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| 186,000 miles per second. It's the law. |
In 1856 an American clipper was approaching Cape Horn when its captain collapsed, leaving his 19-year-old wife to navigate through one of the world's deadliest sea passages. She commanded for 56 days, faced down a mutiny, and navigated the clipper ship into San Francisco. While pregnant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Brown_Patten | ||
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Chip away the stone |
Impressive, to say the least, especially in that era. | |||
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eh-TEE-oh-clez |
Very sad to hear that she and her husband lived very short lives. | |||
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Women had to be tough in those days. There were no shopping Malls to hang out in. ********* "Some people are alive today because it's against the law to kill them". | |||
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Gonna remind the wife that when she isn't crewing a ship on the high seas, she's supposed to be hanging out at the mall. <>< America, Land of the Free - because of the Brave | |||
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| 186,000 miles per second. It's the law. |
No kidding. She must also have been a hell of a negotiator to solve the mutiny issue. | |||
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Crying is not negotiating. | |||
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| Chip away the stone |
Zing! ...but in this case, I think it was the first mate who was crying.  | |||
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| 186,000 miles per second. It's the law. |
Exactly. | |||
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The 2nd guarantees the 1st |
She didn't have to negotiate. You ever tried to reason with a raging pregnant woman? *s* "Even if the world were perfect it wouldn't be." ... Yogi Berra | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
I suppose 19 years old was pretty old by then but still, she was one tough woman. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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Bald Headed Squirrel Hunter |
This. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" | |||
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Waiting for Hachiko |
Thats my understanding too. Both she and her husband contracted TB, after the voyage, they returned home via ship, where she gave birth, her husband passed away, and then she passed away couple years later. No mention of what happened to the child. They did reward her very well for her bringing the ship and cargo in on time, and the owners of the fleet, gave her funds after she became sick. Not sure how much $2,200 in 1860's money would be today. 美しい犬 | |||
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