@fastandcurious@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • edit-28 months agoWhat skill did you learn during lockdown that is still helpful to you now?message-square53fedilinkarrow-up161
arrow-up161message-squareWhat skill did you learn during lockdown that is still helpful to you now?@fastandcurious@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • edit-28 months agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-square@intensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilink11•8 months 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-square@boogetyboo@aussie.zonelinkfedilink7•8 months 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.