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Re: Using "hack" as a verb
From: David Pike
Date: 2018 Nov 26, 12:57 -0800
From: David Pike
Date: 2018 Nov 26, 12:57 -0800
I was being facetious gven the possible unfortunate results if the navigator said "hack" in a loud voice at the wrong moment.
David C
Ah well, that explains things. I couldn’t quite see how your statement fitted the thread. I regret I completely missed the connection with the earlier lines. Bedford Incident was a great book and film. As far as I recall ‘fire one’ were the last spoken words of the film. DaveP