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From: lynn stone (no email)
Date: Thu Feb 05 2004 - 12:18:15 EST
Jim,
I agree with the sentiment of not living your life in
fear. I don't step off the curb in front of on coming
traffic either and don't plan to be croc/shark bait
but yes, I know it could happen.
My problem with the email was that it seemed to be
saying that safety concerns were secondary to doing
what we want to do. I might "want" to do something
but, realistically speaking, if I do it, I will not be
safe and might well be killed. If I don't consider
that second part, I think I'd really need a "shrink."
Cruising itself is, or could be considered to be,
dangerous by many people when compared driving to work
in the morning. Yet tens of thousands of people are
killed each year, especially in the U.S., doing just
that. I don't have the statistics but I think you
could probably count on both hands and both feet the
number of cruisers who die each year while cruising,
and have digits left over. True, statistically, there
are more people in the world who are not cruising and
that would maybe make the tens of thousands
insignificant and the relatively small number of
cruisers might make the few appear to be very
significant. But then, I'm not a statistitian and I
think I may have gotten well off the subject.
I guess I'm trying to say: Whatever you do, do what
you want. Wherever you go, go wherever you want. But,
be carefull out there. The life you think about before
you go/do might not only be yours, it might be someone
you love even more than yourself.
--- jim maley <> wrote:
> Lynn;I think want Conor is saying is not to live
> your
> life based on fear of something that may or may not
> happen. Alot of people live life's of paranoia. If I
> see a croc in the water I just don't jump in but
> logiclly I know they are in the water somewhere
> wheather I see them or not. My 2 cents worth. Jim
> --- lynn stone <> wrote:
> > While I have not yet cruised since my husband and
> I
> > have not yet gotten our boat so I suppose I might
> be
> > missing some important bit of information, I think
> > it
> > is Conor who must be trying to be funny. Yes, I
> > would
> > like to hang out in secluded bays on remote
> islands.
> > However, I wouldn't knowingly jump in the water
> with
> > a
> > hungry salt water croc which, I think, is,
> > essentially, what Conor is advocating. Yes, piracy
> > happens. Not often to cruisers but it does happen.
> > Why
> > would anyone knowingly put themselves and their
> > family
> > in jeporady when it is not necessary and
> apparently
> > advocate others to do the same is beyond me. I
> guess
> > it is a case of whatever floats your boat, or
> > doesn't.
> >
> >
> > --- Conor Crowley <> wrote:
> > >
> > > Are you trying to be funny, Flamingo? Why anyone
> > > would go cruising without
> > > hanging out in secluded bays on remote islands
> is
> > > beyond me. Enjoy your
> > > substanatial ports.
> > >
> > > .Conor
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Lynn
> >
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