OT-Well ...Ahem...too many comments about this..

billt01

http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/02/11/couple-sells-all-possessions-for-sailboat-sinks-2-days-into-trip.html

Sea2Ski

And they already exceeded their GoFundMe goal.

GATraveller

billt01

Sea2Ski said:

And they already exceeded their GoFundMe goal.

There needs to be a new reality show for these things..

"Financing Stupidity" then we can transition right into a "Running Man" type of show where the American people just watch people get off'd....

I believe that maybe where we are headed...

JohnInCarolina

I read that article and just kept shaking my head.  They’re lucky this didn’t happen to them in the middle of the ocean, but now that they’ve raised enough money to salvage their boat, it probably will.  Somewhere, Darwin is smiling.

DoubleEgger

I think they wanted a floating meth lab. 

billt01

they did save the dog toys...

stlcharcoal

Who needs insurance when the GoFundMe crowd  will always bail you out.......

BYS1981

stlcharcoal said:

Who needs insurance when the GoFundMe crowd  will always bail you out.......

Go fund me has to get tons of scams like this - like that kid who was bullied awhile back had one set up by his racist mother as a ploy to make cash.

lousubcap

As has been said forever, "You can't fix stupid."  And the corollary, "The stupid shall be punished."  
Today's instant communications with so many avenues to get your story out has changed the dynamics and given fuel to these type of undertakings, figuring someone will bail them out of their self-created disaster.  No such thing as personal responsibility.  Off small soap-box.  

stlcharcoal

BYS1981 said:

stlcharcoal said:

Who needs insurance when the GoFundMe crowd  will always bail you out.......

Go fund me has to get tons of scams like this - like that kid who was bullied awhile back had one set up by his racist mother as a ploy to make cash.

YEP!  Real or Fake, Needs or just Wants, and so on, GoFundMe still gets 5%......so what do they care?  

fishlessman

gofundme  goal 10,000 including beverages




we had 2 new york homeless and an underage runaway girl make portland maine from nyc with a raft made of pallets and yellow rope back several years ago, they were going to france. coast guard threw a wrench into their plans seems they were more than "well prepared". my dog chased their cat

DoubleEgger

http://gofraudme.com/

slovelad

Johns pass is where I fish often, and I can attest that it goes from about 25 foot to 2 feet within 20 yards. We fish it in a flats boats. 

GATraveller

Let's all chip in and get these folks back out on the water in time for hurricane season!!

HeavyG

Hopefully they'll use some of that money to actually get some training in sailing. Stories like this are always amusing and puzzling. Sailing on a calm day isn't too tricky but dealing with wind and waves does require some skill/experience.  Living on the coast, there are always at least a couple similar stories of people not really ready to venture offshore in the news each year - usually involving the Outer Banks and Coast Guard helicopter rescues.

The comments on that Fox News page are about what I would expect. Apparently, people voluntarily donating a few bucks to some fellow sailors (or wannabe sailors in this case) is a sign of "libtard-ness". Personally, I'd rather give them $20 than donate money so a televangelist can get a newish Gulfstream jet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klQ7I53R_cc

fishlessman

HeavyG said:

Hopefully they'll use some of that money to actually get some training in sailing. Stories like this are always amusing and puzzling. Sailing on a calm day isn't too tricky but dealing with wind and waves does require some skill/experience.  Living on the coast, there are always at least a couple similar stories of people not really ready to venture offshore in the news each year - usually involving the Outer Banks and Coast Guard helicopter rescues.

The comments on that Fox News page are about what I would expect. Apparently, people voluntarily donating a few bucks to some fellow sailors (or wannabe sailors in this case) is a sign of "libtard-ness". Personally, I'd rather give them $20 than donate money so a televangelist can get a newish Gulfstream jet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klQ7I53R_cc

20 dollars wont cut it heavyg you need 90 dollars in your pocket to sail the carribbean in a 49 year old boat.

Ozzie_Isaac

HeavyG said:

Hopefully they'll use some of that money to actually get some training in sailing. Stories like this are always amusing and puzzling. Sailing on a calm day isn't too tricky but dealing with wind and waves does require some skill/experience.  Living on the coast, there are always at least a couple similar stories of people not really ready to venture offshore in the news each year - usually involving the Outer Banks and Coast Guard helicopter rescues.

The comments on that Fox News page are about what I would expect. Apparently, people voluntarily donating a few bucks to some fellow sailors (or wannabe sailors in this case) is a sign of "libtard-ness". Personally, I'd rather give them $20 than donate money so a televangelist can get a newish Gulfstream jet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klQ7I53R_cc

Please, please, please say that is a satirical video.

HeavyG

fishlessman said:

HeavyG said:

Hopefully they'll use some of that money to actually get some training in sailing. Stories like this are always amusing and puzzling. Sailing on a calm day isn't too tricky but dealing with wind and waves does require some skill/experience.  Living on the coast, there are always at least a couple similar stories of people not really ready to venture offshore in the news each year - usually involving the Outer Banks and Coast Guard helicopter rescues.

The comments on that Fox News page are about what I would expect. Apparently, people voluntarily donating a few bucks to some fellow sailors (or wannabe sailors in this case) is a sign of "libtard-ness". Personally, I'd rather give them $20 than donate money so a televangelist can get a newish Gulfstream jet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klQ7I53R_cc

20 dollars wont cut it heavyg you need 90 dollars in your pocket to sail the carribbean in a 49 year old boat.

You mean my 1965 edition of the "Caribbean on $5 a Day" guidebook is out of date??

HeavyG

Ozzie_Isaac said:

HeavyG said:

Hopefully they'll use some of that money to actually get some training in sailing. Stories like this are always amusing and puzzling. Sailing on a calm day isn't too tricky but dealing with wind and waves does require some skill/experience.  Living on the coast, there are always at least a couple similar stories of people not really ready to venture offshore in the news each year - usually involving the Outer Banks and Coast Guard helicopter rescues.

The comments on that Fox News page are about what I would expect. Apparently, people voluntarily donating a few bucks to some fellow sailors (or wannabe sailors in this case) is a sign of "libtard-ness". Personally, I'd rather give them $20 than donate money so a televangelist can get a newish Gulfstream jet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klQ7I53R_cc

Please, please, please say that is a satirical video.

Not fake news my man. If you enjoyed that one you'll really love this one from a few years ago where these grifters rationalize their need for their private jets - all in the name of Jesus of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdH2DGSXjss

jeffwit

Google “Creflo Dollar jet” and enjoy. 

KiterTodd

What about they go get jobs and earn money to buy a new boat?

No, no... I'm sure they are the only two kids who ever fell on their face after following a dream poorly equipped.  Let's buy them two boats so they have a spare! 

Ozzie_Isaac

HeavyG said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

HeavyG said:

Hopefully they'll use some of that money to actually get some training in sailing. Stories like this are always amusing and puzzling. Sailing on a calm day isn't too tricky but dealing with wind and waves does require some skill/experience.  Living on the coast, there are always at least a couple similar stories of people not really ready to venture offshore in the news each year - usually involving the Outer Banks and Coast Guard helicopter rescues.

The comments on that Fox News page are about what I would expect. Apparently, people voluntarily donating a few bucks to some fellow sailors (or wannabe sailors in this case) is a sign of "libtard-ness". Personally, I'd rather give them $20 than donate money so a televangelist can get a newish Gulfstream jet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klQ7I53R_cc

Please, please, please say that is a satirical video.

Not fake news my man. If you enjoyed that one you'll really love this one from a few years ago where these grifters rationalize their need for their private jets - all in the name of Jesus of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdH2DGSXjss

Holy fvck!  These guys are unbelievable.  So many things wrong with their mental and physical gymnastics to prove their point.  Really sad that they get non-profit status for stealing from their congregations.

thetrim

Too bad the devastated thread didn't bring in any cash for its author.  They could've used go fund me back then.  

DoubleEgger

Creflos plea for $65,000,000 to buy a G650 was the talk of Atlanta a couple years ago. 

Here’s the official hype video 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UIobdRNLNek

HeavyG

Did Creflo ever get his jet? I know he stopped the fundraising campaign after all the initial uproar/backlash but I thought the church board later agreed they needed the jet and would proceed with getting it.

DoubleEgger

HeavyG said:

Did Creflo ever get his jet? I know he stopped the fundraising campaign after all the initial uproar/backlash but I thought the church board later agreed they needed the jet and would proceed with getting it.

I think so. 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/06/03/pastor-creflo-dollar-might-get-his-65-million-private-jet-after-all/?utm_term=.f70f8328f93b

JohnInCarolina

Not sure how this thread from morons requesting money to bail out their moronic life choices to televangelists but... no wait that actually makes a lot of sense. 

SandyHookEgger

Wow. At least the wanna be sailors are upfront.

SciAggie

”God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy.” Billy Currington

g8golfer

It’s a sick world when ppl use religion to get money from hard working ppl so they can fly around the world.