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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 12:57 PM Original message |
16 year old Abby Sunderland located... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Do they have insurance that pays for all rescue efforts? |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That should be paid by all the news media. It's their lunch ticket. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. I hear the rescue ship trip will cost 100K |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Actually, I'm on board with not giving driver's licenses to 16 year olds |
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Iwasthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I bet YOU don't have the Guinness book of world records in YOUR house |
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PearliePoo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Speaking of books..... |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Voyage of Madmen and Maiden Voyage are much better reads IMO. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
83. I remember reading a series in Nat Geo by Robin Graham |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #83 |
104. Good memory. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Ha ha, no I don't |
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Seneca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. YEAH |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. Don't worry I am sure there is a movie deal in the works |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
94. What is the reason for doing anything in life? eom |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. wonder if people would be so outraged if this was a boy |
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Seneca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Yep |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Zac Sunderland is not a tool and he was not "lucky". |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. How did she not fuck up? |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. There is much debate in the sailing community about her course and timing. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. Oh, come on, you know that only spoiled people try to climb |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. There is absolutely no point to it besides trying to set a personal record |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. No other point to it? |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #59 |
78. +1000 |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. She is home schooled and continued her studies during the trip. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #50 |
96. you are right...its best to do what one is told. go to school... |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
67. wtf? Of course it was about "the record"... |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. She had just enough sponsorship & donations to pay for needed equipment and supplies. |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #74 |
97. No, she was planning to return to Cabo, thereby completing a circumnavigation. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
92. Bull shit. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Totally spot on |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. I wonder if they would be so outraged if it were an atheist kid |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. What the fucking FUCK does this have to do with this thread? |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I agree. Using this families religious beliefs as a weapon against them is shameful. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Thank you. I'm glad I'm not alone in seeing this. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Who is doing that in this thread? Or anywhere? Nobody mentioned religion. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Well there is this: |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Ah, there is one. But then again... |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. So, do you think it's ok to discuss the families religious beliefs in this thread or not? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Yes. Yes it is. Why wouldn't it? |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Their religion isnt to blame. Their poor parental judgement is. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I sincerely hope they believe knowledge is something that's good for making decisions. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
73. Personal idiocy is a fair criticism, yes. Basing it solely on their religion is not. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Her father's statement, made at a time of great duress, reflect his beliefs. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. "I can guarantee you that their advice and guidance were not based on any religious beliefs." |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
75. "naked anti-reason propaganda" |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
84. I pray for my problems, too. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
115. i am not outraged. i would be equally concerned with a 16 yr old boy, as girl |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Watch the $$$$$$$$$ made on the name of the Lord through this little escapade. |
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Seneca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. We don't have enough threads about this |
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OutNow (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. A Lot of People Don't Get Sailing |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. My family actually were shipbuilders and we have a sailing tradition |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Sailing's great. Taking on the entire ocean when you are 16? Not so smart. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Jessica Watson from Australia just completed the same trip, but made no stops. |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. Jessica's boat was a much more sensible choice. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. But one can just sail without having to sail around the world solo |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. And you can hike the city park, or you can hike in Yellowstone where |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. But you don't get sponsors and fame by just going out and sailing... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
53. I married into a family of sailors. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yuck I hate this story. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. LOTS of ignorance about the sea here. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
60. But kids DO die on the roads constantly. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. Non sequitur. Going out alone on the open sea is a thousand times more dangerous |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. Sailing around the world or climbing Mt Everest. |
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fishbulb703 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. +1, if thats what your dream is, go for it. and at 16? courageous. nt |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. I will, because it's useless, and the rest of society has to pay when |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Life without adventure is not life. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
79. Depends on what you mean by adventure |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #79 |
93. For good reason too ... |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #79 |
100. what is the purpose of staying in the gene pool? To just be there as long as possible? |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Adventure is not useless to everyone, and it does matter to many. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
80. I feel sorry for them |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:37 AM Response to Reply #80 |
120. Okay. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #45 |
98. I've asked many times without an answer yet. Whats the use of doing anything? |
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oedura (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. Her father... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. See #31. Idiot is a HELL of an understatement. |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. Its not so much her age, it's the lack of experience and poor planning/decisions |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
85. With age comes experience. |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #85 |
114. Somewhat true, to an extent. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
64. Yeah. The car quote just confirms my suspicion that the parents are idiots. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #30 |
116. Should teenagers drive cars?" comparison is just ridiculous |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. Huge cheers to Abby for knowing exactly how to handle a situation that most people |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
62. For the record, I agree with you. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
68. Thanks for your posts |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. My pleasure. It pains me very much to see Abby and her family attacked. |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:40 AM Response to Reply #72 |
117. You speak like you know the family |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #117 |
126. And you speak like you don't know them at all. |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #126 |
128. You are seriously misinformed for a "family friend'!! |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #126 |
130. Newsflash!!! Summer in Northern Hemisphere = winter in Southern Hemisphere. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. Yes, I know that. And Spring in the Northern Hemisphere = Fall in the Souther Hemisphere. |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. Yes, one week... so she was doing the equivalent of sailing in Nova Scotia in December. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. A risk, to be sure. Her other choice was to abandon her trip completely. |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #134 |
135. "Her other choice was to abandon her trip completely. " |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm glad they found her, I'm glad she's okay. |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. +1 to this post. n/t |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
56. I, too, am on board with this post. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
65. Yeah, going to a message board and expecting no one to post an opinion on anything |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #65 |
90. Of course people have opinions. I guess it's the incessant complaining and armchair QBing |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #90 |
110. Again, this is a message board. This is what it is for. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #110 |
111. And I guess I rank people trying to micro-manage other peoples' lives and choices |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #111 |
112. I think people who worry too much about other people's opinions are throwing |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #112 |
118. I'm going to sail around the world solo |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #118 |
119. That should do it. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 07:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
122. +1 |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
40. This is nothing like driving |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. If people only did what was 'needed' |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
81. Totally untrue |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #81 |
109. Without the extras, there's no point to life. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #57 |
86. No - actually everything needed would be done. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
58. No one "needs" to do a lot of things. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #58 |
82. If this girl had never tried this, the world would be too boring for you? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #82 |
91. I think that people should worry about their own lives |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
89. Percentage of sixteen year olds killed while attempting around the world solo sailing.. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #89 |
127. If there were the same number of solo teen sailing aroung the world |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #127 |
133. Very true. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
63. I had a friend who was a big risk taker |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #63 |
101. And what should your friend have done? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
66. Age doesn't always matter in terms of skill or ability. |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. If they put him in an F1 race, they're as foolish as Abby's parents. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #66 |
87. yep, and Miley Cyrus is a pole dancer. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #66 |
99. Age is directly proportional to judgement. |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
70. Maybe she will bring back tea and silver to the new world. n/t |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #70 |
88. Could be. Maybe they missed that part of history and thought this could bring... |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #88 |
95. Home-schooled. QED. (n/t) |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
77. Seems like some bad planning took place. |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #77 |
102. As CBayer and others have pointed out many times... |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. Sure, we come out of caves |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #102 |
107. She didn't train. |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:02 AM Response to Reply #102 |
129. New Hampshire now charges you for your rescue |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
103. I am so gald this rich kid is so well looked after. |
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Dream Girl (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
105. Trophy kids, competitive parenting may be partly to blame |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. "partly" = 100% nt |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 07:18 AM Response to Reply #105 |
123. you could also look at it |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #123 |
125. Parents also do their job by protecting their children from pursuing those aspirations |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
113. Her father is an idiot |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
121. They are very lucky she is alive.. and should count their blessings |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
124. Her parents were irresponsible and she's a danger to herself and others. |
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