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To: TigerLikesRooster
He didn't crash into you, he didn't wreck you, he 'rubbed' you! And 'rubbin' is racin'.

Actually, this is called 'shouldering' and I think that many Navies abandoned the practice.

38 posted on 10/28/2006 7:02:24 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Tallguy; TigerLikesRooster
That Chinese skipper can start worrying if the Coast Guardsman breaks out the old IJN Rising Sun ensign -- the sunburst pattern. Then it's on. But in the photo, the cutter is flying the civilian meatball flag.
42 posted on 10/28/2006 7:34:20 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus ("Whatever." -- sinkspur)
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To: Tallguy

These guys were practicing shoulding:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1498970/posts


51 posted on 10/28/2006 11:26:59 AM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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