Seamanship Question #32
 

Capt. Scumbalino wrote:

Walt wrote:

Capt. Scumbalino wrote:

It's based on the pretty-much universal fact that the time for the
tide to change from high to low water, and vice-versa, is pretty
close to six hours.

Universal, if your universe consists of only places with semi-diurnal
tides. That's the majority, granted, but not everywhere has
semi-diurnal tides.

You might want to get out more.

You might want to try and comprehend the qualifier "pretty-much".

"Pretty much universal" is still an overstatement, even with the qualifier.

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//Walt

Seamanship Question #32
 

Walt wrote:

You might want to try and comprehend the qualifier "pretty-much".

"Pretty much universal" is still an overstatement, even with the
qualifier.

It was qualified. If you happen to think that the qualifier implies a
specific percentage, then good for you. If you also happen to think that the
aforementioned percentage was inaccurate, then good for you again.

Personally, I don't give a toss. I was simply using the term to describe
something - it wasn't intended to be a mathematically perfect treatise on
the subject.


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Capt Scumbalino

Seamanship Question #32
 

Capt. JG wrote:
Bull. He one of the worst examples. If he happens to occasionally say
something useful, it's mostly drowned out by his other common
behavior. We don't need any more sockpuppets, certainly not like him.

Nonsense. I'm the pink fluffy bunny of sockpuppetry.

Well, I would be if I was a sockpuppet, but I'm not a sockpuppet (unlike a
certain poster here who has more socks than a sock shop on National Sock
Day).


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Capt Scumbalino