BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat other great opening lines do you know?.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square237fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down19
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minus-squareBonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·17 hours agoLate to the party, but: A vessel may be defined as an object that keeps the water either in or out; it is the latter sort that concerns us. The Elements of Seamanship by Roger C Taylor
minus-squaresunbytes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agoI went looking for it and found only a book of the same name written by William Harwar Parker, in 1864. https://archive.org/details/elementsofseaman00park/mode/1up It’s less entertaining…
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agohttps://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-elements-of-seamanship-seamanship-series_roger-c-taylor/592502/#edition=701339&idiq=5483159
minus-squaresunbytes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoHaha thanks I found it eventually but it was some entertaining confusion in the meantime
minus-squaresunbytes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoI guess I now know what my Dad is getting for his birthday…
Late to the party, but:
The Elements of Seamanship by Roger C Taylor
I went looking for it and found only a book of the same name written by William Harwar Parker, in 1864.
https://archive.org/details/elementsofseaman00park/mode/1up
It’s less entertaining…
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-elements-of-seamanship-seamanship-series_roger-c-taylor/592502/#edition=701339&idiq=5483159
Haha thanks I found it eventually but it was some entertaining confusion in the meantime
I guess I now know what my Dad is getting for his birthday…