Posted on 12/06/2014 12:34:50 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
What problem did building a boat and sailing across the pond solve? Just wondering.
The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed.
“What problem did building a boat and sailing across the pond solve? Just wondering.”
I can only guess...
but maybe the problem was how to build a small boat that could sail across the ocean.
It’s all fun and games until someone gets poked in the eye.
People with no money often insist that money doesn’t make you happy.
They may be right but I’m not interested in finding out.
I am not a sailor, but I had actually thought of the idea of making a very small, space-capsule like watercraft for solitary ocean voyages. As long as you have enough food and water, it doesn’t matter how slow it is.
More like a slightly steerable cork. The trip through the Roaring 40’s should be fun, if you like eating and living like sardines in a can.
You still need an RPG for the Islamic Pirates.
Or you could just choose not to go anywhere near Sierra Leone.
My dad went to sea at the age of 9 (NINE!) with the Gloucester Commercial Fishing Fleet. At 17, he joined the Navy and fought in the South Pacific in WW2.
Right about the time I was born he re-upped and was in the Korean War.
I was barely 11 when I was taught how to tie knots and sail a small boat in the North Atlantic ocean.
The Sea is a Glorious but harsh Master. It is not to be trifled with.
Just sayin.
Intresting to see how it goes for him. That’s a lot of sardines no wonder he is sailing alone. I did not see anything about taking water so does he have some sort of desalinzation device?
Freegards
LEX
“More like a slightly steerable cork.”
I think this is a good analogy.
It solved his problem of avoiding drooling on himself while wasting half a life time watching concocted choreographed rehearsed obnoxious propaganda on fox, cnn etc.
Did ya happen to notice all those wealth elite suits you elected have done nothing but make everything worse while putting the country into a steep decline while lining their own pockets?
‘Hard work is the boat across the endless sea of learning.’
Good for him! Thanks for posting.
Not sinking is a good thing too, much like being able to walk away from a (n airplane) "landing" of any quality.
My wife and I went from desk jobs in the big city to moving to the country to raise beef cattle on a 25 acre farm when we retired. Never done it before. We've learned it all from scratch since retiring. We planted an orchard, grew a garden, harvest pecans, made jelly and jam from our blackberries and make wine from our grapes. We have lots of citrus trees too. And that's the easy part. We can build and mend stock fences, fix stock tank problems, corrals and even a greenhouse, some sheds and small barn. We've learned to work on the John Deere tractor and Gator utility vehicle and keep the implements maintained. We've raised our herd from just two heifers we bought 3 years ago to 11 cows, 3 steers and a bull. We even learned how to pull a calf when a birth went south on us last spring.
Oh, we have a comfortable new house we built, watch a little TV and I've played a few rounds of golf since moving here. But mainly we work everyday on the farm. It's a lot of work but that's the point. Keeps you busy and healthy. We're both over 65 and are having the times of our lives. No silk sheets and condos for us.
I wondered what The Most Interesting Man In The World was up to lately ...
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