Gate:

6. A device for controlling the passage of water or gas through a dam or
conduit.

Lock:

2. A section of a waterway, such as a canal, closed off with gates, in which
vessels in transit are raised or lowered by raising or lowering the water level
of that section.

So now we know the book that you read to get your information.

Was it the "idiots and amateurs" part or the "nautical" part that attracted
your attention?


"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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Gate:

6. A device for controlling the passage of water or gas through a dam or
conduit.

Lock:

2. A section of a waterway, such as a canal, closed off with gates, in
which
vessels in transit are raised or lowered by raising or lowering the water
level
of that section.

Subject: Nautical terms for idiots and amateurs
From: (JAXAshby)
Date: 11/25/2004 5:02 AM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

Eric, certainly you are not an amateur or professional in any sense.
Therefore, you are by definition and idiot.

The definitions are straight from the dictionary. you know, that thing you
were taught how to use in junior high school.

eric, you are a danger to the world should you ever get on the water, even if
you don't have a clew why. the best the world can hope for is that you get
what idiots deserve, i.e. the Darwin Award.


ROFL If there was ever a candidate for the "Darwin Award", you'd most
definitely qualify, Doodles.
I've never seen anyone so persistently try to keep a subject going to prove his
"correctness" while being shown/proved wrong at every turn.
At any rate, Happy Thanksgiving to ya at the "home", and might I suggest that
while you're there you try to get them to adjust your meds so that more than
just your minimum brain cell activity comes into play when faced with a new
subject you typically know little or nothing about.

Shen