"Mike Marlow" wrote in message
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Lobby Dosser wrote:
"Mike Marlow" wrote in message
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Andrew Barss wrote:
Lew Hodgett wrote:

The last thing Abby is looking for is "her five minutes of fame".

"Fame" doesn't have squat to do with it; however, accomplishing the
most challenging sailing task does.

Then why did she leave port when very bad weather was guaranteed in
the Indian Ocean, instead of waiting till December? If not to make
sure she was young enough to set a record?

She and/or her parents are fame seekers.


DUH! All people who seek to break records are fame seekers. What
does that matter?


Many of them lack any sense of Personal Responsibility. The Sunderland
Family comes to mind.

Not so evident. They planned on taking advantage of currently available
resources and capabilities, should they need to - just as any sailor
would. What we have no knowledge of at this point, is whether they will be
presented with a bill, and whether they will pay that bill. Yeah - they
walked on a thinner line than most of us would, but that does not define a
lack of personal responsibility.


You either have it, or you don't. Their actions suggest the don't.