Brer TOM WALKER wrote to Brer ROY WITT about Ham Gear:   
      
    RW>> Brer Ed Vance wrote to Brer All about Ham Gear:   
      
    RW> EV>> ... Why does CARgo go by Ship and SHIPments go by TRUCK?   
      
    RW>> Because ships don't have wheels and trucks don't float.   
      
    TW> Actually in the late 30's the Navy did put a set of wheels on a   
    TW> submarine for under the Ice exploration.   
      
    TW> Bhecause the bottom was rougher then anticipated is did not work very   
    TW> well and any real extended under Ice exploration had to wait until   
    TW> the Nuclear Submarine was developed   
      
   Yeah.   
      
    TW> And have you forgotten about the WWII Duck.   
      
   That's not the boat that I had in mind.   
      
    TW> Now days the military has some pretty large amphibious "trucks".   
    TW> I got to play with one of those when I was in Vietnam.   
      
   How many semi-trailer combos did the military put into service that were   
   amphibious?   
      
      
            R\%/itt - K5RXT   
      
   "It is the fault of our science that it wants to explain all, and   
    if it explain not, then it says there is nothing to explain."   
        Bram Stoker (1847-1912)   
      
    Thus, we have "Climate Change Science" - which isn't capable of   
    explaining anything.   
      
      
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   --- D'Bridge 3.98   
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