That could cause a collision!

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ER — 8/13/2012 6:23:17 PM (archived)

If you misread or misinterpret a navigation light display, or if a light bulb is burned out and you mistake another light for a navigation light, you can get disoriented and steer in front of a ship instead of behind it. Or a lookout can simply garble a message over a sound-powered telephone. Shit happens.

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"Collision at sea can ruin your whole day." - ER - 8/13/2012 1:54:44 PM
- Porter - Ainz - 8/14/2012 12:09:33 AM
  - The press don't know squat. - ER - 8/14/2012 12:57:53 AM
- Wait a minute... - TB - 8/13/2012 3:51:38 PM
  - Left W.R.T. the course of the tin can, not the oiler. - ER - 8/13/2012 4:19:11 PM
    - Ah. Somehow I was visualizing them both going the same way. - TB - 8/13/2012 5:04:26 PM
      - That could cause a collision! - ER - 8/13/2012 6:23:17 PM
    - PS - ER - 8/13/2012 4:28:07 PM

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