Ray, Sounds like an example of the "irresistable force" meeting the "immovable object". :-) I love it. Avery >This is the transcript of an actual radio conversation between a US naval >ship and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland on Oct. 95. >Reprinted in the Memorial U. campus paper. > >Actual radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-95: > >US ship: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a >>collision. > >CDN reply: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the south to avoid >a collision. > >US ship: This is the captian of a US navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR >>course. > >CDN reply: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course. > >US ship: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS MISSOURI, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP >OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW! > >CDN reply: This is a lighthouse. Your call. > >Ray _____________________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4893 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu _____________________________________
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