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Less	27-01-2006 04:35

Hang 'em from the 0.9144 metres arm

'Mutiny' cruise to dock in Brazil

So, according to the BBC the passengers on board the Queen Mary II
threatened to mutiny, they need to be careful the rules of the sea
can be very severe under such circumstances.

Mind you, along with everything else the merchant navy has been
metricated, so people are no longer hung from the yard
arm, they are hung from the 0.9144 metres arm! Doesn't
have the same sinister ring does it?

Ber999T

27-01-2006 04:43

Re: Hang 'em from the 0.9144 metres arm

:engsmil: I wonder how they mesure the speed as I'm sure that they have not (yet) been able to convert the KNOT into metric (but will stand corrected if that is the case)

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