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Eisboch October 13th 04 07:49 PM

Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:33:21 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:


6X9 in Base 13? (Let's see if anyone gets that reference).



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You've got me on that one.


69

Eisboch

Short Wave Sportfishing October 13th 04 10:08 PM

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:37:24 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:33:21 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

6X9 in Base 13? (Let's see if anyone gets that reference).


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You've got me on that one.


42.

The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything.

Take care.

Tom

"The beatings will stop when morale improves."
E. Teach, 1717


Short Wave Sportfishing October 13th 04 10:10 PM

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:04:46 -0400, JohnH
wrote:

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:33:21 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:06:02 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On 13 Oct 2004 11:05:13 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:

while I did not study journalism in school, I knew quite a number who did.
Years later I met a woman of very slippery ethics who the business because
**she** was appalled by what she saw in the world of journalism.

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That's shocking. I always assumed you were actually a stringer for the
Village Voice, and were just here to get the low down on the world of
boating.

Back to wave height estimation: If you had an offshore oil and gas
platform that was 40 feet off the water, and it sustained wave damage
50 feet in the air, how high was the wave?


6X9 in Base 13? (Let's see if anyone gets that reference).


Two? How does that answer the question?


Because it's THE Answer.

Later,

Tom

"Beware the one legged man in a butt
kicking contest - he is there for a
reason."

Wun Hung Lo - date unknown

Short Wave Sportfishing October 13th 04 10:11 PM

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:49:46 -0400, Eisboch
wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:33:21 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:


6X9 in Base 13? (Let's see if anyone gets that reference).


You've got me on that one.


69


42. Douglas Adams "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy".

It's the Answer.

Actually, I thought Doug might have got it.

Or Gene. :)

Later,

Tom
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"Angling may be said to be so
like the mathematics that it
can never be fully learnt..."

Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653



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