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From: Noddy on 15 May 2010 08:21 "PhilD" <replytonewsgrouponly(a)aussient.com.au> wrote in message news:U7wHn.24941$pv.23193(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > No, it was standing in a cold shower with your clothes on and tearing up > $100 notes. Yeah, that too :) -- Regards, Noddy.
From: John Tserkezis on 15 May 2010 08:35 Clocky wrote: > There is no question that she has done a wonderful thing and credit where > credit is due but that doesn't change the fact that she fell well short of > circumnavigating the world as it's defined in the yachting world. This is mentioned quite frequently, but that was never the aim. It was never sold as "circumnavigating the world" so the fact it doesn't achieve that is about as relevant as you complaining that your brand new Commodore is green, when you actually ordered a red falcon and don't really care what colour the commodore is. That and, it gives me an opportunity to grip about the yachting world's bullshit competition definitions. They have a "youngest person circumnavigating the world" contest, with a wide range of requirements that must be met for the person to be eligible for that contest... One of this is, you have to be the youngest, but not under 18. That's like Guinness saying they want to document the highest person in the world, but said person can't be over 7 foot. Am I the only one that thinks that's fucked up?
From: PhilD on 15 May 2010 09:03 "John Tserkezis" <jt(a)techniciansyndrome.org.invalid> wrote in message news:4bee9513$0$24251$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... > Clocky wrote: > >> There is no question that she has done a wonderful thing and credit where >> credit is due but that doesn't change the fact that she fell well short >> of >> circumnavigating the world as it's defined in the yachting world. > > This is mentioned quite frequently, but that was never the aim. > > It was never sold as "circumnavigating the world" so the fact it > doesn't achieve that is about as relevant as you complaining that your > brand new Commodore is green, when you actually ordered a red falcon and > don't really care what colour the commodore is. > > > > That and, it gives me an opportunity to grip about the yachting world's > bullshit competition definitions. > > They have a "youngest person circumnavigating the world" contest, with > a wide range of requirements that must be met for the person to be > eligible for that contest... > > One of this is, you have to be the youngest, but not under 18. That's > like Guinness saying they want to document the highest person in the > world, but said person can't be over 7 foot. > > Am I the only one that thinks that's fucked up? Like anything else, if you don't attempt to define it someone will find a way around it. I'm sure that otherwise all you would have to do is sail around Antarctica. There's a distance lower limit and requirement to cross the Equator so if they stick to it as requirements all know the rules. As much as it was supposedly "never the aim" all involved would have to be completely naieve to have not known that is exactly what it was going to be seen as. As to the age limit, where would you draw the line at? PhilD
From: D Walford on 15 May 2010 17:07 On 16/05/2010 12:09 AM, Clocky wrote: > > A lot of people in this world get no recognition for truly selfless, > sometimes lifelong endaevours but a silver spooner who probably has 13 years > of yachting experience under her belt and every possible device at hand to > make navigation a breeze sits on a boat for seven months and now she's our > new iconic hero. > > I think I want to puke. > > Agreed, her "achievement" hasn't benefited anyone but herself and hasn't contributed to helping mankind so I don't see what all the fuss is about. Sure it took a ton of guts and lots of determination to achieve but so what, there are so many people in the world who work very hard helping their fellow man on a daily basis for very little reward and they deserve a lot more recognition than some little girl who went on a sailing adventure. Daryl
From: Albm&ctd on 16 May 2010 00:29
In article <4bef0d31$0$27790$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, dwalford(a)internode.on.net says... > On 16/05/2010 12:09 AM, Clocky wrote: > > > > > > A lot of people in this world get no recognition for truly selfless, > > sometimes lifelong endaevours but a silver spooner who probably has 13 years > > of yachting experience under her belt and every possible device at hand to > > make navigation a breeze sits on a boat for seven months and now she's our > > new iconic hero. > > > > I think I want to puke. > > > > > Agreed, her "achievement" hasn't benefited anyone but herself and hasn't > contributed to helping mankind so I don't see what all the fuss is about. > Sure it took a ton of guts and lots of determination to achieve but so > what, there are so many people in the world who work very hard helping > their fellow man on a daily basis for very little reward and they > deserve a lot more recognition than some little girl who went on a > sailing adventure. > > > Daryl > Awww you're just trying to upset her so she finds out where you live, ties you up and spanks you. Al -- I don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone. http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html |