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To: Slings and Arrows
> An oblique reference seemed the better part of valor.

Indeed.

In a roundabout way, my less-discreet post was intended as a warning to those who might try googling for information, and stumble upon an, ummmm, indiscreet description or photo. I have learned to adjust "Safe Search" appropriately. :)

Something I've wondered about... in military parlance, "oblique" typically refers to a movement at a 45-deg angle. Yet 45-deg is an "acute" angle; "oblique" angles are those between 90-deg and 180-deg. Just one of those things I wonder about...

33 posted on 07/02/2011 7:33:58 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: dayglored
Something I've wondered about... in military parlance, "oblique" typically refers to a movement at a 45-deg angle. Yet 45-deg is an "acute" angle; "oblique" angles are those between 90-deg and 180-deg. Just one of those things I wonder about...

I've been told that there are three ways to do things: The right way, the wrong way, and the military way.

36 posted on 07/02/2011 10:31:14 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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