testing

[Kirk]

I lived in SF back in the 80s, and take my family through when we've been
going to Hong Kong and back.  Sailing is feisty enough, but I've always
greatly admired the windsurfers around Alcatraz and speeding under the
bridge.  I told my boys "THIS is a past time to admire!"  Not for them
frollicking in Florida sunny surf jumping 3 foot waves.  These boys and
girls are serious!

On 9/15/07, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 08:36 -0700, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> > Ric Moore wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 14:33 -0700, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> > >> Tim Wunder wrote:
> > >>> Subject: Trick to losing weight
> > >>>
> > >>> A Norwegian was terribly overweight, so his doctor put him on a
> diet.
> > >> Jeeze, now I don't feel nearly so bad for my Chinese restaurant joke
> the
> > >> other day.
> > >> <snip>
> > >
> > > Let's go sailing. I'd like to have my first Martini, pinch the bottoms
> > > of those luscious deck-hands you brag about, drunkenly mistake your
> > > laptop for the anchor, and run the boat aground on the shoals of
> > > Alcatraz Island. Time me, I could do all of that in the first hour.
> The
> > > rest of the day would be just as hilarious. See ya at dockside, Ole
> > > Buddy! <cackles> Ric
> >
> > It takes more than an hour to get to Alcatraz.  It's a friggin sailboat,
> > not the bloody Bay ferry.  Besides, after you ate the rocks on the lee
> > shore of Alcatraz, that would be the end of the day for you (I've been
> > close).  What's your rush?  And what does this have to do with Norwegian
> > jokes?
>
> This is a test.
> It is only a test.
> This is a test of the Off-Topic test, testing being really off-topic.
> Should this be an actual emergency, you would be directed to put your
> head between your nether cheeks and kiss them goodbye.
> This is only a test. <more OT to the OT test>
>
> I forgot to mention that the jib would be flying, the mainsail and jib
> wing and wing, hell-bent for leather on a windy day, while exposing our
> bottoms and hoisting our martini's to the Golden Gate crowd.
> Priceless.
>
> I'm just bored as hell now after riding the bucket loader bucket into
> the trees all day, with a chainsaw whirring and the bucket rocking. My
> 76 year old step-dad was driving and can't hear good. "NO! STOP
> DAMMIT!!" <crash!> He's gonna kill me one day. Having some sort of melee
> on a sailboat, in Pacific swells with a stiff wind and a stiff drink
> would be much more preferable to the adrenaline high of trimming 200
> year old oaks on our family property, tossed and flailing around with a
> running chainsaw. New funny farm, same old dangers. Chainsaws, chiggers
> and ticks. The lip of the bucket, that I was hanging onto for dear life,
> was the part he'd crash into the tree. I'll face the sharks any day.
> Hence the sailing fantasy... now you know the rest of the story.
> <shudders> Ric
>
>
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