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to: STRUTHER MACFARLANE
from: DAN CEPPA
date: 1996-06-07 18:57:00
subject: Beery Nice Thoughts...

-> On 06-05-96  15:14, Struther Macfarlane got back to Dan Ceppa 
 DC>Got to 64 today...  Does that count?
 SM> what day "today" is...Hmmm.. That was Saturday!  We didn't get
 SM> up to that here in Toronto, we only got to 26 degrees - wait a
That's more like it!  
 SM> minute! That was 26 CELCIUS!!! That means we were sitting at 75
That's not...  :(  
 SM> degrees Fahrenheit! (...and yes, the beer was nice and
 SM> cold!) 
At least it was windy enough to keep me busy this thursday, 
so I didn't not the cold...   SM> beer, Sir!
 DC>OK, I'll let it luff a little longer.   :)
 SM> Ahh, I like a man who can differentiate 'twixt what's
 SM> important and what's merely an aspect of urban blight!  Imagine
What can I say, I have my priorities right!  
 SM> the situation: holding a beer in one hand and the tiller in the
 SM> other - can only 'operate' one at a time... "Where's those
Sounds like the problem I had last Monday when the main sheet 
got caught on a tack.  Good thing I didn't have a beer, or 
may have spilled it..  
 SM> instructions that show how to heave-to in this thing?"
Last time I tried that on my little boat, the mast ended up 
looking at the bottom of the bay!  
BTW, since then, I got a whistle to at least call for help.  I 
was lucky and there was another boat nearby to help me get out 
of trouble.  
What can I say, I'm crazy, but still willing to learn...  
... He who commands the sea has command of everything.
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