Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Five
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Back in my military career - I used to love when they had war games. The pilots would split into two teams - one attacking the base and another defending it. One day when they were attacking our building was listed as the prime target - so we got up on the roof to watch them up close.
Once the pilot landed he came strolling in and yelled - What the )(*&)*U were ya'll doing up on the roof - didn't you know that this building was my primary target - you are all idiots and I took everyone of you out...
My reply - I doubt it sir - I felt it was the safest place on earth or have you forgotten that I track your range scores...
He did not live that one down for a while...
What I highlighted in bold just gave me such a belly laugh.......So you guys had me googling knots ... what has my life come to ... googling knots on a Saturday night.
By the late 16th century, sailors had begun using a chip log to measure speed. In this method, knots were tied at uniform intervals in a length of rope and then one end of the rope, with a pie-slice-shape piece of wood (or “chip”) attached to it, was tossed behind the ship. As the vessel moved forward, the line of rope was allowed to roll out freely for a specific amount of time, which was typically tabulated with an hourglass. Afterward, the number of knots that had gone over the ship’s stern was counted and used in calculating the vessel’s rate of speed. A knot came to mean one nautical mile per hour. Therefore, a ship traveling at 15 knots could go 15 nautical miles per hour.
For a number of years, there was disagreement among various nations about the exact measurement of a nautical mile, which is based on the Earth’s circumference. In 1929, the international nautical mile was standardized at 6,076 feet; it was adopted by the United States in 1954. A nautical mile is different from a mile on land, which is based on walking distance. The Romans first defined a land mile as 1,000 paces or pairs of steps; it was set at its current measurement of 5,280 feet by Queen Elizabeth I in 1593.
I don't understand a thing about this topic, but then again, I don't have to understand!
Ya say you got a mean streak in ya, eh?I doubt it sir - I felt it was the safest place on earth or have you forgotten that I track your range scores...
Nah, they all had ego's the size of freight trains and periodically need their tracks adjusted...
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So you guys had me googling knots ... what has my life come to ... googling knots on a Saturday night.
Sew... why knot?
Hey Matt;
I didn't mean to be a PITA about the nautical mile. It doesn't matter to me if the US Navy calls 2000 yards a nautical mile, and since that's what you used, so be it. It's just a question of semantics at this point and I have no desire to be more annoying about it than already stated. I'm only looking to learn new stuff.
I didn't mean to be a PITA about the nautical mile. It doesn't matter to me if the US Navy calls 2000 yards a nautical mile, and since that's what you used, so be it. It's just a question of semantics at this point and I have no desire to be more annoying about it than already stated. I'm only looking to learn new stuff.
Oh, I agree. I have all kinds of respect for the job they do. I knew quite a few of really great fighter pilots and a few Aces from Vietnam.It really needs that kind of self assurance and attitude to fly the altitudes and speeds that those men do.....
Love it. Thanks.Back in my military career - I used to love when they had war games. The pilots would split into two teams - one attacking the base and another defending it. One day when they were attacking our building was listed as the prime target - so we got up on the roof to watch them up close.
Once the pilot landed he came strolling in and yelled - What the )(*&)*U were ya'll doing up on the roof - didn't you know that this building was my primary target - you are all idiots and I took everyone of you out...
My reply - I doubt it sir - I felt it was the safest place on earth or have you forgotten that I track your range scores...
He did not live that one down for a while...
Nawh, he just had to wear shoes two sizes too small fer a year and a half... oh, wait... never mind.
Yepper, Mike be mean!
I prefer the old measures, near, far, hither, yon, sommers, yonder, over there, etc.
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I am terrible with distances. When giving directions, I use "about 30 minutes away" or "Drive a couple minutes till you see the whateverlandmark."
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You remember that tree, don'cha? It was in Ole man Smith's yard. 'Cept now, it's just the widow Smith. Ooooo, lemme tell ya what those youngins of theirs did.....
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