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One man's mission to become the first person to swim across the Atlantic Ocean
telegraph.co.uk ^ | Harry Wallop

Posted on 10/17/2015 11:47:33 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

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To: fhayek

...”definitely not from an eastern European nation...”

Why not?

JUst asking.

IMHO


21 posted on 10/17/2015 12:43:06 PM PDT by ripley
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To: ripley

I think I first heard it as a Polack joke. I am not into that sort of humor. Now if it had been about wetbacks....


22 posted on 10/17/2015 12:48:23 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: humblegunner

If it is printed it must be true.


23 posted on 10/17/2015 1:03:13 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: RoosterRedux

He better start early if he wants to get there while it’s still light out.


24 posted on 10/17/2015 1:04:14 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: RoosterRedux

How many calories ? Swimming 8-9 hours a day?

Wow


25 posted on 10/17/2015 1:04:29 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: RoosterRedux

Giant Squid Food


26 posted on 10/17/2015 1:19:17 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: RoosterRedux
Big deal. Ron Obvious plans to jump the English Channel


27 posted on 10/17/2015 1:20:06 PM PDT by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
All he has to do is learn to drink nothing but seawater and enjoy a steady diet of sushi, and he'll be okay.

28 posted on 10/17/2015 1:24:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: RoosterRedux

I’m submitting his name early for a Darwin Award so it’ll be ready and waiting for him.


29 posted on 10/17/2015 1:28:44 PM PDT by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: dainbramaged

“For I’ve received orders to swim to old England...”


30 posted on 10/17/2015 1:31:17 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: RoosterRedux

I recently found that there are people who swim from the Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate. I can’t imagine many places worse to do that. Bad currents, cold, turbulent, and a breeding ground for Great White sharks.


31 posted on 10/17/2015 1:35:38 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: RoosterRedux; MeshugeMikey
Red Bull gives you [water] wings.


32 posted on 10/17/2015 1:37:11 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: RoosterRedux

Imagine the big wave of muzzie migrants hitting our beaches.


33 posted on 10/17/2015 1:42:41 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: NormsRevenge
That's a lot of pizzas!

Tempting.

34 posted on 10/17/2015 2:08:08 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Trump: As long as you are going to be thinking anyway...think big.)
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To: Riley
That's insane without a shark cage. The water around the Farallon Islands is full of Great Whites.

And most Great Whites attack by coming up from below...so no amount of spotters can help.

35 posted on 10/17/2015 2:11:12 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Trump: As long as you are going to be thinking anyway...think big.)
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To: RoosterRedux

http://farallonswimfederation.com/wordpress2/

I thought *I* did some crazy stuff back when. This takes it.


36 posted on 10/17/2015 2:18:58 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Riley
Swimming in the Farallons is like camping in a lion preserve.

It's like dangling fried chicken or a scantily clad cheerleader in front of Billy Jeff Clinton.

Boom!

37 posted on 10/17/2015 2:31:59 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Trump: As long as you are going to be thinking anyway...think big.)
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To: RoosterRedux
It's like dangling fried chicken or a scantily clad cheerleader in front of Billy Jeff Clinton.

Or holding a glass full of Scotch out to Hillary. Or...(we could spend all day making up similes here)

38 posted on 10/17/2015 2:52:16 PM PDT by Disambiguator (Cis-American)
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To: fhayek

“I think I first heard it as a Polack joke”

I hate ethnic jokes too. It denigrates good people and puts them in an awkward position and many times makes the teller feel superior.

IMHO


39 posted on 10/17/2015 4:09:46 PM PDT by ripley
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