A Conversation for Wind force twelve abaft the Beam
Crows nest.
shagbark Posted Aug 8, 2002
Shagbark returns to crows nest. He notes the gathering gloom in the West and then turns to see the lighthouse on the horizon dead ahead.
Looks like we beat the storm. I'll notify the bridge.
~~ring,ring This is the crowsnest. Fort Spotted dead ahead.
Great job of navigation down there.
Crows nest.
shagbark Posted Aug 29, 2002
I wonder when Mari-Rae will return to crowsnest.
Shagbark having recently returned himself gets 
from dumbwaiter.
Crows nest.
Alec Trician. (is keeping perfectly still) Posted Aug 29, 2002
er...i believe the coffee machine makes a better cup of
the dumbwaiter just tends to go up, and down shagbark.
Crows nest.
shagbark Posted Aug 29, 2002
Is that the machine in the employee lounge or the one in the Lighthouse bar? I know we don't have one in the crow's nest.
Crows nest.
Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Aug 30, 2002
if the waiter is that dumb i'll just stick to my 
Crows nest.
mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...) Posted Aug 30, 2002
*Returns to the Crow's Nest. *
Hi Shagbark! Howzit goin'? Not much is happening onshore right now. There's a rumor that we are heading for Cuba next.
Crows nest.
shagbark Posted Aug 30, 2002
Yeah, since the autoppilot doesn't work Kes is using a Harrison4
Chronograph and he passed out watches. See Mine(shows watch)
You need acurate time to calculate position if you don't have GPS.
Crows nest.
mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...) Posted Aug 31, 2002
We just finished reading "Longitude", the story of the quest to accurately determine longitude while at sea. It took hundreds of years to develop an accurate method. Harrison's clocks did the trick.
Kewl watch! I will go get one too... thanks!
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shagbark Posted Sep 1, 2002
shagbark gets another cup of coffee from the dumbwaiter. . I don't care what they say. You still brew a good cup of coffee.
Crows nest.
mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...) Posted Sep 1, 2002
Everyone should have a chance to come up in the world.
Crows nest.
shagbark Posted Sep 2, 2002
Even anchors need a chance to come up and the bridge says we are not
going very far until someone raises the Anchor.
Crows nest.
shagbark Posted Sep 2, 2002
let's get alec to do it . He is big on things going up and down.
Crows nest.
shagbark Posted Sep 2, 2002
do you remember the time we had a whale serve coffee and the Captain
thought it strange that it didn't include cognac
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- 1082: shagbark (Aug 5, 2002)
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- 1085: Alec Trician. (is keeping perfectly still) (Aug 29, 2002)
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- 1088: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Aug 30, 2002)
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