On Wednesday 13 August 2003 15:43, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 11:18:29PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote: > | On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 09:25:45PM +0100, Pigeon wrote: > | > On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 08:43:09PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote: > | > > Can it be 'fresh' as 'cool' outside? (I might have gotten a little > | > > bit confused, here, ;-). At least I know of fresh breezes, between > | > > moderate and strong, but that is somewhat different... > | > > | > My favourite weather, of which I have been feeling a severe lack > | > recently... > | > | The only type of persons I have met which really liked this kind of > | weather (like I do and, apparently, you do too) are people who sail a > | lot. You don't happen to be one of those people, do you? > > I, too, love a good wind (or just a nice breeze) and hate stale air. > (that's probably one of the reasons I rather dislike air conditioning, > the other being that most establishments set the temperature to that > reminisicent of winter while the weather outside is pleasant) >
Well I'll agree with the desire for a fresh breeze though I always thought it meant "Just started or building". A good example might be the on shore that builds each afternoon. I thought fresh then was meaning new > I enjoy sailing and have a small boat which I need to fix[1] sometime > soon so I can take my friends out on it :-). Did you know that a hull > made out of styrofoam (no fiberglass coating) can last a good two > decades or so[2]? Kayaking is fun too, especially if the wind isn't > so cooperative. I'm another one though I think I was bitten a bit harder by the sailing bug. > [1] The rudder was attached by wood screws screwed straight into the > styrofoam of the hull. The last time I had the boat on the water > the screws pulled out of the holes. I need to reattach the rudder > in a more durable manner. > > [2] The boat was probably a grocery store display advertising > Coca-Cola because the sail has an old Coke ad slogan on it and the > hull was never coated with fiberglass. I bought the boat used > sometime around 9 years ago (for a whopping $28 USD, though for a > kid in middle-school it was a decent amount). The previous owner > obtained it second-hand and had it for ~8 years. He didn't know > any of the boat's prior history. Not a bad deal at all! :-D Yep that's the story all tell when owned by a boat. I have 2. One a sunfish the other I call my yachtlet (26 foot Grampian). Working on them is constant. Has anyone found a use for debian while sailing? You can view one of the boats at the link below. -- Earl F Hampton http://hamiii.sytes.net/Sailing/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
