Post by Woonsocket on Feb 21, 2011 19:15:58 GMT -5
1. I work in the field of industrial coloring. We have a language peculiar to our field, with words and acronyms like metamerism, CMC, D65, CWF and the like. Anyone working in the field needs to know this language so we can readily communicate with each other and share results. The same would be true of lighthouse keepers – they will communicate using their shared language, and to foster the best communication would take an understanding of that language.
2. Knowing the history of words, even words that label equipment not used so much anymore, makes for an understanding of what went on before. In certain situations requiring ingenuity, knowing what has gone on before might help solve a thorny problem. Not only is one not reinventing the wheel (so to speak), but from the knowledge of history one can draw on generations of lighthouse keepers knowledge and solutions to problems.
3. Knowledge of the language and history of a given field would help one bond with fellow lighthouse keepers, and become part of their fraternity (or sorority, as the case may be). Sometimes it’s really important to know who to talk to in case issues arise.
4. One never knows when an opportunity might present itself to take over one of the great historical lighthouses. If all one knows is modern lighthouse keeping, this opportunity will not be available. Knowing and being reasonably familiar with the terms and information below would open up many opportunities for the lighthouse keeper. This would particularly be true if the previous keeper was gruesomely murdered in one of the haunted lighthouses!
5. Some of this older technology might still be in use at an otherwise modern lighthouse, so understanding it would undoubtedly come in handy if the new lighthouse keeper was offered such an opportunity.
6. I don’t think there is GPS available on the map of 10000 Islands. Just surmising…but if true, older technology will come in very handy. I don’t want other ships crashing on the shoals of my island or my colony!
7. I will have to maintain my lighthouse on my island so knowing all the information below will help me do that.
8. Some of these terms are geographically relevant, so knowing them all will not only open up opportunities (if they hire 10KI lighthouse keepers in the Great Lakes area, for example) but also further communication with lighthouse keepers from those areas.
9. Knowing the terms will help the lighthouse keeper communicate better with ships that are in the area but unfamiliar with the specific area.
10. I will look cool when I visit the Dossin Great Lakes Museum (located at Belle Isle, in the Detroit River) and can talk knowledgably to the groups of school kids that are touring the museum. The bow anchor from the Edmund Fitzgerald can also be found in this museum. I can also visit Mariner’s Cathedral in Detroit, home church to all who sail the Great Lakes, and be welcomed as one of their own.
2. Knowing the history of words, even words that label equipment not used so much anymore, makes for an understanding of what went on before. In certain situations requiring ingenuity, knowing what has gone on before might help solve a thorny problem. Not only is one not reinventing the wheel (so to speak), but from the knowledge of history one can draw on generations of lighthouse keepers knowledge and solutions to problems.
3. Knowledge of the language and history of a given field would help one bond with fellow lighthouse keepers, and become part of their fraternity (or sorority, as the case may be). Sometimes it’s really important to know who to talk to in case issues arise.
4. One never knows when an opportunity might present itself to take over one of the great historical lighthouses. If all one knows is modern lighthouse keeping, this opportunity will not be available. Knowing and being reasonably familiar with the terms and information below would open up many opportunities for the lighthouse keeper. This would particularly be true if the previous keeper was gruesomely murdered in one of the haunted lighthouses!
5. Some of this older technology might still be in use at an otherwise modern lighthouse, so understanding it would undoubtedly come in handy if the new lighthouse keeper was offered such an opportunity.
6. I don’t think there is GPS available on the map of 10000 Islands. Just surmising…but if true, older technology will come in very handy. I don’t want other ships crashing on the shoals of my island or my colony!
7. I will have to maintain my lighthouse on my island so knowing all the information below will help me do that.
8. Some of these terms are geographically relevant, so knowing them all will not only open up opportunities (if they hire 10KI lighthouse keepers in the Great Lakes area, for example) but also further communication with lighthouse keepers from those areas.
9. Knowing the terms will help the lighthouse keeper communicate better with ships that are in the area but unfamiliar with the specific area.
10. I will look cool when I visit the Dossin Great Lakes Museum (located at Belle Isle, in the Detroit River) and can talk knowledgably to the groups of school kids that are touring the museum. The bow anchor from the Edmund Fitzgerald can also be found in this museum. I can also visit Mariner’s Cathedral in Detroit, home church to all who sail the Great Lakes, and be welcomed as one of their own.
