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I continue to receive stray broadcasts. Edited version of this raw text is at
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The days go by, and I’m beginning to feel a little less worried. But in fact, only a few hours go by before the conversation returns to the subject of the Southern Ocean. However, this is mostly because people keep sneaking up behind me every couple of hours and saying “woooh Preecy, we’ll be in the Southern Ocean soon, woooh!”
Actually, I have overheard the crew discussing “A Perfect Storm” which was apparently filmed in the Southern Ocean on a fairly calm day. Also, the lack of gravity causes the sea to fall upwards more readily, and the waves are much larger because the fetch around and around the earth is essentially infinite. Gulp!
Neale is bamboozling us all with his conundrums. He asked me how much extra rope you would need if you took a rope wrapped around the earth on a diameter and moved it a metre away from the earth all the way around. He wouldn’t tell me the answer, but said that it’s something to do with two pie-meters. I explained that there's no such thing as a "pie meter", and he must mean two meat pies.
Another time Neale asked me to go and ask Ellen for a long stand. I waited all night in the galley, while she went to look in her cabin. She must have stayed awake all night looking for them. Eventually she came out and said that she couldn’t find a long stand, and would a couple of skyhooks do instead? Neale say no they won’t do at all, and perhaps Bibi can help. I must say it feels a little chaotic. But secretly, they seem to be more cheerful and pleased to have me locate the essential gear that we’ll need along the way to the Southern Ocean.
As you can see, it’s all coming into place. I’ve only mentioned the Southern Ocean four times, and food just the once. Alight, I’ve mentioned food twice then. Well, three times now. Oh heck.
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The days go by, and I’m beginning to feel a little less worried. But in fact, only a few hours go by before the conversation returns to the subject of the Southern Ocean. However, this is mostly because people keep sneaking up behind me every couple of hours and saying “woooh Preecy, we’ll be in the Southern Ocean soon, woooh!”
Actually, I have overheard the crew discussing “A Perfect Storm” which was apparently filmed in the Southern Ocean on a fairly calm day. Also, the lack of gravity causes the sea to fall upwards more readily, and the waves are much larger because the fetch around and around the earth is essentially infinite. Gulp!
Neale is bamboozling us all with his conundrums. He asked me how much extra rope you would need if you took a rope wrapped around the earth on a diameter and moved it a metre away from the earth all the way around. He wouldn’t tell me the answer, but said that it’s something to do with two pie-meters. I explained that there's no such thing as a "pie meter", and he must mean two meat pies.
Another time Neale asked me to go and ask Ellen for a long stand. I waited all night in the galley, while she went to look in her cabin. She must have stayed awake all night looking for them. Eventually she came out and said that she couldn’t find a long stand, and would a couple of skyhooks do instead? Neale say no they won’t do at all, and perhaps Bibi can help. I must say it feels a little chaotic. But secretly, they seem to be more cheerful and pleased to have me locate the essential gear that we’ll need along the way to the Southern Ocean.
As you can see, it’s all coming into place. I’ve only mentioned the Southern Ocean four times, and food just the once. Alight, I’ve mentioned food twice then. Well, three times now. Oh heck.
