Jacques Don't start down the line of "England will not budge until....." this thread WILL go on forever...
John Ievers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacques Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "MIL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 1:17 PM Subject: RE: MI-L POSH > I finally received the light (red, green?) when I realized that in England > you steer on the right side because you drive on the left. England indeed > has a very deep maritime past and will not budge until they realize that all > the images they got from the Viking boats were in fact mirrored images and > that their history must be rewritten. > > Funny how this double expression has so many explanations, and that in > different languages: in French, babord (left side, beginning left of the > word batterie) and tribord, (right side, ending right to the of the same > word with some alliteration). > > Jacques Paris > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: January 21, 2002 07:36 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: MI-L POSH > > Anna, > > If you think of a ladder in a pair of tights they normally run lengthways > down the leg. Visualising this (steady lads) the ladder will be a long scar > in the material so think of longitude as a ladder in tights (or do I not get > out enough?)! > > On the point of Port or Starboard, Port is on the left and both have 4 > letters - simple forget Vikings, longships and which way you sail out of or > into port, keep it simple. > > Mark Percival > > > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender. > ____________________________________________________________________ > This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet > delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further > information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call > Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
