Re: [MV] a pirate's life for me...

Well I guess my 21 foot Aquarius sloop is a "ship" then instead of a "boat"
as she carries a dinghy too. Gee the things I learn here are outstanding
(grin).

Dave J
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Closson" <glen_closson (AT) earthlink (DOT) net>
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Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] a pirate's life for me...

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> So a life raft is a boat and not a ship, correct?
>
> -----Original Message-----[color=green]
> >From: MV <MV (AT) dc9 (DOT) tzo.com>
> >Sent: Jan 9, 2006 2:54 PM
> >To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh (AT) mil-veh (DOT) org>
> >Subject: Re: [MV] a pirate's life for me...
> >
> >Arthur,
> >
> >Where do you get these facts from??? Or is that common knowledge in
> >your neck of the woods?
> >
> >Do dingy's count? Rubber rafts? (;->)
> >
> >Dave - Aka Lefty
> >
> >
> >
> >m35prod (AT) optonline (DOT) net wrote:[color=darkred]
> >> A ship is a vessel large enough to carry another vessel. (Or designed[/color][/color][/color]
to do so) Therefore, when crusty old Gene Hackman, in "Crimson Tide", says
"Anyone who can't handle the stress can leave the SHIP right now..." he is
committing what is known in the film trade as a factual error. (See, for
example, the website [url]www.IMDB.com[/url], and search your favorite movies for
factual errors and continuity errors). Submarines could, physically, carry
another vessel, but they don't, so they are boats, not ships. Boat, Patrol
Torpedo, or PT Boat, carries no other boat, so it's a boat, not a ship.
Same for Boat, Patrol, River; and Craft, Patrol, Fast ("Swift boat").[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >>
> >> We don't brag when our boat comes in. We brag when our ship comes in.[/color][/color][/color]
Your ship has come in when you can call your boat a ship.[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >>
> >> Got it now?
> >>
> >> APB (Bloom, Arthur Paul)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: [email]timothy.smith1 (AT) att (DOT) net[/email]
> >> Date: Monday, January 9, 2006 2:05 pm
> >> Subject: [MV] a pirate's life for me...
> >>
> >>
> >>>I hereby acknowledge receipt of various emails explaining the
> >>>difference between a PBR & a Swift boat. Whatever the name, it's
> >>>a really neat looking boat. (Or is it a "ship"? Whatever!)
> >>>
> >>>Now if some of you salty old sea-dogs can explain to me why the
> >>>little round windows on the starboard side are called "port"
> >>>holes, I'll be completely satisfied.
> >>>
> >>>(grins)
> >>>TJ
> >>>
> >>>"There exists no sporting event whose entertainment value cannot
> >>>be vastly improved by the introduction of a series of randomly
> >>>placed land-mines."
> >>>[/color][/color]
>
>
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