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This is the transcript of an ACTUAL radio conversation between a US naval ship and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995.

Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-95.

Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees South to avoid a collision.

Americans: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees North to avoid a collision.

Canadians: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.

Canadians: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.

Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN, THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES’ ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, I SAY AGAIN, THAT’S ONE FIVE DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

Canadians: This is a lighthouse…… Your call.

listening to the news, and the dishwasher. its doing all the hard work. i’m also waiting for the servers to come up

Another Tuesday, another day off. This time the WoW servers are down, unlike last week, when they just had rolling restarts. Shit. Now I gotta work around the house till they come up. Its cool here today. I like spring, I like it when its cool in the morning and warm in the afternoon. Summers in Whitehorse were like that. You could always tell how hot it was going to be, by how *cold* it was in the morning. The colder in the morning, the hotter in the afternoon/evening.

The cat is all curled up on Crystals chair. I really should go over there and annoy him, like he did to me at 5am this morning, but I’ll let him sleep. pickle is around here somewhere too, sleeping. Probably in a closet or something. They will both wake up and watch me as I load the dish washer or something. I had to leave early from work yesterday. So since I was rushed, I forgot to buy dinner for last night and quarters for laundry today. I guess it will have to wait till next week. It shouldn’t be too bad, not like a couple of weeks ago.

work is going good. Lawn and garden is all set up and is breaking its sales from last year. Saturday is their Grand Opening, so if you are in the Warwick area, be sure to go and visit, and buy some plants. If you do go, look up and see all the work I did with the help of my co-worker Bill.

Lemmie tell you, Chaucer is loving this weather, I open the window, and he sits in it watching people go by like an old man on his porch. A couple of nights ago, there was a bug on the other side of the screen, and he was pushing his face against the screen try to get at the bug. Course he’s still afraid of the garbage truck, and will run and hide if it drives through our parking lot.

One thing I hate about having Tuesday off (other than the fact Crystal has to go to work, and the WoW servers are down), is the fact that day time tv friggin sucks. Theres nothing on. I mean who cares about what Regis did the night before? I don’t. And is it just me or is Kelly Ripa’s voice like nails down a chalkboard? I think they should have a three way celebrity deathmatch with Rosie vs. Kelly vs. Regis. In round 3 they should introduce landmines and shotguns. Air it live on Pay-Per-View, make millions and 3 annoying people would be dead. I think I’d pay atleast $5 to watch it.

I have to pee…