Overheard Onboard

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1 hour ago, MBP&O2/O said:

I once sprung a surprise exam on a couple of our Navigation Cadets ...

 

Question:  What is the correct name for the heavenly body commonly known as the Dog Star?

Answer: Pluto.

 

Question: Explain the reasons why there is continuous daylight in the summer months at the pole?

Answer: The earth is flatter at the pole so there is less horizon for the sun to set behind.

 

 

Were those meant as Sirius answers?😉

[Heidi13]

3 hours ago, MBP&O2/O said:

I once sprung a surprise exam on a couple of our Navigation Cadets ...

 

Question:  What is the correct name for the heavenly body commonly known as the Dog Star?

Answer: Pluto.

 

Question: Explain the reasons why there is continuous daylight in the summer months at the pole?

Answer: The earth is flatter at the pole so there is less horizon for the sun to set behind.

 

 

 

# 1 - Guess they weren't the "Brightest" cadets

 

# 2 - probably "Flat Earthers". Their explanation of the Sun's declination changes would be really interesting.

[ldubs]

4 hours ago, MBP&O2/O said:

I once sprung a surprise exam on a couple of our Navigation Cadets ...

 

Question:  What is the correct name for the heavenly body commonly known as the Dog Star?

Answer: Pluto.

 

 

 

 

Wow.  Everyone knows it is Goofy.  

[FredT]

About 20 years ago (And remember I'm talking about the year 2000)  We were flying to San Juan to pick up a cruise.   I kept hearing a very loud gentleman worrying about getting to the cruise dock... Because it was a foreign country and no one would speak english there.  

 

He was Soooo panicked over this I volunteered to escort he and his wife, (I was born in San Juan)

We had a couple dinners together, and it took a lot to make him understand the concept of a Commonwealth, and that blondes like me CAN be born and raised on the Island.   

 

Nice guy after all..... Just "insulated"