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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:01:07 AM

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Safety lesson for tonight.....when eating fondue (steak cooked in heated oil, not cheese or Bagna cauda) never let the metal fork come in contact with your mouth!!!! The blister will go away in a week or so I guess!

Ouch! That sounds slightly unpleasant. Did it at least get a chuckle out of your wife?

She's too kind for that. She would never laugh at the mentally handicapped!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:01:27 AM

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The temperature is down to 33Deg F. It is not raining.

This is opportunity to reach your inner Scot! Embrace the cold! Ignore the shrinkage! Suffering is a catalyst for growth!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:02:57 AM

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Is it just me, or is this picture of Miley Cyrus really creepy? Look at how dilated her pupils are...

That's scary. And teen girls want to be here? Makes me glad I'm not a teen boy anymore.

I don't even have teenage children anymore

Fortunately my daughter can't stand her.

The picture is weird, but I like Miley otherwise...went to her concert in Greensboro last November.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:03:54 AM

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Honestly, its not the theory of sailing that I have trouble with. I imagine that keeping the wind on your quarter is fairly straightforward. Its the accouterments of a warship's rigging that confuse me. For example, in a modern sailboat you sit at the stern and have a lanyard (or whatever the term is) that you can use to control the sail, raise, lower, move from side to side (wear?). How this is accomplished on a significantly larger ship with 3 masts and a bewildering number of sails, however, is what is really the mystery to me.

Um...well....the short version is lots of sailors climbing to unspeakable heights on flimsy ratlines.

I saw that. But I havent a clue why or what they do when they get there.

They do just what we would do: cuss, pray and wet their pants.

The trouble is that not only Paddy O'Brien but quite a few other authors maintain that there were quite a few people who not only did whatever they were supposed to do up there rather well, but even enjoyed it. Unless there is a massive conspiracy afoot, I'd say that you and I would have cussed, prayed and peed....while everyone else went about their business.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:03:56 AM

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I wonder why he thinks we don't know what fondue is....

There are many kinds of fondue my martian friend. I have several cook books on the subject. And cheese fondue is rarely boiling hot. And bagna cuada (which means "warm bath") doesn't burn. But boiling oil?

They have fondue on Mars?

Or whichever Carolina you are residing?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:05:04 AM

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I crewed a 55ft yacht across the channel and back, it was agreat week and there was lots of Drinking in St Peter Port and Ouistreham.

On the way back we nearly got run down by a tanker. There was much cursing of said tankers crew until the skipper saw the radar reflector bouncing along in the ocean behind us instead of at the top of the mast.

I had that problem in San Francisco Harbor in the early 80's. A 25 foot O'day playing the meat in a sandwich between a Japanese car transport and the USS Enterprise (CVN-65). And the guy sailing with me yelling "We're a sailboat! We have the right of way!" . Apparently he'd never heard of the "law of gross tonnage"!

Yikes! I suppose one standing on ceremony can forget that the laws of physics overrule the laws of the sea - as they do all other laws!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:05:15 AM

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The grapefruit tree is good to 24.

The oranges from the orange tree are terrible so who cares about that one.

The lemon tree is in a protected area and should be ok.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:05:38 AM

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The temperature is down to 33Deg F. It is not raining.

This is opportunity to reach your inner Scot! Embrace the cold! Ignore the shrinkage! Suffering is a catalyst for growth!

Said he while rearranging his kilt.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:05:54 AM

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I crewed a 55ft yacht across the channel and back, it was agreat week and there was lots of Drinking in St Peter Port and Ouistreham.

On the way back we nearly got run down by a tanker. There was much cursing of said tankers crew until the skipper saw the radar reflector bouncing along in the ocean behind us instead of at the top of the mast.

I had that problem in San Francisco Harbor in the early 80's. A 25 foot O'day playing the meat in a sandwich between a Japanese car transport and the USS Enterprise (CVN-65). And the guy sailing with me yelling "We're a sailboat! We have the right of way!" . Apparently he'd never heard of the "law of gross tonnage"!

Makes you wonder if anyone in either of the two ships had the least idea that he was so adamant about his right of way.

Truth be told, I'm sure that the Japanese car ferry didn't even know we were there. And I doubt if the carrier could do much about it anyway. 85,000 tons versus 2? We got out of the way, but it was close!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:06:55 AM

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The temperature is down to 33Deg F. It is not raining.

This is opportunity to reach your inner Scot! Embrace the cold! Ignore the shrinkage! Suffering is a catalyst for growth!

Said he while rearranging his kilt.

It just requires a bit of tightening in the cold.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:07:57 AM

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Same theory , just multiple applications. Although the rig is different on a "modern " boat (actually it's more ancient , and primitive . A lanteen rig on a modern sailboat (say a Sunfish) pre-dates bibilical times. The triangular sail in not that much newer) it employs the same sort of manevers. And exactly the same as a windsailer. Turning for example, requires a technique called "boxhauling". The only difference is scale.

But its either virtually impossible or just Thread-damned difficult to do the same thing on several dozen sails simultaneously.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:08:00 AM

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I wonder why he thinks we don't know what fondue is....

Generally I took the meat off of the fondue fork so that the fondue fork would not go in my mouth. I thought this was the polite thing to do as the fondue pot is a communal cooking pot

I did. I misjudged and connected. OH, you mean with you fingers! Ops, my bad!

Well, it was just me and my better half. And I doubt germs would last long in boiling oil.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:08:35 AM

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I wonder why he thinks we don't know what fondue is....

There are many kinds of fondue my martian friend. I have several cook books on the subject. And cheese fondue is rarely boiling hot. And bagna cuada (which means "warm bath") doesn't burn. But boiling oil?

They have fondue on Mars? Or whichever Carolina you are residing?

Well...the oil shouldn't be boiling but you should know that. And no, fondue isn't heard of on Mars, but I live on earth...so yes, I'm quite familiar with it.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:09:06 AM

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I wonder why he thinks we don't know what fondue is....

There are many kinds of fondue my martian friend. I have several cook books on the subject. And cheese fondue is rarely boiling hot. And bagna cuada (which means "warm bath") doesn't burn. But boiling oil?

They have fondue on Mars? Or whichever Carolina you are residing?

Which part of boiling oil had you so deceived?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:09:38 AM

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I generally used another fork to slide the meat off. As it was just you and your wife all is ok

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:10:00 AM

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I wonder why he thinks we don't know what fondue is....

Its the French background. I dont care how many generations its been or what he says about Canada......

(Sorry Steve, I just couldnt pass it up )

Not French , Norman ! You know, vikings! I have some self respect (sorry to any French friends out there....especially Gladditt!).

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:10:51 AM

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We had fondue in Northern New York as well

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:10:53 AM

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I wonder why he thinks we don't know what fondue is....

Generally I took the meat off of the fondue fork so that the fondue fork would not go in my mouth. I thought this was the polite thing to do as the fondue pot is a communal cooking pot

I'm guessing it was just him and his wife. Hence, we get the idea that fondue is only dangerous when eaten in private.

Good guess!

And all this time I was worried about the points on the fork!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:11:05 AM

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I crewed a 55ft yacht across the channel and back, it was agreat week and there was lots of Drinking in St Peter Port and Ouistreham.

On the way back we nearly got run down by a tanker. There was much cursing of said tankers crew until the skipper saw the radar reflector bouncing along in the ocean behind us instead of at the top of the mast.

I had that problem in San Francisco Harbor in the early 80's. A 25 foot O'day playing the meat in a sandwich between a Japanese car transport and the USS Enterprise (CVN-65). And the guy sailing with me yelling "We're a sailboat! We have the right of way!" . Apparently he'd never heard of the "law of gross tonnage"!

Makes you wonder if anyone in either of the two ships had the least idea that he was so adamant about his right of way.

Truth be told, I'm sure that the Japanese car ferry didn't even know we were there. And I doubt if the carrier could do much about it anyway. 85,000 tons versus 2? We got out of the way, but it was close!

I wonder how much trouble the 'Prise would have had overturning your boat with the propwash alone.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:11:26 AM

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I wonder why he thinks we don't know what fondue is....

Its the French background. I dont care how many generations its been or what he says about Canada......

(Sorry Steve, I just couldnt pass it up )

Not French , Norman ! You know, vikings! I have some self respect (sorry to any French friends out there....especially Gladditt!).

Now you know, by the time they were considered Normans their Viking ways were a distant memory.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:11:44 AM

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So are you going to be able to eat anything for a week?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:12:28 AM

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Same theory , just multiple applications. Although the rig is different on a "modern " boat (actually it's more ancient , and primitive . A lanteen rig on a modern sailboat (say a Sunfish) pre-dates bibilical times. The triangular sail in not that much newer) it employs the same sort of manevers. And exactly the same as a windsailer. Turning for example, requires a technique called "boxhauling". The only difference is scale.

But its either virtually impossible or just Thread-damned difficult to do the same thing on several dozen sails simultaneously.

That's why they trained for it.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:12:30 AM

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The temperature is down to 33Deg F. It is not raining.

This is opportunity to reach your inner Scot! Embrace the cold! Ignore the shrinkage! Suffering is a catalyst for growth!

Said he while rearranging his kilt.

It just requires a bit of tightening in the cold.

So longjohns and a kilt for you, then?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:13:12 AM

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The temperature is down to 33Deg F. It is not raining.

This is opportunity to reach your inner Scot! Embrace the cold! Ignore the shrinkage! Suffering is a catalyst for growth!

Said he while rearranging his kilt.

It just requires a bit of tightening in the cold.

So longjohns and a kilt for you, then?

A heated jockstrap will do in a pinch.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:14:56 AM

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A Navy watch cap is always good

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:14:56 AM

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I crewed a 55ft yacht across the channel and back, it was agreat week and there was lots of Drinking in St Peter Port and Ouistreham.

On the way back we nearly got run down by a tanker. There was much cursing of said tankers crew until the skipper saw the radar reflector bouncing along in the ocean behind us instead of at the top of the mast.

I had that problem in San Francisco Harbor in the early 80's. A 25 foot O'day playing the meat in a sandwich between a Japanese car transport and the USS Enterprise (CVN-65). And the guy sailing with me yelling "We're a sailboat! We have the right of way!" . Apparently he'd never heard of the "law of gross tonnage"!

Makes you wonder if anyone in either of the two ships had the least idea that he was so adamant about his right of way.

Truth be told, I'm sure that the Japanese car ferry didn't even know we were there. And I doubt if the carrier could do much about it anyway. 85,000 tons versus 2? We got out of the way, but it was close!

I wonder how much trouble the 'Prise would have had overturning your boat with the propwash alone.

None, if the had wanted to. But we were pretty deep in the harbor (t before the Alameda Bridge ) and they were heading out. And in no hurry. The car ferry was in a hurry and probably didn't have any bow watch (none that I saw). The carrier had watches and a bunch of guys leaning over the side looking at the idiots in the sailboat!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:15:58 AM

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I wonder why he thinks we don't know what fondue is....

Its the French background. I dont care how many generations its been or what he says about Canada......

(Sorry Steve, I just couldnt pass it up )

Not French , Norman ! You know, vikings! I have some self respect (sorry to any French friends out there....especially Gladditt!).

Now you know, by the time they were considered Normans their Viking ways were a distant memory.

Go ahead! Destroy my last chance at self-respect!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:16:35 AM

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So are you going to be able to eat anything for a week?

Very, very carefully!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/10/2010 2:17:38 AM

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Same theory , just multiple applications. Although the rig is different on a "modern " boat (actually it's more ancient , and primitive . A lanteen rig on a modern sailboat (say a Sunfish) pre-dates bibilical times. The triangular sail in not that much newer) it employs the same sort of manevers. And exactly the same as a windsailer. Turning for example, requires a technique called "boxhauling". The only difference is scale.

But its either virtually impossible or just Thread-damned difficult to do the same thing on several dozen sails simultaneously.

That's why they trained for it.