Re: [Paddlewise] nomenclature

From: Richard Culpeper <culpeper_at_tbaytel.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 22:32:23 -0500
Seeing as a boat is what you get into when a ship sinks, then perhaps
you're better off in a boat in the first place, with ships sinking and
all that. 8*)

Rama rama ding ding,
Richard Culpeper

(I don't know the whys and wherefores.  I simply know that when I worked
on one, that is what everyone else called it.)




Shawn Baker wrote:

> Okay Richard, you've piqued my interest:  why?  saltwater?
>
> I thought a 'boat' was what you got into when the 'ship' sinks, and
> surely these freighters are large enough to carry lifeboats.
>
> Shawn
>
> Richard Culpeper <culpeper_at_tbaytel.net> wrote:
> :A Great Lakes Freighter is a boat, not a ship, despite what the
> :designers might say.
>
> Send your FREE holiday greetings online!
> http://greetings.yahoo.com

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