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Re: Longitude by Sunset
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 May 07, 16:49 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 May 07, 16:49 -0400
Alex Had to laugh at your references to a female lifeboat passenger, and the possibility that the latest reference might suggest a male dressed as a female :-) On 5/7/2012 3:15 PM, Alexandre E Eremenko wrote: > You cannot count on an average lifeboat passenger checking > his wristwatch with time signals shortly before she boards > a lifeboat:-) Earlier, "It is highly probable that at least one person in a lifeboat will have her wristwatch:-)" This reminded me a message from a sailing friend regarding the Italian cruise liner grounding: ================================= The current plight of the Costa Concordia and its crew reminds me of a Winston Churchill quote�.. After his retirement he was cruising the Mediterranean on an Italian cruise liner and some Italian journalists asked why an ex British Prime Minister should choose an Italian ship. "There are three things I like about being on an Italian cruise ship," said Churchill. "First their cuisine is unsurpassed. Second their service is superb. And then, in time of emergency, there is none of this nonsense about women and children first."