From the Walt Disney corporation to Wall street............how Lo can a cracker go??????????? Follow one of them to the center of the Earth...........i can guarantee u it is farther than 12 feet............man oh man.........
two fathoms
Mark Twain at Large: The Mississippi River
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Depth sounding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thus when the depth was two fathoms, they would call "by the mark twain!". The American writer Mark Twain, a former river pilot, likely took his pen name from this cry. The term lives on in today's world in echo sounding, the technique of using sonar to measure depth.
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Twain loved the paddlewheel steamboat and he loved the river. As a matter of fact, it was during his years on the river that he chose his pen name. "Mark Twain" was a frequent call of the leadsman. It meant that the water was 2 fathoms (12 feet) deep and indicated safe water
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