fastandcurious@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoWhat skill did you learn during lockdown that is still helpful to you now?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down11
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareWhat skill did you learn during lockdown that is still helpful to you now?fastandcurious@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoI learned how to move the ship backwards by alternating harpoon pulls. This was before I realized that you could turn the ship using only the wheel even when you had no forward momentum. But still, I felt like a genius the first time I backed the brigantine out of a dead end.
minus-squareboogetyboo@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoYou sound like an old timey whaler and it’s very pleasing. Not the implications for the whales. Just the old timey sea-ness.
I learned how to move the ship backwards by alternating harpoon pulls.
This was before I realized that you could turn the ship using only the wheel even when you had no forward momentum.
But still, I felt like a genius the first time I backed the brigantine out of a dead end.
You sound like an old timey whaler and it’s very pleasing. Not the implications for the whales. Just the old timey sea-ness.