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Old 02-01-2005, 04:55 PM
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Frank Mighetto

Hi Everyone

I discreetly begged Sailing Anarchy Forum to take Mighetto back

Within an hour 20 angry replies. Check it out.

http://www.sailinganarchy.com/forums...howtopic=14394

Be warned of the "fourth dimension" whatever this may be
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Old 02-01-2005, 05:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wynand N
Hi Everyone

I discreetly begged Sailing Anarchy Forum to take Mighetto back

Within an hour 20 angry replies. Check it out.

http://www.sailinganarchy.com/forums...howtopic=14394

Be warned of the "fourth dimension" whatever this may be
Way to go Wynand Nortje! You know when more sailors know who Frank Mighetto is than who Russell Coutts is that there is something special going on. I would say you just made a few VIP lists yourself. Just remember, I am not like a talk show host, spouting off to get 100 views ever hour. I actually believe everything that I post. So do the folks that feed me. That doesn't mean we are always correct. Just candid to the point of offending. I suppose there is a mess to clean up now. Carry On.
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Old 02-01-2005, 05:18 PM
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Wynand, you really amaze me mate, (you should get used to that word) I thought you made a joke or so, thus I changed fields.

My goodness, Frankie boy must have slaughtered and terrorized the lot. Even strongbellies like the SA bunch; only one guy considering to take Frankie boy back, provided we send him a "fluffer" too (new sail?).

Frankie boy, this is not a site for you, no real ocean sailors in it, capito?
I have a better site for you. There you are among friends! Real friends. Go tell them about your friendship with Jim Teeters!

Go to "BANGTHECORNER.COM"

(and send the fluffer to me)
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Old 02-01-2005, 05:53 PM
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Quote Wynand N: Be warned of the "fourth dimension" whatever this may be

Wynand, j_dirge on SA pointed out that "fourth dimension" should really be "fourth MODE". Spaghetto likes to quote Bethwaite, and Bethwaite uses that term for the way Aussie racing skiffs sail heeled over in light wind. Unfortunately, the Mac has to use fourth mode in all wind conditions.

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Old 02-01-2005, 06:10 PM
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Why?, O Why?

Wynand, why did you do this, the cancer is spreading. Now we have his name (the name that should not be said) all over the forums. At first it was funny, but now its downright annoying to get all the e-mails telling me some more nonsense has been added to the already crowded bandwidth. Let this die, and we should all hope he goes away and annoys someone else.
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Old 03-01-2005, 06:14 PM
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Horrible Accident

I couldn't say this better:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Soņadora,Feb 2 2005, 10:08 AM, Sailing Anarchy
It's kind of like a really nasty car accident.
Your logic tells you not to look...not to get involved...
that it has nothing to do with you yet...

morbid curiosity makes you want to slow down and stare...
and if you really stretched your imagination, you would pull
over, get out of the car and check out all the nasty bits.
There, you can see where he slid sideways and you can see
the skidmarks (Remember that I was invited to defend
Macgregor Yachts at SailingAnarchy
)

...then the paint scrapes on the median wall (But in a
sailing world where weight is the enemy, why would one purchase
a TP52? They so clearly have two much weight in the
bulb keel
)

...then a few yards away you see the shattered glass (It is
my understanding that bringing the bulb weight closer to the hull
makes the boat faster like bringing the arms of a twirling ice
skater in makes the ice skater twirl faster
)

...finally, you see the car. Completely unrecognizable. The airbag
has been deployed and is covered in blood. Next to the wreckage,
under a blanket, you see the twisted and bloodied torso (She sports
two rudders and centerboards and a canting keel. These boats are
horrors to the designers on the east coast of the US who just can
not get themselves away from bulb keels or fixed foils
).

But, as you stare, you see the torso begin to move slowly. Then -
oh horror of horrors - it stands! Suddenly, it is whole again
without a scar (But for now, I think I will concentrate on
winning a few races
)

so, I came into this late and it's taken me a while to get caught
up to how freakishly curious this ******* fruitcake is.

But now, I'm spent. I hope, for my own sake, that I've had enough.

Oh god, when will that ambulance get here!
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Old 03-01-2005, 10:40 PM
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D'ARTOIS
I would not normally feel compelled to correct anyone on this but in light of our recent ridicule on another site for our ignorance on such topics I feel it is necessary to enlighten you in the terminology common to the denezens of these less than genteel forums.
A "Fluffer" is not, in fact' a sail, but a member of a filmmaking crew. In the world of pornography someone is given the job of keeping the star...um ready for action between takes. That person is a fluffer.
Literally hundreds of off color innuendos, puns and suggestive phrases came to mind in trying to explain this to you but I think I had more fun trying to avoid writing one as I would have had I given in to temptation.
Like I tell my crew---OK fun's over, lets get back to boats.
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Old 03-02-2005, 12:06 PM
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It still amazes me that with the entire internet
at our disposal, some people still need to ask
the meanings of various terminologies...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
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Old 03-02-2005, 01:36 PM
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Explaining what? Who said I was talking about sails
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Old 03-03-2005, 05:08 PM
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Please, be nice to Mig. I DON'T agree with him, but in any case, try being nice. Nice him to death. It works.
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Old 03-03-2005, 05:57 PM
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Okay mk, whatever you say. There's some more info here if you want stuff to read.

Edit: Removed taunt after mk removed name-calling from the preceding post.

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Old 03-03-2005, 07:25 PM
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I've never seen Mackid and Mighetto together. Mig disapeared and MK showed up . . . something fishy going on here . . . Mackid, what did you do with Mighetto?

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Old 03-03-2005, 08:56 PM
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Ok, look. I'm not Mig. He is not me. I am a relatively new member who looked at this post, saw people bashing someone, so i checked his other posts (Mig's) and his website. he doesn't seem so bad whatsoever. However, his ideas, though well written, aren't well researched. So, just be nice, ok?
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Old 03-03-2005, 09:17 PM
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Being nice didn't work. And I think he likes the bashing.

I think we'll have to try psychotropics.
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Old 03-03-2005, 09:36 PM
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My advice:

1. Study basic physics
2. Read the TP 52 and Secrets of Yacht Design threads
3. Repeat until you see the error of your ways
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