At 08:01 PM 8/7/01, you wrote:
>At 08:34 PM 8/6/2001 -0400, Gary wrote:
>><snipped>
>>According to the original Trek history, Robert April was the FIRST captain
>>of the Enterprise (the same starship that Kirk commanded) and then
>>Christopher Pike and then Kirk. Yes, I realize that it is pitiful that I
>>know that!
>
>Yeah, April was the first Enterprise captain. I had forgotten that. And,
>naww, it's not *that* pitiful.
>
>john
Now, if you know why he was almost always technically "out of uniform"*
while on the bridge, that would be pitiful. Or else you team would always
win "Star Trek" trivia contests . . .
(*No, it was not for the same reason that his successor JTK was frequently
out of his uniform.)
--Ronn! :)
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