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It is said that sailing ship masters departed "toward" their destinations
rather than "to" their destinations. To have stated that they were going
"to" someplace would have been presumptuously tempting the fates.
(I believe I read this from Alan Villiers)
-- dwf
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Zilbert <eezilbert@ucdavis.edu>
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Friday, January 28, 2000 14:11
Subject: A note on sailing
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>Found this quote while going through some old stuff. It came our of a
>british paper from a notice from one of the sailing lines in the early part
>of the last century. I think it says alot about life in general.
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>"All vessels may call at any ports on or off the route, and the foute and
>all sailings are subject to change, deviation or cancellation with or
>without notice".
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>Hope everyone has a nece weekend. We will probably sail tomorrow and try to
>pay Dik Richardson a visit. - Eric
>Eric E. Zilbert
>Agricultural & Environmental Education Program
>Dept. of Agronomy and Range Science, UCD
>Davis, CA 95616 (530) 752-5943
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