local marinas....to the peril of those who must come retrieve them, exhausted and infirmed and unable to continue...or worse....in that storm offshore when they've just pushed it too far one more time. We don't allow the blind to drive a car down the Interstate..... Why do we allow the blind to drive a massive boat, just because he can afford it? I know some really nice people who have no business leaving the docks. The point is that a blanket condemnation is not accurate. To true that there are incompetents running boats who shouldn't but equally true is that there are competent individuals, of the same age, doing the same thing. Heck, from your sea stories you must be approaching the magic age. If you are going to get all brown and wizened and turn useless at 60 then how about sending me your dual trace scope. And, I'll take the old Mercedes Diesel too.... do try to get it overhauled though, before you pass the old fellow's mark. Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom) |
Soul searching about a sailor in trouble
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:13:26 +0000, Larry wrote:
Bruce in Bangkok wrote in : Larry, sorry I can't agree. when I lived in Maine I met a lobsterman - 81 years old and still fishing every day except Sunday. Had you told Capt. Carter he was too old to fish he'd have laughed at you. All these examples are quite admirable, but are the exceptions, not the old goats walking the docks at your local marinas....to the peril of those who must come retrieve them, exhausted and infirmed and unable to continue...or worse....in that storm offshore when they've just pushed it too far one more time. We don't allow the blind to drive a car down the Interstate..... Why do we allow the blind to drive a massive boat, just because he can afford it? I know some really nice people who have no business leaving the docks. The point is that a blanket condemnation is not accurate. To true that there are incompetents running boats who shouldn't but equally true is that there are competent individuals, of the same age, doing the same thing. Heck, from your sea stories you must be approaching the magic age. If you are going to get all brown and wizened and turn useless at 60 then how about sending me your dual trace scope. And, I'll take the old Mercedes Diesel too.... do try to get it overhauled though, before you pass the old fellow's mark. Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom) |
Soul searching about a sailor in trouble
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:18:42 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote: use he can afford it? I know some really nice people who have no business leaving the docks. We allow disabled people who can't get a regular drivers license to drive big rigs.... You also allow disabled people to become president - Roosevelt as well as the mentally unstable - seriously though, I can understand and agree with Larry's point. Perhaps if you are going to legislate, then you can have an exceptions clause whereby two knowledgeables can attest to one's ability cheers Peter |
Soul searching about a sailor in trouble
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:18:42 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote: We allow disabled people who can't get a regular drivers license to drive big rigs... Cite? Casady |
Soul searching about a sailor in trouble
"Richard Casady" wrote in message
... On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:18:42 -0700, "Capt. JG" wrote: We allow disabled people who can't get a regular drivers license to drive big rigs... Cite? Casady ABC News. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
Soul searching about a sailor in trouble
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:04:48 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote: "Richard Casady" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:18:42 -0700, "Capt. JG" wrote: We allow disabled people who can't get a regular drivers license to drive big rigs... Cite? Casady ABC News. OK Casady |
Soul searching about a sailor in trouble
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:18:42 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote: "Larry" wrote in message . .. Bruce in Bangkok wrote in : Larry, sorry I can't agree. when I lived in Maine I met a lobsterman - 81 years old and still fishing every day except Sunday. Had you told Capt. Carter he was too old to fish he'd have laughed at you. All these examples are quite admirable, but are the exceptions, not the old goats walking the docks at your local marinas....to the peril of those who must come retrieve them, exhausted and infirmed and unable to continue...or worse....in that storm offshore when they've just pushed it too far one more time. We don't allow the blind to drive a car down the Interstate..... Why do we allow the blind to drive a massive boat, just because he can afford it? I know some really nice people who have no business leaving the docks. We allow disabled people who can't get a regular drivers license to drive big rigs.... If you need eyeglasses to drive you can't get a regular license. Is that what you mean? Casady |
Soul searching about a sailor in trouble
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Soul searching about a sailor in trouble
"Richard Casady" wrote in message
... On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:18:42 -0700, "Capt. JG" wrote: "Larry" wrote in message .. . Bruce in Bangkok wrote in : Larry, sorry I can't agree. when I lived in Maine I met a lobsterman - 81 years old and still fishing every day except Sunday. Had you told Capt. Carter he was too old to fish he'd have laughed at you. All these examples are quite admirable, but are the exceptions, not the old goats walking the docks at your local marinas....to the peril of those who must come retrieve them, exhausted and infirmed and unable to continue...or worse....in that storm offshore when they've just pushed it too far one more time. We don't allow the blind to drive a car down the Interstate..... Why do we allow the blind to drive a massive boat, just because he can afford it? I know some really nice people who have no business leaving the docks. We allow disabled people who can't get a regular drivers license to drive big rigs.... If you need eyeglasses to drive you can't get a regular license. Is that what you mean? Casady No... they sometimes have heart conditions, epilepsy, stuff like that. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
Soul searching about a sailor in trouble
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:31:12 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote: On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:48:25 GMT, (Richard Casady) wrote: On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:18:42 -0700, "Capt. JG" wrote: We allow disabled people who can't get a regular drivers license to drive big rigs.... If you need eyeglasses to drive you can't get a regular license. Is that what you mean? Google up truck chicago chinatown 2 killed. A bunch were injured too. This guy was obviously disabled. Even forgot to pick up his load. Off his meds or on the wrong ones or something. I know a trucker who collapsed on the road, was luckily able to pull over, had a quadruple bypass to fix the heart condition that made him collapse, qualified for total disability, but went back to driving. They don't monitor truckers like air crew, and the regs/enforcement are laughable. --Vic You just haven't got it yet, have you Vic? The reason that such monitoring is so lacking is that the motorcar is a religious device and political weapon in the USA. Henry Ford and those manufacturers who came later were heavily subsidised by the forerunner of the CIA. The technology was made desirable and along with Coca-Cola (another CIA subsidised business) was exported to other countries in order that they be made dependent on the internal combustion engine. This allowed the fuel companies (which I believe currently benefit for Government support or subsidy in the US) to extract vast sums of wealth for supplying the fuel. Then, when the entire world was addicted, they could impact upon country's economies at will just by restricting or increasing supply at will. That car ownership is akin to a religious cult is obvious. People pay a fortune to own something they cannot sensibly afford, they are intensely passionate about them as well as about their driving ability - road rage for one and they are a part of every male's manhood. That's my contribution to conspiracy theories. A friend recently told me that his company was instituting random drug tests for their truck drivers in Sydney as several have been found to take drugs. One was even discovered driving past a gate house watching a video. cheers Peter |
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