German Hostage Killed After Kidnapping from Boat

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Jul 7, 2004
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Hunter 30T Cheney, KS
I don't get it. He was abducted and ransomed once before this? Why not stay out of pirate infested waters? This is real life, not Hollywood. What a pity.
 
Jan 19, 2010
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Hobie 16 & Rhodes 22 Skeeter Charleston
I don't get it. He was abducted and ransomed once before this? Why not stay out of pirate infested waters? This is real life, not Hollywood. What a pity.
He talks about that....
 

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Aug 9, 2011
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Beneteau 310 Cheney KS (Wichita)
Also goes to show you the results of policies that pay off pirates. I prefer the Navy Seal resolution, myself.
 
Oct 22, 2014
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CAL 35 Cruiser #21 moored EVERETT WA
Just read a book about the area. Author was a sailor who experienced pirates in 1990's off Malaysia. He went back in 2003 and rode several of the Big ships carrying oil through the Straits. They get boarded. We are extremely lucky that no Oil Super Tanker has been run aground and leaked or exploded. It would shut down the flow of oil thru the area that carries plus 30% of the worlds goods. And there appears no way to stop the problem.
Want to contribute a world solution, come up with a way of solving this issue.
 
Feb 20, 2011
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Island Packet 35 Tucson, AZ/San Carlos, MX
Want to contribute a world solution, come up with a way of solving this issue.
Free, unlimited energy for all.

Except for those with megalomaniacal tendencies, that's what it boils down to.

Excuse me while I reinstall Windows 98 on this old PC.
 

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Ah, someone who understands me. :biggrin:
Now if only the wife would back up her danged files after every session...
Did you mention to her that floppies are not coasters but computer storage devices? ;)
 
Oct 3, 2011
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Anam Cara Catalina 310 Hull #155 155 Lake Erie/Catawba Island
I also believe in the Navy Seal Resolution!
They don't hear it coming!
 
Jan 19, 2010
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Hobie 16 & Rhodes 22 Skeeter Charleston
:lastweek: I think they call it walking now. Still talking Basic? Green text screen? Playing Pong... and the text adventure games?
haha

It "runs" a mass spectrometer. I just need it to collect the data from the detector. New software is not compatible with the older instrument. The real trick was finding a copy of 95 the last time my hard drive crashed. Got to love eBay.
 
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Oct 22, 2014
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CAL 35 Cruiser #21 moored EVERETT WA
Let me know next time you have an issue. Think I have an IBM PC model B still in the garage. 10 MB harddrive and some floppies. Can make you a great deal...:biggrin:
 
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Feb 20, 2011
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New software is not compatible with the older instrument.
Technically the same problem I'm having, except the wife is the "instrument".
Did I just write that out loud? [ducks head]
 
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