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Man Survives Being Adrift at Sea for 16 Months
discovery.com ^ | Jan 31, 2014 11:20 AM ET

Posted on 02/01/2014 6:47:54 AM PST by BenLurkin

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To: US_MilitaryRules

Watched a couple of episodes on Antenna TV just last evening. Still hilarious after all these years. Jeannie later on, too.


41 posted on 02/01/2014 9:12:22 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

LOL! From what I read somewhere else, they got 1 phone line and (OMG!) no interweb. How in the hell do they get on their facebook page?


42 posted on 02/01/2014 9:19:30 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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To: ZinGirl

Master!


43 posted on 02/01/2014 9:52:53 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: healy61
...“details are sketchy because he only speaks Spanish”. I did not know Spanish was a dead language..."

Send him to San Diego. Spanish is all I hear at the Walmart I go to.

44 posted on 02/01/2014 9:57:22 AM PST by luvbach1 (We are finished)
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To: SoConPubbie
What kind of name is Jose IVAN?

Ivan is a Christian male given name that is primarily associated with Slavic languages. It is the most common Slavic variant of the name "John".

45 posted on 02/01/2014 9:59:31 AM PST by luvbach1 (We are finished)
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To: Fightin Whitey

Well, I was just kidding...and probably it was somewhat inappropriate.

Seriously, after checking into this a little more, apparently it is legit.

He apparently caught sea turtles and fish with his hands and ate them to survive and lived off of rain water and the blood from the turtles for the moisture.

16 months. Amazing he did not die from exposure to the sun.

Pretty incredible.


46 posted on 02/01/2014 10:16:19 AM PST by Jeff Head
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To: US_MilitaryRules

One would have thought the production crew would have given Gillian et al a ride back to the mainland.


47 posted on 02/01/2014 10:30:44 AM PST by bgill
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To: BenLurkin
with a companion who died at sea several months ago

17 months on a 26 ft. boat with another person would be kinda stressful. I mean really, how many times can you listen to the same jokes?

48 posted on 02/01/2014 10:36:23 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (I think I've lost my mojo.....)
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To: BenLurkin
Maybe it will make a good movie
49 posted on 02/01/2014 10:53:15 AM PST by diggerwillow
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To: jdub
I had been told they picked it up from German immigrants in TX.

yes--that is so... German settlement goes back to the time when Texas was under Spanish rule and Mexican rule... many settled in Mexico City and Veracruz... Frida Kahlo and Vicente Fox both are part German... a lot of Irish also settled in Mexico... tracing my maiden name, i learned that it is a common name among Irish-Mexicans...

50 posted on 02/01/2014 4:08:39 PM PST by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: rktman
To be part of “the race”?

which race are you talking about? i am sorry... i am lost... i do not recall anyone mentioning race... personally, i still go by the three races... caucasian, nigroid and mongoloid... i guess there is another one called australoid--but to me, australoids should be grouped with the negroid race...

51 posted on 02/01/2014 4:15:45 PM PST by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: CrazyIvan
What's wrong with having a friend named Ivan?

ha!!!

52 posted on 02/01/2014 4:16:46 PM PST by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: To Hell With Poverty
Great! I really like the name. My real name is pretty ordinary. Tell him “Hi” for me.
53 posted on 02/01/2014 4:22:35 PM PST by CrazyIvan (Obama phones= Bread and circuits.)
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To: Leroy S. Mort
This story pegs the BS meter for me.

perhaps we will learn more...

54 posted on 02/01/2014 4:23:28 PM PST by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: BenLurkin

The government airline’s only plane that can land at Ebon is currently down for maintenance and is not expected to return to service until Tuesday at the earliest, with officials considering sending a boat to pick up the castaway.
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No thanks. I’ll wait for the plane.


55 posted on 02/01/2014 5:40:06 PM PST by JouleZ (You are the company you keep.)
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To: latina4dubya

I guess my confusion comes from the rallies I see concerning those in the US without going through the “proper” channels. (Trespassers) It seems every time there is such a rally and any talk of deporting people or “preventing” them from entering the US I see signs saying to do so is racist. From what I’ve read the organization using the title/going by “La Raza” translated means “the race”. So, yeah. I’m confused too. I also thought there were only 3 or 4 classifications but it would appear that some folks now classify race based on where you or your ancestors were born. That’s why I must be “Dutchish”. ;>}


56 posted on 02/02/2014 5:26:28 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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To: Delta 21

Hope he doesn’t try to use obiecare when he goes to the dermatologist to get checked out for a vicious sunburn. After that long he’s probably pretty well “tanned” by now.


57 posted on 02/02/2014 5:30:54 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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