Nautical terms for idiots and amateurs

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JAXAshby - 25 Nov 2004 01:07 GMT

Gate:

6. A device for controlling the passage of water or gas through a dam or
conduit.

Lock:

2. A section of a waterway, such as a canal, closed off with gates, in which
vessels in transit are raised or lowered by raising or lowering the water level
of that section.

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Eric Currier - 25 Nov 2004 05:40 GMT

So now we know the book that you read to get your information.

Was it the "idiots and amateurs" part or the "nautical" part that attracted
your attention?

> Gate:
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> vessels in transit are raised or lowered by raising or lowering the water level
> of that section.

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JAXAshby - 25 Nov 2004 13:02 GMT

Eric, certainly you are not an amateur or professional in any sense.
Therefore, you are by definition and idiot.

The definitions are straight from the dictionary. you know, that thing you
were taught how to use in junior high school.

eric, you are a danger to the world should you ever get on the water, even if
you don't have a clew why. the best the world can hope for is that you get
what idiots deserve, i.e. the Darwin Award.

geesh, even when faced with a dictionary available to anyone, the clown STILL
wants to look stew ped. way to go, eritch.

>From: "Eric Currier" Ejcurrier@cox.net
>Date: 11/25/2004 12:40 AM Eastern Standard Time
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>level
>> of that section.

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Shen44 - 25 Nov 2004 17:54 GMT

>Subject: Re: Nautical terms for idiots and amateurs
>From: jaxashby@aol.com (JAXAshby)
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>you don't have a clew why. the best the world can hope for is that you get
>what idiots deserve, i.e. the Darwin Award.

ROFL If there was ever a candidate for the "Darwin Award", you'd most
definitely qualify, Doodles.
I've never seen anyone so persistently try to keep a subject going to prove his
"correctness" while being shown/proved wrong at every turn.
At any rate, Happy Thanksgiving to ya at the "home", and might I suggest that
while you're there you try to get them to adjust your meds so that more than
just your minimum brain cell activity comes into play when faced with a new
subject you typically know little or nothing about.

Shen

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Gene Kearns - 28 Nov 2004 01:09 GMT

Nautical terms for idiots and amateurs......?

By one who should know, as he can speak well on both accounts.

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