On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 08:34:01 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

On Sunday, 10 March 2013 12:29:35 UTC-3, John H wrote:

snip...

It would have been a boat ride, not a sailing adventure. This ship had no sails.



I don't suppose you've ever gone 'boating'? When you take out your boat, do you tell all your

friends you're going 'sailing'?



Why not stop looking for ways to be unpleasant?



Salmonbait

Uh huh!
Tell that to all the sailors in the US Navy, landlubber.

You failed to answer the questions.

Why would I ask those questions of the sailors in the Navy?

I believe the word 'sailor' originated when boat rides were taken 'under sail'.


Salmonbait
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