-> On 06-13-96  09:36, Struther Macfarlane got back to Dan Ceppa 
 
 DC>> SM> minute! That was 26 CELCIUS!!! That means we were sitting at 75
 SM> Actually - the weather's been like that ever since I worte
 SM> that last week!  Everyday we get a hot, humid day and every
We've been getting rain and more rain, though we had a couple 
of nice days when the temp approached 70.  
 DC>>got caught on a tack.  Good thing I didn't have a beer, or
 DC>>may have spilled it..
 SM> Ah, not to worry... most boats, left alone, will simply point
 SM> up into the wind anyway!
Not this one!  Last time that happened to me, I turtled it!  
 DC>> SM> instructions that show how to heave-to in this thing?"
See above.  ;)  
 SM> You should re-read those instructions!.. we do that on our
I'm going to give that a try in some light air and see if I 
can get it to do that.  I'm not sure now if I had the sheets 
for the set right for the task it was supposed to be doing.  
 SM> all sorts of reasons just to stop and smell the flowers (and if
 SM> I'm close enought to anything to smell the flowers, I'm REALLY
 SM> in trouble!)
Arond here, we guage wind direction changes by how well we can 
smell the dairy farm...  
 
 DC>>What can I say, I'm crazy, but still willing to learn...
 SM> So long as you're crazy, it shows you're still alive; and if
Then, I'm very alive.    
 SM> you've got to be alive anyway, you might just as well learn
 SM> something to perpetuate that state!
Here's a tagline that sort of fits that thought:  
... The day I stopped learning is the day I died....
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