gah! I hate the new string syntax

[Thomas Wouters]

On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 06:13:20PM -0800, John W. Baxter wrote:

> And at least one of the US Clipper ships finished a New York to San 
> Fransicso voyage under the command of the Captain's widow.  The captain 
> died en route.  The wife was aboard as navigator (being better at the 
> task than the mate), and the crew made it clear that things would go 
> much better with her in command than with the mate in command.  Sorry, I 
> don't have a reference handy (and the right Google search for this one 
> could be a bit tricky to create).

Not at all:

http://www.propellerclubhq.com/wpc/marys.htm

Recipe: type in "clipper captain wife navigator" and click on "I'm Feeling
Lucky".

At least, the story is so similar that I assume it's the same one :)

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