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Wayne.B March 16th 10 02:13 PM

Why we Float
 
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:02:05 -0400, HK
wrote:

I used to sail quite a bit and, in fact, owned a sailboat very similar
to yours. I found sailing it on Chesapeake Bay to be very relaxing and
peaceful.


Sailing is a slow and outmoded form of transportation which usually
results in going around in circles while cursing power boaters. I'd
rather fly to where I'm going than waste my time slogging around with
something like that.

HK[_6_] March 16th 10 02:23 PM

Why we Float
 
On 3/16/10 10:13 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:02:05 -0400,
wrote:

I used to sail quite a bit and, in fact, owned a sailboat very similar
to yours. I found sailing it on Chesapeake Bay to be very relaxing and
peaceful.


Sailing is a slow and outmoded form of transportation which usually
results in going around in circles while cursing power boaters. I'd
rather fly to where I'm going than waste my time slogging around with
something like that.



Well, sailing doesn't have to be slow...I saw one sailboat out in San
Diego in 2008 that could sail circles around your barge...she just won
the America's cup.

I enjoyed my sailboat the three years on the bay I had her. She *was*
not very fast.



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John H[_2_] March 16th 10 02:48 PM

Why we Float
 
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:53:59 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

I was talking to another sailor the other day and I mentioned that I
did not find sailing to be relaxing at all and he and his wife were
astonished. They told me they both immediately relaxed as soon as the
sails were up. My turn to be astonished, "Huh, relax while sailing,
what's the point then"?
I explained how I thought of sailing as an exercise in problem solving
which made them really puzzled like "Why would you want to solve
problems". I told em "cuz that's what engineers do".

Although I always heard people thought of sailing as relaxing, I just
thouhgt it was a sorta inside joke never thinking some sailors
actually DID relax while sailing. "Relaxation", I gotta admit, I am
just not clear on the concept. IF everything goes well, I figger it
was all a waste of time. However if just one thing goes wrong and you
figure a way around it, then it is a success and you can be happy.

Do you go fishing to relax, NO, you go fishing to outsmart the fish
and if you don't you are frustrated. Golf as relaxation, NO, be
serious.

So, I cannot imagine any "sport" as being relaxing. Reading good
fiction is relaxing. Listening to good music with a good cup of coffee
is relaxing.

Boating to relax, I don't get it.


If I'm working on a project and presented with a problem to solve, I usually
find the solving of the problem very relaxing. Don't you find solving problems
to be relaxing? It's when you can't find the solution that you're not relaxed,
IMO.
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Loogypicker[_2_] March 16th 10 03:14 PM

Why we Float
 
On Mar 16, 10:23*am, HK wrote:
On 3/16/10 10:13 AM, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:02:05 -0400,
wrote:


I used to sail quite a bit and, in fact, owned a sailboat very similar
to yours. I found sailing it on Chesapeake Bay to be very relaxing and
peaceful.


Sailing is a slow and outmoded form of transportation which usually
results in going around in circles while cursing power boaters. *I'd
rather fly to where I'm going than waste my time slogging around with
something like that.


Well, sailing doesn't have to be slow...I saw one sailboat out in San
Diego in 2008 that could sail circles around your barge...she just won
the America's cup.

I enjoyed my sailboat the three years on the bay I had her. She *was*
not very fast.

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WHHHOOOOSSSSHHHHHH!!!!!!
Don't you remember spewing THIS gem, fatass?

Naw. I'd rather fly. My round trip to costa rica cost me about $370
in
airfare, and took about seven hours in the air. Once there, did
plenty
of boating and fishing. To me, being where I want to be is a lot more
fun than slogging my way there. To each his own

I am Tosk[_3_] March 16th 10 03:40 PM

Why we Float
 
In article ,
says...


So, I cannot imagine any "sport" as being relaxing. Reading good
fiction is relaxing. Listening to good music with a good cup of coffee
is relaxing.


I dunno, I have had a few sports that were relaxing, once you got into the
zone...

Scotty


Boating to relax, I don't get it.


If I'm working on a project and presented with a problem to solve, I usually
find the solving of the problem very relaxing. Don't you find solving problems
to be relaxing? It's when you can't find the solution that you're not relaxed,
IMO.




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HK[_6_] March 16th 10 04:39 PM

Why we Float
 
On 3/16/10 11:14 AM, Loogypicker wrote:
On Mar 16, 10:23 am, wrote:
On 3/16/10 10:13 AM, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:02:05 -0400,
wrote:


I used to sail quite a bit and, in fact, owned a sailboat very similar
to yours. I found sailing it on Chesapeake Bay to be very relaxing and
peaceful.


Sailing is a slow and outmoded form of transportation which usually
results in going around in circles while cursing power boaters. I'd
rather fly to where I'm going than waste my time slogging around with
something like that.


Well, sailing doesn't have to be slow...I saw one sailboat out in San
Diego in 2008 that could sail circles around your barge...she just won
the America's cup.

I enjoyed my sailboat the three years on the bay I had her. She *was*
not very fast.

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WHHHOOOOSSSSHHHHHH!!!!!!
Don't you remember spewing THIS gem, fatass?

Naw. I'd rather fly. My round trip to costa rica cost me about $370
in
airfare, and took about seven hours in the air. Once there, did
plenty
of boating and fishing. To me, being where I want to be is a lot more
fun than slogging my way there. To each his own




You still cannot think in the abstract, eh, s.f.b.?

Sailing around on a relatively small body of water, like Chesapeake Bay,
was fun for me when we did it. Taking a slow trawler barge to get to
Costa Rica would not be fun for me, now or back then. I wanted to get to
C.R. so I could enjoy my time off *there*, not waste my off getting
there. And, as I have posted many times, "to each his own."

With a couple of breaks, this summer one of my clients will want me to
attend a week-long meeting in Geneva. It's very tentative at the moment,
but...I hope to fly to London, grab the Eurostar to Paris, and then the
Lyria TGV to Geneva. On the way back, we'll rent a car so we can see
some more of Switzerland and a decent part of France. High speed planes,
high speed trains, lower speed car... :)

You know, to each his own.


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Loogypicker[_2_] March 16th 10 04:53 PM

Why we Float
 
On Mar 16, 12:39*pm, HK wrote:
On 3/16/10 11:14 AM, Loogypicker wrote:





On Mar 16, 10:23 am, *wrote:
On 3/16/10 10:13 AM, Wayne.B wrote:


On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:02:05 -0400,
wrote:


I used to sail quite a bit and, in fact, owned a sailboat very similar
to yours. I found sailing it on Chesapeake Bay to be very relaxing and
peaceful.


Sailing is a slow and outmoded form of transportation which usually
results in going around in circles while cursing power boaters. *I'd
rather fly to where I'm going than waste my time slogging around with
something like that.


Well, sailing doesn't have to be slow...I saw one sailboat out in San
Diego in 2008 that could sail circles around your barge...she just won
the America's cup.


I enjoyed my sailboat the three years on the bay I had her. She *was*
not very fast.


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WHHHOOOOSSSSHHHHHH!!!!!!
Don't you remember spewing THIS gem, fatass?


Naw. I'd rather fly. My round trip to costa rica cost me about $370
in
airfare, and took about seven hours in the air. Once there, did
plenty
of boating and fishing. To me, being where I want to be is a lot more
fun than slogging my way there. To each his own


You still cannot think in the abstract, eh, s.f.b.?

Sailing around on a relatively small body of water, like Chesapeake Bay,
was fun for me when we did it. Taking a slow trawler barge to get to
Costa Rica would not be fun for me, now or back then. I wanted to get to
C.R. so I could enjoy my time off *there*, not waste my off getting
there. And, as I have posted many times, "to each his own."

With a couple of breaks, this summer one of my clients will want me to
attend a week-long meeting in Geneva. It's very tentative at the moment,
but...I hope to fly to London, grab the Eurostar to Paris, and then the
Lyria TGV to Geneva. On the way back, we'll rent a car so we can see
some more of Switzerland and a decent part of France. High speed planes,
high speed trains, lower speed car... *:)

You know, to each his own.

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*e#c March 16th 10 05:03 PM

Why we Float
 
On Mar 16, 12:53*pm, Loogypicker wrote:
On Mar 16, 12:39*pm, HK wrote:



On 3/16/10 11:14 AM, Loogypicker wrote:


On Mar 16, 10:23 am, *wrote:
On 3/16/10 10:13 AM, Wayne.B wrote:


On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:02:05 -0400,
wrote:


I used to sail quite a bit and, in fact, owned a sailboat very similar
to yours. I found sailing it on Chesapeake Bay to be very relaxing and
peaceful.


Sailing is a slow and outmoded form of transportation which usually
results in going around in circles while cursing power boaters. *I'd
rather fly to where I'm going than waste my time slogging around with
something like that.


Well, sailing doesn't have to be slow...I saw one sailboat out in San
Diego in 2008 that could sail circles around your barge...she just won
the America's cup.


I enjoyed my sailboat the three years on the bay I had her. She *was*
not very fast.


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WHHHOOOOSSSSHHHHHH!!!!!!
Don't you remember spewing THIS gem, fatass?


Naw. I'd rather fly. My round trip to costa rica cost me about $370
in
airfare, and took about seven hours in the air. Once there, did
plenty
of boating and fishing. To me, being where I want to be is a lot more
fun than slogging my way there. To each his own


You still cannot think in the abstract, eh, s.f.b.?


Sailing around on a relatively small body of water, like Chesapeake Bay,
was fun for me when we did it. Taking a slow trawler barge to get to
Costa Rica would not be fun for me, now or back then. I wanted to get to
C.R. so I could enjoy my time off *there*, not waste my off getting
there. And, as I have posted many times, "to each his own."


With a couple of breaks, this summer one of my clients will want me to
attend a week-long meeting in Geneva. It's very tentative at the moment,
but...I hope to fly to London, grab the Eurostar to Paris, and then the
Lyria TGV to Geneva. On the way back, we'll rent a car so we can see
some more of Switzerland and a decent part of France. High speed planes,
high speed trains, lower speed car... *:)


You know, to each his own.


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You just don't mind making yourself look like a complete idiot, do
you? Do you honestly think that one single person believes you here
after all of the lies you've told?


Like they believe anything you say....internet spoofer. What a joke.

HK[_6_] March 16th 10 05:08 PM

Why we Float
 
On 3/16/10 12:53 PM, Loogypicker wrote:
On Mar 16, 12:39 pm, wrote:
On 3/16/10 11:14 AM, Loogypicker wrote:





On Mar 16, 10:23 am, wrote:
On 3/16/10 10:13 AM, Wayne.B wrote:


On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:02:05 -0400,
wrote:


I used to sail quite a bit and, in fact, owned a sailboat very similar
to yours. I found sailing it on Chesapeake Bay to be very relaxing and
peaceful.


Sailing is a slow and outmoded form of transportation which usually
results in going around in circles while cursing power boaters. I'd
rather fly to where I'm going than waste my time slogging around with
something like that.


Well, sailing doesn't have to be slow...I saw one sailboat out in San
Diego in 2008 that could sail circles around your barge...she just won
the America's cup.


I enjoyed my sailboat the three years on the bay I had her. She *was*
not very fast.


--


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then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.


WHHHOOOOSSSSHHHHHH!!!!!!
Don't you remember spewing THIS gem, fatass?


Naw. I'd rather fly. My round trip to costa rica cost me about $370
in
airfare, and took about seven hours in the air. Once there, did
plenty
of boating and fishing. To me, being where I want to be is a lot more
fun than slogging my way there. To each his own


You still cannot think in the abstract, eh, s.f.b.?

Sailing around on a relatively small body of water, like Chesapeake Bay,
was fun for me when we did it. Taking a slow trawler barge to get to
Costa Rica would not be fun for me, now or back then. I wanted to get to
C.R. so I could enjoy my time off *there*, not waste my off getting
there. And, as I have posted many times, "to each his own."

With a couple of breaks, this summer one of my clients will want me to
attend a week-long meeting in Geneva. It's very tentative at the moment,
but...I hope to fly to London, grab the Eurostar to Paris, and then the
Lyria TGV to Geneva. On the way back, we'll rent a car so we can see
some more of Switzerland and a decent part of France. High speed planes,
high speed trains, lower speed car... :)

You know, to each his own.

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You just don't mind making yourself look like a complete idiot, do
you? Do you honestly think that one single person believes you here
after all of the lies you've told?



Loogy, I simply do not care what you or any of the right-wing FLEEGs
here *think* they are thinking. You're here only for my entertainment,
when I choose really low-brow entertainment.

As far as complete idiots go, the real choice is whether you or
Heart-Condition Scotty is the dumbest. I honestly cannot
tell...sometimes I am sure Scotty is the dumbest, and then you show up
after a few days absence.

That's the entertainment...guessing who is the dumbest poster here.
At the moment, it's a draw between you and Scotty.



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HK[_6_] March 16th 10 05:09 PM

Why we Float
 
On 3/16/10 1:03 PM, *e#c wrote:
On Mar 16, 12:53 pm, wrote:
On Mar 16, 12:39 pm, wrote:



On 3/16/10 11:14 AM, Loogypicker wrote:


On Mar 16, 10:23 am, wrote:
On 3/16/10 10:13 AM, Wayne.B wrote:


On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:02:05 -0400,
wrote:


I used to sail quite a bit and, in fact, owned a sailboat very similar
to yours. I found sailing it on Chesapeake Bay to be very relaxing and
peaceful.


Sailing is a slow and outmoded form of transportation which usually
results in going around in circles while cursing power boaters. I'd
rather fly to where I'm going than waste my time slogging around with
something like that.


Well, sailing doesn't have to be slow...I saw one sailboat out in San
Diego in 2008 that could sail circles around your barge...she just won
the America's cup.


I enjoyed my sailboat the three years on the bay I had her. She *was*
not very fast.


--


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then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.


WHHHOOOOSSSSHHHHHH!!!!!!
Don't you remember spewing THIS gem, fatass?


Naw. I'd rather fly. My round trip to costa rica cost me about $370
in
airfare, and took about seven hours in the air. Once there, did
plenty
of boating and fishing. To me, being where I want to be is a lot more
fun than slogging my way there. To each his own


You still cannot think in the abstract, eh, s.f.b.?


Sailing around on a relatively small body of water, like Chesapeake Bay,
was fun for me when we did it. Taking a slow trawler barge to get to
Costa Rica would not be fun for me, now or back then. I wanted to get to
C.R. so I could enjoy my time off *there*, not waste my off getting
there. And, as I have posted many times, "to each his own."


With a couple of breaks, this summer one of my clients will want me to
attend a week-long meeting in Geneva. It's very tentative at the moment,
but...I hope to fly to London, grab the Eurostar to Paris, and then the
Lyria TGV to Geneva. On the way back, we'll rent a car so we can see
some more of Switzerland and a decent part of France. High speed planes,
high speed trains, lower speed car... :)


You know, to each his own.


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- Show quoted text -


You just don't mind making yourself look like a complete idiot, do
you? Do you honestly think that one single person believes you here
after all of the lies you've told?


Like they believe anything you say....internet spoofer. What a joke.



He's got no balls, either.

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