And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, April 7, 2025
Half-way up the mast of the Swedish east indianman Götheborg , by Richard Sibley
Math problem! If the 20’ wide deck of the ship rocks 2’ to port and then 2’ to starboard in one minute, and your perch on the mast is 100’ up, how fast are you moving (on average)?
Snark answer: after I blow lunch up there, I’m moving down the mast as fast as I can!
To escape the oompa loompas on deck, probably.
ReplyDeleteWHOA..halfway? Stop right there!
ReplyDeletei'll swab the decks, thank you.
ReplyDeleteMath problem! If the 20’ wide deck of the ship rocks 2’ to port and then 2’ to starboard in one minute, and your perch on the mast is 100’ up, how fast are you moving (on average)?
ReplyDeleteSnark answer: after I blow lunch up there, I’m moving down the mast as fast as I can!