Re: Ed's Response on Jibing and Sailing Sites (long confessional)

From: Ed Scott (edscott@best.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Tue Jul 14 1998 - 23:37:21 PDT


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Subject: Re: Ed's Response on Jibing and Sailing Sites (long confessional) 
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 23:37:21 -0700
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>> Parents soon discover that there's only so much real world
>> experience you can impart to another human being. The rest a person
>> has to learn himself in the school of hard knocks. If sailing Third
>> without the ability to jibe AT ALL is your idea of fun, go for it.
>> I guess you just fall and turn around and hope you have enough
>> strength to return to shore.
>
>Ed, can you read that again? Do you realize how incredibly
>patronizing it is? I'm trying to be reasonable about this but you're
>not making it easy.

Yeah, you're right, I'm sorry. I guess all I was trying to relate was my
personal experience, and it's difficult to feel like you do that
sometimes. More power to you if you're having fun and you are sailing
safely.

-Ed



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