Geetings from the Isle of Wight - Adopted home of that MacArthur person, where she is almost universaly regarded as a little bit embarising, save by those people who've met her, who hold more politicaly robust views.

Actualy, I'm not here to badmouth EM, I can do that anywhere around here, I'm just here to point out that she is niether the first woman to circumnavigate the Earth on her tod, nor the best. She might be a hair faster than the others, but that is down to her autopilot, her GPS and her luck with the weather. If the ladies of Albion want a sailing heroine then they might better look to Naomi James, who sailed single handed around the world way back in '77 wihtout the aid of a droidworks full of tech and against significantly worse weather, beating two foreign girls who were making almost simultanious attempts.

When Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Atlantic, he did it on a raft made from balsa wood. And he was blind-folded. And on fire for much of the time.

When Heyerdahl crossed the Atlantic (The Ra Expeditions), it was on a boat made of papyrus reeds. The balsa raft(Kon Tiki)was used in the Pacific.

Rich

Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific Ocean, a much much bigger thingy of water, albeit warmer, than the piddling, cold little Atlantic. And he went into a tropical rainforest and cut the huge trees for the balsa raft himself. With an axe. Yeah.

DAMN where is Thor when you need him?

Nicely put.

"He summoned his mates and Amy spent four hours in custody being fingerprinted, photographed and obliged to give a DNA sample."

Which probably explains why HM Plod are too busy to investigate if your car is stolen or your home broken into. Thank God I live in America now

Women bring life into this world and some men/women spend their life depleating it. It is obvious by your narcistic comments you are not gifted in humanity. Women have many reasons to be in the workplace besides earning a new haircut etc. If men were truly effective in their presumed patriarchial duties perhaps the need for women in the workplace would diminish. Accomodating them should be your pleasure. Unless of course you fear the obvious. Women often have the power and patience to make the child with their love and affection. Perhaps your mother or father should of sent you to pilates classes so you could relax. Isn't that what your anger really stems from? Reality is more powerful than any bottom line and is perhaps your grandchilds future or not. I feel bad for people who don't realize the true bottom line. Our future as either morbid sociopaths with an underlined need to overcompensate by transfering our past aggression on to the next thing whether it be our work life, women, animals, ourselves,or others. By the way your thought is perception based on your own experiences. Einsteins law reguarding point of view pertains to our own human brains. Perhaps your lack of self knowledge has limited your own experiences in life. I hope the businees goes well cause you'll need it.

"If men were truly effective in their presumed patriarchial duties perhaps the need for women in the workplace would diminish"

Excuse me? Women have been screaming that they're equal to men in every way, and now you want to whine and bitch about men not being patriarchial enough? I don't think so. Not to mention the fact that if a man DOES attempt to be patriarchial, you women scream and file a lawsuit against him. At least make up your frigging mind before you decide what to blame us with, please.

"Accomodating them should be your pleasure."

Accomodating, yes. Bowing to every slightest demand even if you wreck your life and your business? No.

"Unless of course you fear the obvious. Women often have the power and patience to make the child with their love and affection."

And since you've kicked the fathers out of just about every aspect of the child's life, why don't you continue to "make the child" however the hell you want to. But don't expect us to shoulder every burden that you demand. I also notice you you fail to regard the father's influence in any way what so ever. I think that says all that needs to be said right there.

"Perhaps your mother or father should of sent you to pilates classes so you could relax. Isn't that what your anger really stems from?"

No, it stems from the fact that idiotic bints who used to be productive workers (as they said they would be) are now working minimal hours and demanding the exact same pay and benifits that they had when they were working full time. But since you obviously don't understand how a business operates, I'll forgive your lack of knowledge in these manners.

"Reality is more powerful than any bottom line and is perhaps your grandchilds future or not."

Reality is his grandchild's future or not? I see that your brains have already attained the mush-like state that was mentioned in this piece. Congradulations on your expected arrival!

"Our future as either morbid sociopaths with an underlined need to overcompensate by transfering our past aggression on to the next thing whether it be our work life, women, animals, ourselves,or others."

??????? What kind of drug addled, new-age, bullshit thinking came up with a non-sensical line like that? Do you talk this all the time? How in G-d's name do you manage to make yourself understood by the general public? What kind of drugs are you taking?

"By the way your thought is perception based on your own experiences. Einsteins law reguarding point of view pertains to our own human brains. Perhaps your lack of self knowledge has limited your own experiences in life. I hope the businees goes well cause you'll need it."

If he can avoid hiring any mush-brained twits such as yourself, he'll do just fine. Perhaps next time you should figure out which single voice in your head will be doing the speaking, rather than letting them all out at once. It makes for much more pleasant reading, and would be appreciated by everyone else.