Jacques

Don't start down the line of "England will not budge until....."
this thread WILL go on forever...

John Ievers


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From: "Jacques Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "MIL"
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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
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> 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
>
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