Jay Honeck wrote:

I don't think the terminology is worth obsessing over. But still less is
anyone's obsession over it worth obsessing over.

Sometimes it seems like we couldn't make this kind of stuff up if we
tried!

;-)


I paraphrase (heavily) from a patrick O'Brian Book:

They have a suffused constant indignance which, if there was nothing to
warrant it at present, they were sure something would come along.


--
Saville

Replicas of 15th-19th century nautical navigational instruments:

http://home.comcast.net/~saville/backstaffhome.html

Restoration of my 82 year old Herreshoff S-Boat sailboat:

http://home.comcast.net/~saville/SBOATrestore.htm

Steambending FAQ with photos:

http://home.comcast.net/~saville/Steambend.htm