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From: Jason James on 25 May 2010 03:17 "Noddy" <Mission.Control(a)NASA.com> wrote in message news:4bfb4ec7$0$11965$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net... > > "Sylvia Else" <sylvia(a)not.at.this.address> wrote in message > news:4bfb3489$0$13664$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > >> But it's still just a task to be performed. Or does the fact that she's a >> teenage girl somehow make it more challenging? > > It seems to for Oz, but then in his usual style of blowing things out of > all reasonable proportion he'd have everyone believe that what she was > doing was as difficult as performing open heart surgery with nothing other > than a plastic knife and fork. > > She was a skinny little 16 year old kid out on her own. How difficult > could it have been? :) Noddy,..I dont see you often missing the significance of things like keeping control of machinery,...but here you can't seem to grasp the logisticsof sailing single-handedly a yatch in all manner of seas. On a duck pond? No argument :-) The fact she is a lithe teenager, probably helped save her as she was flipped around in heavy seas, hanging onto the rigging etc Jason
From: jonz on 25 May 2010 04:09 On 5/25/2010 5:17 PM, Jason James wrote: > "Noddy"<Mission.Control(a)NASA.com> wrote in message > news:4bfb4ec7$0$11965$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net... >> >> "Sylvia Else"<sylvia(a)not.at.this.address> wrote in message >> news:4bfb3489$0$13664$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> >>> But it's still just a task to be performed. Or does the fact that she's a >>> teenage girl somehow make it more challenging? >> >> It seems to for Oz, but then in his usual style of blowing things out of >> all reasonable proportion he'd have everyone believe that what she was >> doing was as difficult as performing open heart surgery with nothing other >> than a plastic knife and fork. >> >> She was a skinny little 16 year old kid out on her own. How difficult >> could it have been? :) > > Noddy,..I dont see you often missing the significance of things like keeping > control of machinery,...but here you can't seem to grasp the logisticsof > sailing single-handedly a yatch in all manner of seas. On a duck pond? No > argument :-) The fact she is a lithe teenager, probably helped save her as > she was flipped around in heavy seas, hanging onto the rigging etc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ indeed........ > > Jason > > -- jonz "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford,1992
From: Sylvia Else on 25 May 2010 06:07 On 25/05/2010 7:48 PM, Blue Heeler wrote: > Noddy wrote: > >> >> She was a skinny little 16 year old kid out on her own. How difficult >> could it have been? :) > > The dream of every parent of a teenage child. Sent to her room for 9 > months (or whatever it actually was). > Hmm... More likely to die - less likely to get pregnant. So they weigh up the pros and cons. Sylvia.
From: Noddy on 25 May 2010 07:01 "jonz" <fj40(a)deisel.com> wrote in message news:4bfb84f2(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > whilst they may form an opinion.......having *no* knowledge about either > subject would *invalidate* said opinion amongst pple that *do* > know......those who are just "flapping their gums" know who they > are........ Uh-huh.... So, by your logic, everyone would have to eat a dogshit sandwich to *really* know that they wouldn't like it. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: OzOne on 25 May 2010 08:50
On Tue, 25 May 2010 14:11:30 +1000, "Noddy" <Mission.Control(a)NASA.com> wrote: > ><OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message >news:jjtkv55mraf2trhllkug4vek26dua18gbo(a)4ax.com... > >> Or have, like yourself, absolutely no knowledge with which to venture >> a reasonable opinion.. > >What a load of ridiculous drivel. Sure Nod....You have no interest in boats...they bore you. I stand by my comment. OzOne of the three twins I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace. |