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To: ransomnote
Bonjour y'all! Laissez le bon Trump rouler!!!

Know your Nautical terminology

adrift
1. Afloat and unattached in any way to the shore or seabed, but not underway. When referring to a vessel, it implies that the vessel is not being or able to be controlled and therefore goes where the wind and current take her; a vessel in this condition may also be described as "loose from her moorings" or "out of place".
2. Any gear not fastened down or stored properly.
3. Any person or thing that is misplaced or missing. When applied to a member of the Navy or Marine Corps, such a person is said to be "absent without leave" (AWOL) or, in U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps terminology, is guilty of an "unauthorized absence" (UA).

Not to be confused with either of these.

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

119 posted on 03/06/2023 10:54:48 AM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: LonePalm
"Of rimless floods and unfettered leewardings..."

Adrift... Not just ships, but nations and peoples too.

(Good night!)

372 posted on 03/07/2023 7:51:28 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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