I understand the value and romance of a good boat. Being the captain of one's ship can be a great contemplative exercise... But that's not what I saw on the Travel Channel.
Million dollar yachts. Fine and dandy if you're building something useful... But these were over the top - fuck you proletariat scum pleasure boats.
One is built with a separate set of gangways for the crew of twelve so it's owners do not have to see them. Their coffee is served through a trap door to the living quarters ensuring no contact between the occupants and the staff...
On one businessman's Ft. Lauderdale "business man's" back yard pier is anchored a yacht that he proudly tells us he washes three times a week! Does he really do that himself or is it more likely that the migrant hired help does? The rare wood paneling and floors get waxed every time the yacht comes back from even an afternoon of fishing...
This wouldn't bother me so much if the majority of these people would have earned their money - but as statistics show, the divide between those that started out rich and those that ain't is quickly widening. "Upwardly mobile" is a quaint phrase of years gone by and while those that actually work for their money see less and less buying power from their dollar those that were born into the new American class of privilege take their tax cuts and buy more yachts - and why shouldn't they - we're all complicit in providing them with tax relief...
Million dollar yachts. Fine and dandy if you're building something useful... But these were over the top - fuck you proletariat scum pleasure boats.
One is built with a separate set of gangways for the crew of twelve so it's owners do not have to see them. Their coffee is served through a trap door to the living quarters ensuring no contact between the occupants and the staff...
On one businessman's Ft. Lauderdale "business man's" back yard pier is anchored a yacht that he proudly tells us he washes three times a week! Does he really do that himself or is it more likely that the migrant hired help does? The rare wood paneling and floors get waxed every time the yacht comes back from even an afternoon of fishing...
This wouldn't bother me so much if the majority of these people would have earned their money - but as statistics show, the divide between those that started out rich and those that ain't is quickly widening. "Upwardly mobile" is a quaint phrase of years gone by and while those that actually work for their money see less and less buying power from their dollar those that were born into the new American class of privilege take their tax cuts and buy more yachts - and why shouldn't they - we're all complicit in providing them with tax relief...
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If I wasn't too busy sewing leather patches onto the elbows of my new jacket, I'd telll you why yachs are so nice.
I'm not against yachts - I'm just saying that I find it despicable when they're one step away from having a vomitorium attached to the galley.
Admit it, you're just worried that the giant squid will get you if you out on a boat.
GIANT SQUID FILMED FOR FIRST TIME
TOKYO (AP) -- The giant squid can be found in books and in myths, but for the first time, a team of Japanese scientists has captured on film one of the most mysterious creatures of the deep sea in its natural habitat.
The team led by Tsunemi Kubodera, from the National Science Museum in Tokyo, tracked the 26-foot long Architeuthis as it attacked prey nearly 3,000 feet deep off the coast of Japan's Bonin islands.
"We believe this is the first time a grown giant squid has been captured on camera in its natural habitat,'' said Kyoichi Mori, a marine researcher who co-authored a piece in Wednesday's issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
The camera was operated by remote control during research at the end of October 2004, Mori told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
I will admit that I've always enjoyed sailing on mountain lakes in small boats more then on the Pacific in large sail boats...
Current chances of getting eaten by giant squid - NIL.
Or maybe its this that has you so afraid:
Python Explodes After Eating Alligator
By DENISE KALETTE
Associated Press Writer
MIAMI
Alligators have clashed with nonnative pythons before in Everglades National Park. But when a 6-foot gator tangled with a 13-foot python recently, the result wasn't pretty.
The snake apparently tried to swallow the gator whole and then exploded. Scientists stumbled upon the gory remains last week.
The species have battled with increasing frequency scientists have documented four encounters in the last three years.
The gators have had to share their territory with a python population that has swelled over the past 20 years after owners dropped off pythons they no longer wanted in the Everglades. The Asian snakes have thrived in the wet, hot climate.
"They were probably evenly matched in size," Mazzotti said of the latest battle. "If the python got a good grip on the alligator before the alligator got a good grip on him, he could win."
While the gator may have been injured before the battle began wounds were found on it that apparently were not caused by python bites Mazzotti believes it was alive when the battle began. And it may have clawed at the python's stomach as the snake tried to digest it, leading to the blow up.
The python was found with the gator's hindquarters protruding from its midsection. Its stomach still surrounded the alligator's head, shoulders, and forelimbs
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