what is a 'plimsoll' line?
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The Plimsoll line is the mark on the hull of a ship that shows where the waterline is when the ship is loaded to full capacity according to the condition of the water at the point of loading.\n\nThe official name is the International Load Line, since the Plimsoll line is an international load limit standard. It was named after Samuel Plimsoll, who instigated the passage of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1875, which established the marking of a load line on every cargo ship. This was to prevent the practice of launching deliberately overloaded "coffin ships", which were intended to sink so that the owner could collect the insurance money.\n\nThe letters on the load line have the following meanings:\n\nTF - Tropical Fresh Water \nF - Fresh Water \nT - Tropical Sea Water \nS - Summer Sea Water \nW - Winter Sea Water \nWNA - Winter North Atlantic \nThe Plimsoll shoe is named for the shoe's horizontal lines, which resemble the Plimsoll line.
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Linea nigra - brown line\nLinea alba   - white line
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When shipping anything metal that has the potential to experience a salt water environment, coat the object in a substance called Cosmoline, which is a waxlike substance that prevents oxidation and corrosion.  It can be found at any Hardware store or Gun shop.
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Check out this web site. It has the steps shown on a pic.\n\nhttp://www.paperhall.org/exhibits/pmp/paperline.jpg
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A clothesline.  Any time you have a rope, a string etc. hanging with both ends at the same height you have part of a hyperbola.
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PeRODUA cunchill, or ploton ion
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isnt that like a line to a song or something?
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The answer is placate.
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MMCC\n\nput a line over the MMC
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a capital M with a line over it. The line on top meant to multiply by one thousand. So, a thousand thousand is a million.
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Not sure I understand the question. Do you mean the international date line?
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Either involved in a fight...\n\nor more commonly, to be in a line (or queue, I guess if you're from England).
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Since no one can understand this jumbed question I wil just answer another one:\n\nQ: "What is the international date line and why is it where it is?"\n\nA: "Learn how to type you jack@ss."
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ppl stands for people.\n\nYou see, the phrase is meant to tell people not to lie.  It started off with a story of Pinocchio, a wooden puppet who wanted to be a real boy.  A fairy came along and cast a spell on him; if he wanted to be a real boy, he would have to do something courageous, however, if he lied, his nose would grow longer and it would be very obvious that he lied.\n\nTherefore, in the same way, the phrase is to tell people that if they lie, it would soon be exposed and there's no good in lying, because it would only make yourself look stupid and embarrassed(imagine yourself with a long nose) in front of other people.  \n\n\nBesides, you can't take back your words.
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This is called "title line" (or sometimes "titular line").
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A line that runs parallel to the Y axis.
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It was an imaginary line that seperated the North from the South. Do a google search on the information you're lokking for.