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Old 22-11-2010, 17:33   #16
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I think all of us use our boats to circumvent the world, at least on some level!
Its not neccesarily why I cruise, then going wonderful places factors in, but I often go out for a sail and that's pretty much it. I was comtemplating this the other day, out on Georgia Straight making a moderate sized triangle that more or less took me back to where I began, travelling at a speed that can only be described as slow and not thinking about much of anything; why do I enjoy this so much?

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Wind is a form of modified solar power, no?
I love to see how these expensive and misguided efforts are twisted in media into 'environmentalism'.
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At least it wasn't "Circumcise."
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Wind is a form of modified solar power, no?
well, yes. but so is petroleum.
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