BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoWhat other great opening lines do you know?.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square140linkfedilinkarrow-up1808
arrow-up1808imageWhat other great opening lines do you know?.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square140linkfedilink
minus-squareBonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·12 days 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-up3·12 days 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-squaresunbytes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days 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…
I guess I now know what my Dad is getting for his birthday…