Dividing the World

Neil Gordon · Post by **Neil Gordon** » Oct 25th, '08, 06:13

As mentioned in another thread:

"The only time I truly divided all humanity into two groups was ..."

How do you divide the world?

The Patriot · Post by **The Patriot** » Oct 25th, '08, 06:27

Neil Gordon wrote:As mentioned in another thread:

... How do you divide the world?

I have had reasonable success using the Equator, but don't for a moment think I'm anti-International Date Line..

Neil Gordon · Post by **Neil Gordon** » Oct 25th, '08, 06:45

kerrydeare wrote:I have had reasonable success using the Equator, but don't for a moment think I'm anti-International Date Line..

The Equator divides the world in to "top" and "bottom," while the Date Line divides the world into "today" and "tomorrow" (or "today" and "yesterday," depending on your point of view). Those are two totally different concepts, which I never really thought about (probably for good reason).

tartansailor · Post by **tartansailor** » Oct 25th, '08, 06:51

(Righteous Christians, Jews);; and (everyone else).

or

Sailors and wannabes'

or

Tillers

and wheels

or

Locked

and free wheelers

Bet this turns out to be a 3 page thread.

Neil Gordon · Post by **Neil Gordon** » Oct 25th, '08, 07:01

>>Bet this turns out to be a 3 page thread.<<

... who will wager on just about anything, and those who ...

Steve Kuhar · Post by **Steve Kuhar** » Oct 25th, '08, 07:56

In the fairly short time that I have been following this board I have noticed that every year, about the time that boats start coming out of the water, a thread will begin over nothing, and that apparently will go until the boats go back in the water in the spring.

That is why I would divide at least the Cape Dory world into two groups; a group from down south who keep their boats in the water all year, for whom November means the end of hurricane season and the best of sailing times, who have never heard of a garboard plug (sic?) and who can't imagine why anyone would drill a hole in the bilge to let water out, who can't do brightwork in the summer because the varnish will boil in the can; and the group from the frozen north who we envy when we hear about cruising the coast of Maine in the middle of summer, who don't have to add in a layer of barnacles and oysters when calculating draft, and who can find ginger beer in the local super market.

Divisions aside, we are looking forward to having both groups together in Texas next month. We will bring the rum and the limes (we grow our own down here) and you bring the ginger beer and we should have everything we need.

But then there are those who think that you need lime for a proper Dark & Stormy and those who don't....

Steve Kuhar,
Central Gulf Fleet

John Danicic · Post by **John Danicic** » Oct 25th, '08, 08:28

Divide the world...

<img width="540" src="http://johndanicic.com/1024.jpg">

Day and night. We always get our turn.

http://www.die.net/earth/

Sail on

John Danicic
CD 36 -Mariah- #124
Lake Superior

mgphl52 · Post by **mgphl52** » Oct 25th, '08, 10:07

And don't leave out "loose-foot" vs "attached-foot"...

Neil Gordon · Post by **Neil Gordon** » Oct 25th, '08, 10:26

Did I mention larks head vs. bowlines?

Charts vs. gizmos?

Bury the rail or reef early?

Hank vs. furl?

Drip vs. perk?

Alcohol vs. propane?

Pressurized vs. non-pressurized?

Oswego John · Post by **Oswego John** » Oct 25th, '08, 12:19

Mam and woman (including boys and girls)

Vive la difference.

O J

barfwinkle · Post by **barfwinkle** » Oct 25th, '08, 12:30

power v sail

As Steve said:

Dark N Stormy con lime v Darn N Stormy sans lime!

I definitely am a sans limer!

And Steve, I'll see you in a couple of weeks. I am bringing a truck load of Goslings for some of the yankees who dont want to carry it on the plane!

Yawl come on down!

CU There and fair winds

chase · Post by **chase** » Oct 25th, '08, 16:01

ouch, that's a new paradigm

Chase

Neil Gordon · Post by **Neil Gordon** » Oct 25th, '08, 17:01

Monohull vs. multi.

Neil Gordon · Post by **Neil Gordon** » Oct 25th, '08, 17:01

Slip vs. mooring.

Roy J. · Post by **Roy J.** » Oct 25th, '08, 17:22

For the world of brightwork:

Varnish v. cetol
teak oil v. hard finish
nothing v. anything else

For the mildly obscene (that is for those whose sensiblities trend in that direction, which is perhaps another expression of a dichotomous world):

hard dinghy v. inflatable
seacock v. ball valve

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Hammers and Nails, or

There are those...

3 Pages at least

more divisions...

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sans lime?

until spring, all we have is this for entertainment