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To: fanfan
My tiller doesn’t have an overdrive button.

Just as well. They're troublesome things.

67 posted on 05/31/2009 2:40:01 PM PDT by sionnsar (Iran Azadi|5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5(SONY)|"Also sprach Telethustra"-NonValueAdded|Lk21:36)
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To: sionnsar; fanfan
"Funny. My tiller doesn’t have an overdrive button."

til⋅ler
2  /ˈtɪlər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [til-er] Show IPA
–noun Nautical.
a bar or lever fitted to the head of a rudder, for turning the rudder in steering.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < AF teiler weaver's beam; OF teilier < ML tēlārium, 
equiv. to L tēl(a) warp + -ārium -ary 

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We've got a little steampunk decorative functionality going in the control cabin.

73 posted on 05/31/2009 2:48:34 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Error is patient. It has all of time for its disturbing machinations.)
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To: sionnsar

I bet!


76 posted on 05/31/2009 2:59:50 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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