[stylist] Welcome back, Bill - RE: Some wave making!

Tue Jun 9 15:57:30 UTC 2015

Bill

It has been a long time! Good to see you are still with the living! And on
this list. Always enjoy your posts.

RLN 

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Michael,

I enjoyed your post.  thank you for explaining the nautical nomenclature.
It brought two things to mind; one derived from my hometown, the second,
not.  Neither are nautical.

During a recent convalescence a nurse told me that my body was bent to the
right.  I explained that it was my Detroit Lean.  Here is the definition
fromUrban Dictionary.com:
Top Definition. Detroit lean. Driving with     one hand on the wheel while
slouched over to the right. He's got the Detroit lean goin' on in the Deuce
and a Quarter.
True, Detroit Lean actually means leaning starboard.  Its practical
significance is that it affords the driver the ability to reach the glove
compartment for, say, a liquor bottle. 

"Listing to port" describes the effect of a sedentary afternoon spent in a
lounge chair with a table to one's left.  The port on its top may be
accompanied by a bottle of sherry.

Thanks for your post,

Bill Meeker

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Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 8:43 PM
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Subject: [stylist] Some wave making!

A little wave making or walking a slanted deck for the moment! 
For anyone who does not know what "listing to port" might mean. In general,
aboard a ship, yacht or sailing craft and even in an airplane, facing
forward, port pertains to the left. While starboard means to the right side
of ship facing forward or towards the bow. Now, "listing to port" could mean
several things.

If you did not know this marine phrase, leaning to the left.this could be
taken as a political statement, such as voting for an Obama or a Clinton.
This would really be a left side tilt! This tilt or lean could be measured
in any degree. It could be a drastic pitch and actually mean that the ship
is not just leaning to port or to the left but going down fast on the left
side-with little chance for survival!

Alternatively, listing to port is just that, the vessel is slanting to the
left and the deck is possibly unsafe to walk on at the time.

To remember these phrases and fit them to the correct side is easy. Port is
a four-letter word as is left. Starboard is the lengthier word which the
word right is in contrast to the left. Therefore, you are left for port and
right for starboard.

But if you choose to apply port or starboard in a political sense then you
do this at your own risk. 
When a ship is listing too far to port, it is often safer to be up on the
starboard side. You get a better perspective of things below and you can
help the ship from rolling over or breaching.

Hope that readers understand that this note is simply trying to set the
course dead ahead! Remember, one degree in the beginning can make all the
difference in the end. Have a nice journey and be careful walking those
decks in times of big seas. Maybe a little listing might bring everyone out
of his or her cabins.huh?

This note has not been edited as of yet!
 By Michael M. Michaelson (MMM)  

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