More Leisure than Money: Tales of a Military Wife in Virginia
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More Leisure than Money shares secrets for creating roots wherever the global economy may take you at the same time that it evokes Virginia's colonial and civil war history.
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I woke up at 6 am and drove to the Amphibious Base where I took an amphibious craft out to the U.S.S. Austin along with the other dependents.The overcast sky made it cool and perfect for a picnic on the black top landing pad of the U.S.S.Austin. Laurent showed me around the ship. The first place we visited was the bridge where the captain holds forth. No joking goes on there - not when your are millions of dollars' worth of ship through a bay as we were doiong. Triangualation is the order of the day. Measurements are taken from both sides of the ship and the man with the "maps" says exactly where the ship is. Antoher person determines whether or not they need to move the ship....
I asked the man doing the triangulation if he had maps for every bay in the world. First he corrected me by saying, "Maps are for land. Charts are for water!"
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Original Publish Date:
May 1, 2005
Formats and associated ISBNs:
0-595-35943-4
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paperback, e-book
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