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Originally Posted by frezer11
C'mon man. You and everyone else who reads this knows I meant a ball that is live but has traveled outside of the vertical boundary of the court. Don't be that guy, no one likes that guy.
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For the record, I was confused, too.
Words have meaning. Articulation matters, especially when you're painting a picture.
I'm in the Navy. Imagine me calling the Captain of my ship in the middle of the night when I'm on watch and saying one of the following two things:
1. "Captain, there's a ship over there, port side, I see a green light, he seems like he's moving pretty fast, but I'm going to hold my course and speed; we're going to come pretty close to each other."
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2. "Captain, I'm on course 020, speed 16. I have a contact at 320 relative, target angle 060. Contact's course and speed is 090, 18 knots. Closest point of approach will be 1000 yards on the bow. I hold this to be a crossing situation and we are the stand-on vessel. My intention is to hold my course and speed; I have contacted the master of the vessel on radio and he has agreed to come to starboard and pass astern of me. I'll continue to track and report."
Ignoring some of the maritime lingo you're probably not familiar with, which set of words do you think paints a better picture for the Captain, who would probably be pretty PO'd if he had to come up to the bridge in his pajamas at 3am because of uncertainty?
Did I mention that words and articulation matter? Don't be lackadaisical in your descriptions on this forum and then get indignant when you're challenged. That's JV.