Seconded. Inquiring minds want to know.

@dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world knows some shit yo

High quality post 👍

I too have a chicken-kicking story. Posting now so’s I’ll remember to write it out later.

It was precisely like a bad, dirty paper cut that stank of fish munge.

Haven’t seen it mentioned here, so a word to the wise: their beaks are somewhere sharp-edged, and if you were to grasp the beak and your hand were to slide lengthwise (towards or away from the tip), you could sustain a nasty cut.

Source: adolescent me harassing pelicans that were a lil too inquisitive about my days’ fishing catch on a dock somewhere near Cedar Key, FL.

Lol, in that case, I regret for once not divulging the unsolicited full info dump for fear of growing preachy/pedantic. We might’ve achieved full arousal!

The first entry “full or long fin keel” is technically a modified full keel with a cutaway forefoot. A true full keel would have the keel extending almost in a straight vertical line from the stem to intersect the horizontal line of the bottom of the keel.

The modified full keel is a nice compromise between the comfort and stability of a full keel and the maneuverability of a fin keel.

Both types of full keel benefit from having a fully protected propeller in an aperture and the additional safety and security of a fully hung rudder. Additionally, nothing beats a full keel for rock solid dependability as the keel is molded into the hull, whereas a fin keel is generally attached by bolts, a far less structurally reliable method.

Neither can compete for speed or maneuverability with a fin or bulb keel for several reasons, not the least of which is far more additional wetted hull area and the water friction inherent therein.

I could be mistaken, but I believe this is the first time I’ve ever seen “full” and “fin” used to describe the same item. I believe those are mutually exclusive terms.

The outside chance that one dachshund sired all five dorgi’s would bring a new dimension to the term “wiener dog”.

Thank you.

Also colloquially known as “ass radar”

Indeed! Bestof’d.

https://lemmy.world/post/18066949

Agreed. Bestof’d.

https://lemmy.world/post/18066949

although it could have been better with a less two-dimensional Maturin.

FTFY

You must admit that in the books Maturin is the most compelling and well-explored personality, and the character POB most closely identifies with (finding based solely on personal assumption, mea culpa).

I would assert that the film, as good as it is, reinforces my thesis that the golden age of sail is the least adaptable to film of any literary genre. The movie is to the books as a description of the Grand Canyon is to the actual experience.

Also they are “studding sails” and referred to colloquially as “stun’sl’s” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studding_sail

So there.

Yup. Kudos.