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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:16 AM Original message |
go baby go! - "Teenage adventurer Jessica Watson will begin her solo round-the-world" |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. Everybody loves this sort of thing, and they will, until a child DIES on |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. My first thought too. It's a slicker, less crazy version of what the baloon boy family is accused of |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. She is rounding both capes and won't be in either territory. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Rounding the capes are preferable? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Surviving? No. But her odds of getting through it without being rescued are slim. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Where do you get those statistics? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Do you know what happened to your boat's namesake? |
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anakie (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. It is her parents proxy adventure |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Why yes I do know. He sailed it around the world by himself. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Yeah. Then he was lost at sea. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I mentioned that book in a post in this thread, actually. That was the first solo |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Its not near the balloon boy thing, imho. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Everybody dies eventually. Best to go out actually doing something |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. "Hardly"? She is EXACTLY a child. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Read the intro to Robin Lee Graham's book, "Dove" |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. I hope she has a safe, successful voyage. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. By "solo" do they mean |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Completely alone. She will make stops for repairs, supplies, etc, but she will |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Correction - just read her website more closely. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:37 AM Original message |
These things usually end badly |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. Self-delete (duplicate) n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. I wish her luck! |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. OMG - I am so excited for her! |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. You cannot fault people, even young people, for attempting... |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. Good Luck Jessica !!! - Go Get 'Em Girl !!! |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. wow...as a parent, that would be difficult...as a teenager, it would be trippy |
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anakie (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. I too wish her luck |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. So previously when she took off she lasted for several hours? |
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anakie (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. here is a link to a very full coverage |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. Bon voyage Mademoiselle.. |
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anakie (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
30. She's off |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. A 13 year old was recently stopped by protective services in Holland |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. The "Sailing" section of the public library is filled with books chronicling the many previous...... |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Yep, recent generations have forgotten what it's like to be beyond the pale. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Not just in ancient times. The 1979 Fastnet (off Ireland) comes to mind. 15 deaths. |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
33. She's probably setting off around about now |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. A bunch of killjoys you lot. |
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