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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (52632)	7/8/2002 9:21:26 AM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

You've lived an adventurous life. I'm impressed. I read a great new book recently about the Andrea Dorea sinking off Nantucket Island in the 1950s. The death toll was 50 or so, but it could have easily have surpassed the Titanic, except for great luck and the usual stories of heroism. An irony is that more people have lost their lives diving on the wreck than were lost in the sinking. It is considered the "Mt. Everest" of scuba diving, pressing the ultimate limits, and has done in a lot of over-reaching divers. I have flown in a glider, too, and agree that it is an awesome experience, totally unlike powered flight. Our one chance to know how it feels for the eagle. I'm not really uptight about the neurons and electrons thing. How they got there and how they function are all part of the great mystery of life. Indeed, this IS the ultimate purpose of our existence ... to unravel, bit by bit, all the riddles and enigmas of how and why we came to be what we are. I think we still a very long way to go, and have no idea of what answers we will find, and I do get annoyed at scientists who seem too cocky about knowing everything except for a few trivial details. Life is indeed AWESOME, full of wonderment, and so worth living. Go for those glider lessons!