jeffies, *you* have never seen that canal and never will, not even from the
highway. what's more, your wife would never let you attempt to pass through it
because you would have to take your mast down at one end and put it back up
(something she would never allow you to do without professional help) and
because the water is shallow in the bay and the channel is too winding for you
to follow.

now, listen up jeffies. the height difference between the bays is slight the
current there never gets much above 4 knots either direction. That is less
current than either way in The Race (which has no locks and no gates across)
and less current either way than the East River (which has no locks and no
gates across) and about the current through the Verazano Narrows (which has no
locks and no gates across) and one hell of a lot less current than the Harlem
River (which has no locks and no gates across) and about the current of the
Cape Cod canal (which has no locks and no gates across) and just a bit more
current than Block Island Sound (which has no locks and no gates across).

Now, jeffies, just because some gate tender who may wish to argue for a pay
raise calls a lock a gate no more makes it a lock than some pretentious local
politician (looking for federal funds to maintain it?) calling a gate a lock.
The CG says it is not a lock and the C of Eng says it is not a lock. It is no
more a lock because it is shaped like a lock than a rubber doll is a woman
because it is shaped like a woman.

geesh, do you suppose that jeffies really does think an inflatable doll can
cook just because it is shaped like a woman? jeffies, how many orifaces does
an inflatable doll have? I have no experience with inflatable dolls and so
have to trust your experience on this.

From: Jeff Morris
Date: 11/26/2004 10:02 PM Eastern Standard Time
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