Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

[WaterZebra]

I met Lee at a California OFFSHORE race--he was looking for a sponsor

Obviously he found one---Attachment 491543

That model sure looks a lot like what Ken Warby did?

[jackiewilson]

That model sure looks a lot like what Ken Warby did?

BUT DONT ALL BOATS THAT HAVE THE SAME PURPOSE LOOK ALIKE ? TUNNELS— bottoms —record breaking boats ——— even sailing boats —-???????

[FUJIMO]

[jackiewilson]

You should see the all metal version Fuji—— it’ll make your eyes water !!!!!!!!

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[jackiewilson]

. HAVE TO ADMIT that boat always looked like it was going to break the world record .
But, tragedy has always been a close companion of “RECORD BREAKERS” since time immemorial!

[jackiewilson]

Today the results of our education system were announced. Turns out that private schools [the one where parents pay big bags of gold for a kids admittance] had a 70% straight A’s success and everywhere else had a 40% straight A’s. TOTAL BULLTURDS.
Nobody actually took an exam [due to covid of course] was simply a teacher assessment??????DUH !!!
SO WE NOW HAVE A GLUT OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED “NUMPTIES” APPLYING FOR JOBS THEY SIMPLY ARE NOT UP TO.
YOU HAVE TO LAUGH—OR YOU WOULD DIE CRYING.

[powerabout]

Today the results of our education system were announced. Turns out that private schools [the one where parents pay big bags of gold for a kids admittance] had a 70% straight A’s success and everywhere else had a 40% straight A’s. TOTAL BULLTURDS.
Nobody actually took an exam [due to covid of course] was simply a teacher assessment??????DUH !!!
SO WE NOW HAVE A GLUT OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED “NUMPTIES” APPLYING FOR JOBS THEY SIMPLY ARE NOT UP TO.
YOU HAVE TO LAUGH—OR YOU WOULD DIE CRYING.

They have been lowering the grades in the Uk for years, the joke used to be entering year 7 but cannot read and write, then it became enter uni and cannot read and write.
Blair had to get the unemployment queue down so he just dumped everyone in uni. UK never recovered.
Funding cut at UK uni's so they took anyone and anyone from overseas pays more than a local. The degrees are worthless.
When I was working at an Investment bank in the UK and then bought into a training college I started to get interested.
Friday night down the pub I asked the HR department what they do with CV's,they said they have a list and 50% of UK uni ones they put straight in the bin. ( like most investment banks in London our middle and back office is Ozzies Kiwis and South Africans)
Trading floor was every nationality, IT was 75% brits..

To allow the illiterate foreign students to pass, 99% of uni's have gone to handing in papers and no on site exams, this allows the students to pay somebody else to do the paper, huge money in this and a huge business.
My College business partner used to do it, he would say to a student, go get somebodies else's paper and I will re write it such that the plagiarism software will pass it.
There was a TV show showing a German guy with 3 staff, had done over 100 PHD's that passed.

[jackiewilson]

WHEN MY SAINTED MOTHER WAS TRYING TO EDUCATE ME ON HAPPENINGS OUTSIDE THE CURRICULUM SHE WOULD EXPLAIN THAT THERE WAS “HIMMIN AND HERING” WHICH WAS RIGHT ‘ Then there was HIMMIN AND HIMMIN—— WHICH WAS NOT RIGHT -
Then there was Hering and Hering —- again ,wasn’t not right ‘
God only knows how she would have explained the HERHIMS AND THE HIMHERS ????????

[jackiewilson]

IT ALL STARTED TO GO DOWN HILL WHEN THEY STOPPED CORPORAL PUNISHMENT .
I HAVE BEEN WHACKED WITH THE CANE [SIX OF THE BEST ]
stuffed the HOTSPUR down my trousers before getting six on the backside ‘
Been led by the ear to the front of the class ——- been picked up and comforted when i skinned both knees on the tarmac playground . All these things are taboo nowadays — didn’t help the kids in any shape or form .

[powerabout]

IT ALL STARTED TO GO DOWN HILL WHEN THEY STOPPED CORPORAL PUNISHMENT .
I HAVE BEEN WHACKED WITH THE CANE [SIX OF THE BEST ]
stuffed the HOTSPUR down my trousers before getting six on the backside ‘
Been led by the ear to the front of the class ——- been picked up and comforted when i skinned both knees on the tarmac playground . All these things are taboo nowadays — didn’t help the kids in any shape or form .

agreed
todays policing problems are with the non smacked generation

[FUJIMO]

...generally speaking, most people are not mature enough to raise children, until they are in they're forties. of course, this isn't how it ever happens...well, for most anyways... (this will stir the pot)