09-26-2007
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Telstar 28
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: New England
Posts: 43,315
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Sabreman-
It is just we can't compete with you in the arena of incompetence. 
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Originally Posted by Sabreman
You guys are pitiful. Am I the only incompetent one here? Or are you hiding your REALLY good ones? 
Ok, here we go again........
I went to Villanova (Class of '79) and raced on the sailing team. Once we were near Albany, NY racing RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). It was late fall, the Hudson was frigid, and there was no wind. We were using Lasers and the race was called for lack of wind. A kid in another boat stood up, slid around to the bow, grabbed the mast and proceeded to rock the boat from side to side, sculling into shore. Ever full of testosterone and not to be out done ("He sucks. If HE can do that, I can do it better"), I stood up, grabbed the mast, rocked to port ...... and fell into the Hudson taking the whole boat with me.
You know, sound really does carry over water.... like the sound of 5 teams rolling on their backs in tears from laughter.
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Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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