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Sounds as if its better diving thru Chemistry > While reading this I was reminded of the same story only the lighthouse > was called Wolf Rock and is half way between Lands end and > the Scilly Isles of the coast of Britain, the Ship was still American as > the Skipper of the boat I was on at the time didn't have a particularly high > opinion of yanks. > > As a good friend of mine once said " I like Americans but I couldn't > eat a whole one" >>----------------------------- Note follows ------------------------------ >>>>=============================================================== == >>>> Actual radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations, >>>> 10-10-95. >>>>=============================================================== == >>>> >>>> >>>> Station #1: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to >>>> avoid a collision. >>>> >>>> Station #2: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to South to >>>> avoid a collision. >>>> >>>> #1: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert >>>> YOUR course. >>>> > > >>>> #2: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course. >>>> >>>> #1. THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE, WE ARE A LARGE >>>> WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW! >>>> >>>> #2. This is the Pudget Sound lighthouse. It's your call. > > > > >John M. Gibbons 0171-793-1101 Home >Univ. London School of Pharmacy 0171-582-6561 Fax >Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry 0171-753-5800 Wk ex 4882 >jgibbo@cl*.ul*.ac*.uk* or >jgibbo@cu*.ph*.lo*.ac*.uk* >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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