Corrie wrote:
Whunicut wrote
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Quite right, John. Deploying onboard the (fill in the name) sounds
right.
I always thought that the only 'boats' in the Navy apart from lighters
and liferafts were the subs.
It may weight 80,000 tons, but it sure looks
like a boat from the cockpit. : )
As far as the risk/benefit ratio goes, well, people sail small boats
across the ocean when they could get much the same effect by standing
in a cold shower ripping up hundred-dollar bills.
I just watched on OLN a show about bull riding followed by a show about
running the bulls at Pamplona. There's no accounting for taste in
thrills...
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