Strand-ed......

 Well in lieu of that last post.... Strand... ed

https://youtu.be/PZ59spYH9mk

Also known as shipwreck.... A guy at church one recent Sunday was mentioning some family that sailed to Fiji getting marooned on stranded on a reef as their hull splintered there. They spent two uncomfortable days on a reef, possibly drinking their own piss you can imagine.

I mentioned this to the next door neighbour, himself an accomplished sailor and owner of a splendid sized sailing vessel which he enjoys sailing up and down the Australian coast with his wife. He advised immediately using a navigation app from Garmin on the phone, that shows each actual reef under the water. He actually made it clear he was too scared to cross the ocean as he considered it 'diabolical'. As I find the mother and grandmother of my kids far more disturbing than the idea of crossing the ocean, I can't imagine being too scared to sail to the Americas one day. Very possibly before 2030 too. 

I'll tell you a couple of strange memories from NYC. One was around early October 2001, where the smoke from 9/11 was still rising from the wreckage. I remember one of only two kind of human connections I made with the locals there, just on a weekend visit. Obviously folks were pretty shocked. The second connection I made was not shocked but indoors and folksy, friendly. They're not like the southern people there so not especially friendly. But there wasn't any gruffness on display either in those smokey days. Well this first connection guy was one of those kiosk owners near the twin towers and you could really see the debris and soot from the towers (I mean like people's bones and teeth were just pulverized absolutely) he was all teary eyed and asking who could do such a thing.

Four years later I was hanging out in a trendy bar, also in Manhattan. I started talking to a lady there and her boyfriend wasn't overly insecure about it but kind of annoyed, not especially friendly. Well I could feel some energy in this lady's aura so I very accurately described her employment role and she was really blown away by that, how did I figure that out? But the boyfriend was even more annoyed and becoming contemptuous, scoffing. 

Hmmm, after insomnia and a mere four hours sleep from 4am, so tired. For some reason I can remember some retirees I brought in a cab ride to their cruise ship. It had actually come all the way from Florida in about 100 days or so. That would be a nice way to travel however obviously the china virus has put an end to that. Yes it would be daunting sailing on one's own in a very small sailboat across an ocean. I'm not sure if I have the cojones for that, we'll see. It's more of a mental, spiritual thing. There's pretty good chance of being picked up with the EPIRB system or whatever it's called, the emergency beacon. Wouldn't want to end up like Tom Hanks and Wilson. 

Insert Homer Simpson voice: or would I? Hey slipper over there, let's call you Droopy....

https://youtu.be/cuyENi0cPjg