A few years ago. I was watching the TV series Hornblower. At one point our eponymous hero, Hornblower was up for promotion. He found himself up for the board of the admiralty hoping for promotion to Lieutenant. Remember this was set at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
I laughed and turned to my girlfriend of the time and said. I'll bet they'll ask similar questions they ask us pilots. The first question: 'What's a Rhumb line?'
I nearly fell off the the couch laughing.
Some things never change.
Last edited by bluecode; 31st July 2012 at 01:03.