"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote

"Jeff Morris" wrote
Donal complains about your geography, but he considers the Portsmouth
Harbour entrance, which is about 8 miles up the Solent, to be
"offshore."

You are hallucinating, Jeff.

What on Earth makes you say that I think that Portsmouth Harbour
entrance is
"offshore"?

I really think that you should consider withdrawing that silly remark.


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What are you going to do, turn me in to the
"out of
context cops"???

OK, if you insist, let's review:

Peter said:

Keep in mind that if Donal tried to go 30 miles offshore,
he'd hit France.

And you responded:

Idiot!!!
The last person who made that dumb mistake was Jax!!!!!
Stick to English literature. You know nothing about geography.
Cherebourg is my nearest French port, and it is 74 nautical
miles from Portsmouth Harbour entrance.

It sure seems to me that you were trying to claim that the measuring of
"offshore" begins at your harbor entrance. Otherwise, why would you
mention
that point as opposed to any other point along the way? If not, you
might have
said Cherbourg is 56 miles off from St. Catherine's, your actual point of
departure from the British coast.

Nonsense! I don't go anywhere near St Cat's when I go to Cherbourg.

Actually, most measures of "offshore" start a
ways out, perhaps 12 miles. But that starts looking pretty close to
Peter's
claim - not bad for someone 12,000 miles away.

Really, Jeff! Is there no limit to the ignorance that you are willing to
display in a public forum?
There are *two* major flaws in your (very weak) argument.

1) If you sailed 30 miles offshore - how far from the shore would you be?

I am sure that you are not stupid enough to persist in your lame assertion
that I am actually 18 miles "Offshore" when I have sailed 30 miles out from
the shore.



2) I don't sail anywhere near St. Catherine's point when I go to Cherbourg!
If you want to move my "shore" out to sea, then you could use Bembridge
Ledge. That is still 64 miles from Cherbourg.





But you wanted to play the pompous ass, so you had to use the larger
measure.

Nope! I made a factual statement.


BTW, I'm much better at pomposity than you are!

And being greedy, you picked the furthest distance and got burned. Sorry
Donal - you got just what you deserve. I'll bet your petard is pretty
sore
right now!

Jeff, you should take another look at the chart.

My route to Cherbourg involves a trip to Bembridge Ledge, followed by a
beeline to Cherbourg.

Peter said that I would hit France if I Went 30 miles offshore.

You are a pair of idiots.


Regards


Donal
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-jeff
"As ye butter your bread, so shall ye lie in it."