On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:56:46 +0000, Eddie wrote:



In any case, he ain't taking my daughter with him until he proves
to me he's an experienced sailor. I figure about 5 or 6 years of
practice. Maybe by then he'll get a little sense in his head and flys
there instead.

Personally, if you were my father-in-law, I'd tell you to mind your own
damn business.

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On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:56:46 +0000, Eddie wrote:



In any case, he ain't taking my daughter with him until he proves
to me he's an experienced sailor. I figure about 5 or 6 years of
practice. Maybe by then he'll get a little sense in his head and flys
there instead.

Personally, if you were my father-in-law, I'd tell you to mind your own
damn business.



Guess you don't have a daughter, thunder. :-)

RCE

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:28:30 -0500, RCE wrote:


Guess you don't have a daughter, thunder. :-)

Nope, but don't you think Eddie's post is just a little one sided? We're
talking about a plumber with $200k to spend on a boat. I'm guessing he
has a degree of competence. I've known several people who have plopped
down there money, turned the key, and gotten into trouble in local waters,
but I don't know anyone who has attempted a cross-ocean sail, without a
good degree of planning. Do you? Sailboats cross oceans all the time,
and with very few mishaps. If the son-in-law is expecting to sail to
Hawaii without any planning or sailing experience, he is being quite
foolish, but I suspect, with a statement like "Maybe by then he'll get a
little sense in his head and flys there instead", Eddie thinks anyone who
sails to Hawaii is a "nutcase".

I stand by my statement. If an in-law interfered in my marriage, as this
man is attempting to do, my wife would have a hard choice to make. I
married my wife, not her parents.

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On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:28:30 -0500, RCE wrote:


Guess you don't have a daughter, thunder. :-)

Nope, but don't you think Eddie's post is just a little one sided?


I stand by my statement. If an in-law interfered in my marriage, as this
man is attempting to do, my wife would have a hard choice to make. I
married my wife, not her parents.


I think you don't have a nutcase of a son-in-law thinking of sailing to
Hawaii with no experience and having the possibility that your daughter, if
you had one, was going with him.

RCE

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On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:28:30 -0500, RCE wrote:


Guess you don't have a daughter, thunder. :-)

Nope, but don't you think Eddie's post is just a little one sided? We're
talking about a plumber with $200k to spend on a boat. I'm guessing he
has a degree of competence. I've known several people who have plopped
down there money, turned the key, and gotten into trouble in local waters,
but I don't know anyone who has attempted a cross-ocean sail, without a
good degree of planning. Do you? Sailboats cross oceans all the time,
and with very few mishaps. If the son-in-law is expecting to sail to
Hawaii without any planning or sailing experience, he is being quite
foolish, but I suspect, with a statement like "Maybe by then he'll get a
little sense in his head and flys there instead", Eddie thinks anyone who
sails to Hawaii is a "nutcase".

I stand by my statement. If an in-law interfered in my marriage, as this
man is attempting to do, my wife would have a hard choice to make. I
married my wife, not her parents.

You are an idiot thunder. This man cares about his daughter and his stupid
son-in-law. Most sons-in-law are stupid from the perspective of the
father-in-law regardless of whether they are poor or rich.

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:28:49 -0500, Bert Robbins wrote:


You are an idiot thunder. This man cares about his daughter and his stupid
son-in-law. Most sons-in-law are stupid from the perspective of the
father-in-law regardless of whether they are poor or rich.

Well, of course I am, but then, I'm assuming the son-in-law cares about
his wife. I'm also assuming that before I take my wife on a cruise to
Hawaii, I'd have to prove my competence to *her*, not her freakin' father.

I'm glad you are so happy with your in-laws input. Where have they
decided you take your next vacation?

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On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:28:49 -0500, Bert Robbins wrote:


You are an idiot thunder. This man cares about his daughter and his
stupid
son-in-law. Most sons-in-law are stupid from the perspective of the
father-in-law regardless of whether they are poor or rich.

Well, of course I am, but then, I'm assuming the son-in-law cares about
his wife. I'm also assuming that before I take my wife on a cruise to
Hawaii, I'd have to prove my competence to *her*, not her freakin' father.

I'm glad you are so happy with your in-laws input. Where have they
decided you take your next vacation?

In all fairness, someone (usually Chuck) manages to post boating disaster
articles here at least what....once every two weeks? Some of them involve
downright stupidity or inebriation, but not always. Some involve "I wish I'd
know about that risk" types of stuff. I see nothing wrong with a parent
thinking in terms of worst case scenarios. Hell...my dad's 84 and I'm 52. He
still goes ape**** if I tell him I'm not feeling well. Whattya gonna do?