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...They were the second group of civilians to take a one-day sub ride since the Greeneville collision. None were allowed to steer the 18,750-ton boat. That's been banned since the Greeneville incident, when a civilian had been sitting at the inboard helmsman's wheel. The prohibition is largely symbolic. The civilian steering the Greeneville had a sailor and diving officer behind him telling him every move to make on the wheel and had nothing to do with the accident; the mishap was already in the works by the time the civilian pulled the wheel back...
...crew gasses you up, changes your tires, wipes the windshield. You swig some water; you'll lose 3 lbs. to 11 lbs. during a race. Your belts get looser, so tighten them up. "You don't want to move in the seat, you only want to steer the race car. You're just along for the ride...
...learn the basics after a week. After three months, a sailor should be proficient enough so the diving officer doesn't constantly have to prompt. Dad's car, however, didn't weigh 17,000 tons. The sub responded sluggishly when I moved the wheel. I also had to steer three-dimensionally. The wheel not only turned left and right, but to point the boat down or up, I had to push the wheel in or pull it to my chest. What's more, the sub has two steering wheels. A sailor to my left moved horizontal planes at the back...
...learn the basics after a week. After three months, a sailor should be proficient enough so the diving officer doesn't constantly have to prompt. Dad's car, however, didn't weigh 18,750 tons. The sub responded sluggishly when I moved the wheel. I also had to steer three-dimensionally. The wheel not only turned left and right, but to point the boat down or up, I had to push the wheel in or pull it to my chest. What's more, the sub has two steering wheels. A sailor to my left moved horizontal planes at the back...
...what do you do when your kids find their way back to the very music you always hated as a kid? You try to steer them to the iconoclastic New York Dolls; they stumble into the cheesy pyrotechnics of Kiss. You send them off to discover early Chicago; they come back with Kansas. And what if, after all your careful guidance, they still love Limp Bizkit and Papa Roach? What if they still go out and buy that stuff by Eminem? At that point only the wisdom of age will do. Go back and take an unflinching look at your...