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To: david james who wrote (21618)12/12/2001 1:44:27 PM
From: Karen Lawrence  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 62549
 
Wouldn't their tongues have worked as well? That practice may have started simply as a practical joke on fenwick the unwashed. Nevertheless, sailors must have been relieved when compasses, binoculars and thermometers were invented. btw, wonderful site you included.



To: david james who wrote (21618)12/12/2001 10:59:32 PM
From: Doug Coughlan  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 62549
 
Which probably explains why there were no woman sailors until more modern navigational devices were invented.


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