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To: meadsjn
Back in my day, if we wanted to know the range to another ship, we had to walk across the water, pulling a tape measure.

I hear tell that the tape measure is still stored next to the sextant and compass.

715 posted on 03/24/2021 6:24:24 PM PDT by meyer (I swear to protect and defend the Constitution against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic!)
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To: meyer

Along with the shoreline? No...wait....you look for that behind the bar at the E.M. club!


723 posted on 03/24/2021 6:50:51 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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