On Tue, 09 Jun 2015 06:08:21 -0600, Paul Cassel
wrote:

On 6/8/2015 4:57 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 08 Jun 2015 07:59:49 -0600, Paul Cassel
wrote:

I think that we all imagine "how I would do it" when thinking about
how something was done. But actually, "back in the day", there was
often only one way to do a lot of things and I doubt that anyone gave
the matter much thought. If you wanted to be a farmer you had top plow
the field and if you plowed the field you had to have a horse, and so
on.

If you wanted to be a sailor than the sail had to be reefed and if
you reefed the sail than you had to climb the mast....
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My wording was poor. I should have said 'How could I do that' rather
than 'would' meaning I"d not search for a new method but rather a way I
could bring myself, to, in a gale, assume that position and do that work.


It depends on what the alternative is. If the alternative is the Royal
Navy punishment of 100 lashes (which frequently resulted in death)
then Hidie-Ho and up the mast we go.
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Cheers,

Bruce