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Sometimes, ya can't understand some guy cause he can't write no good. Sometimes ya can't understand some guy cause ya can't read no good. Mosta the time, ya got some guy who can't read no good tryin to understand some guy who can't write no good. Then it's just a hella a mess, ya know?
 
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Stickler said:
Good to know. *searches for the ignore feature*
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I kinda liked that guy, truth be told. He's the onliest one here who ever entertained the possibility that I could have a point. He wuz dead wrong, of course, but I still took it as a compliment, ya know?
 
At her age all I could think about were sports, video games, and members of the opposite sex.

Not much has changed over the years....

Even at my ripe old age I wouldn't ever think about sailing around the world. I'm just glad she's ok.
 
moevillini said:
She's SIXTEEN. Her parents said she's been dreaming of doing this since she was THIRTEEN. That doesn't seem just a tad over-indulgent to you?

Maybe if she was in her 20's, I'd give her dream some credence, but this is utterly ridiculous. And people complain about the spoiled youth of today...
those complainers just better not be among those who think this was a good idea, no matter how qualified and/or well-prepared she is.

by the way, she did have GPS, they knew where she was, it was just a remote and difficult area to get to, esp. in stormy seas.
GPS doesn't solve everything.
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At 13, I dreamt of being a professional athlete. Except I was 5'1", 98 pounds and could benchpress 90 pounds. This girl was 13, going on 16, and has logged twice as many hours at sea as those deemed Master Sailors by those in the "industry" or some ****. Her brother sailed around the world at 17. Her parents were sailing studs.

This isn't some self-indulgent girl looking to fulfill some dream that's unrealistic. It's a girl, who from everything I can tell is as about as prepared as she'll ever be, who wants to do something she seems totally able to do and who has parents who are experts on the field and who I'd doubt would throw her to the wolves to "see if she can do it." I'm sure they feel she can do it. Let me re-phrase that. I'm sure they know she will do it. So why not? Her age?

When she's 18, she'll be so much more learned about life and skilled at her "craft"? Give me a break. It's an arbitrary number. And the girl's ahead of the curve by decades. It's a thing of beauty to me to release your young into the "wild" to succeed, fail, and experience what we call life. And to withhold her from dream that she's in my opinion totally prepared for, is a crime.
 
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