Armond Perretta wrote:
Well, I won't defend a statement I never made. Still, I wonder how much
difference it makes to the target whether he or she is killed by a "ferry"
or a "ship" (ignoring for the moment that many folks cannot accurately
define "ship.")

A ship has three square rigged masts. I thought everyone knew that!

--
Nikki Locke, Trumphurst Ltd. PC & Unix consultancy & programming
http://www.trumphurst.com/

Nikki Locke wrote:
Armond Perretta wrote:
... I wonder
how much difference it makes to the target whether he or she is
killed by a "ferry" or a "ship" (ignoring for the moment that many
folks cannot accurately define "ship.")

A ship has three square rigged masts. I thought everyone knew that!

I am afraid you are a bit overconfident about this.

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.home.comcast.net/

Nikki Locke wrote in
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A ship has three square rigged masts. I thought everyone knew that!


Hmm...that's odd. I was aboard SeaLand "Performance", about 950' long.
They kept calling it a "ship", but I didn't see any masts except the stick
on the bow holding up the flag....about half a mile from the master's
stateroom...(c;

She's an "inboard". 38,800 HP at 102 RPM. Great for trolling after
getting her up to speed for a few miles!

Don't ask what "mileage" she gets. They only laugh at you...(c;