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On 28 Jul 2004 19:53:20 GMT, (William R.
Watt) vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

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Oh dear! What was his name?

Famous mariner. I am sure his boat was the "Spray", but his name was
not Roberts. G

He re-framed the planking, then replanked the frame.

JOSHUA SLOCUM! google and persistence wins again! Memory fails.

Good God!

I fight the "technology over brain" fight, then use the bit I rail
against!

Loooooser!

Do we see a whole new search-based "intelligence" or mourn the slow
and basic old one?

I mourn the old one because when you are "out there", you can't simply
switch to "Survivor" and see someone else's problems.

It feels to me that the new revolution really does remove us from the
pain of results.

Sorrrrry!

Actually it's funny. I use a famous mariner who had a boat that was
completely rebuilt, and was the epitome of "restoration is really new"
to start my own rant on the values of reliance on other systems.

Bummer!

Wooden boats don't last forever, despite what your read about 100 year old
vessels. Those old boats had to be refurbihsed and refitted every few
years, all the rotten wood cut out and new wood put in. Very little of
those historic wooden boats is original wood. In fact there's a rule that
if you replace all the wood in an old boat it's a new boat, but if you
leave a teenly little bit of oiginal wood in it then it's the same boat.

So the coin under the mast step should be sliver of original wood? G
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