Magic!

[billdomb]

Originally Posted by sailorboy1

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Take a moment from normal internet forum troubles, complaints, bickering, trolling, being helpful, and pause and take in the wonder of

The MAGIC around us.

And recognize just how vulnerable we'd be if things broke down.

In two weeks, bet fifty percent would not be alive. Like if the power grid went out.

Tell me how you'd recreate any of these magic technologies.

I've always contended that YouTube should be archived to hard drives and made available.
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[sailorboy1]

always a buzzkill; not magic

[misfits]

Originally Posted by sailorboy1

I minute ago sitting here on a mooring my laptop said it was low in power, so I plugged it in. That got me thinking "magic":

- laptop itself is basically; magic
- I plugged it in to an AC circuit being powered from a 400W DC to AC inverter; magic
- that inverter is being powered from a solar panel; magic
- if it was night it would get power from a "box" that stores electrical power; magic
- electricity on a BOAT; magic
- my cell phone; magic
- it connect to the internet; magic
- it does it without wires even; magic
- later I will watch a movie: magic
- I will do with with the other magical items; bigger magic
- I will send that movie to my 40" TV, again without wires and it even says "magic is about to happen" as it connects; greater magic using lots of other magic
- I can go anywhere with the boat and know where I am within like 20'; magic
- some sails that weight maybe 200 pounds can move my 22,000 pound boat; magic
- diesel engine; magic
- refrigeration and freezer on a small boat; magic
- can turn seawater into fresh drinking water with a fancy filter; magic

Take a moment from normal internet forum troubles, complaints, bickering, trolling, being helpful, and pause and take in the wonder of

The MAGIC around us.

What a joy to see such a delightful thread!

[sailorboy1]

currently at a slip with shore power after 6 months - MAGIC!!!!!!

[MicHughV]

My boat moves because of an unseeable force....wind...magic!

[Jamme]

Waiting for splash day as if it was my 8th birthday coming up…….. Magic.

[lateral]

All that magic, that we often take for granted, believing we fully understand it or are entitled to it. Like a friend you can rely on.

[Don C L]

Having grown up in the 60s I certainly agree there is a lot of magic out there. I have to single out GPS for me. Thinking back to all the times I’d get lost in the fog trying to keep my dr plot going and ending up somewhere unexpected, and now I can look on this tiny credit card of a phone and see where I am within 30 ft or less…. blows my mind…

[gamayun]

Some friends have this gizmo next to their winches that don't require any effort to raise their halyards. I've always referred to them as "magic buttons."

[rslifkin]

Originally Posted by Don C L

Having grown up in the 60s I certainly agree there is a lot of magic out there. I have to single out GPS for me. Thinking back to all the times I’d get lost in the fog trying to keep my dr plot going and ending up somewhere unexpected, and now I can look on this tiny credit card of a phone and see where I am within 30 ft or less…. blows my mind…

And not just that we have tools like that, but once you think about just how reliable they are, it's really amazing.

[Tetepare]

The most magical thing in the world is a flush toilet.

[Redreuben]

I just got vaccinated.
MAJIC ! [emoji12]

[AKA-None]

Chatting with all of you on a tiny hand held communicator and I don’t even know where you are
If that’s not magic I don’t know what is

[Oeanda]

It’s magic to have a badass girlfriend with an irrational love of boating. And- I think the main magical force is - whatever it is that makes us do this at all and still like it



Eyeing the whirlpools in the narrows ahead on another lovely summer day, while I huddle inside for a bit and wonder where the rum got to.

[MicHughV]

This might be a tad of topic, but I spent my early years in Africa. At that time, a transistor radio was considered high tech, but to the locals it was " magic" as they couldn't understand how it was possible to have a little man inside that tiny box doing the talking.