Or "The Daddy Boat," as the last Friday ferry to arrive is affectionately--to some--known.
And for those who might not follow these things, the 7 pm traditional ferry (aka "the slow boat" vs. the hi-speed) from Pt. Judith arrives around 8 pm.
It is the time of departure and not the arrival time that determines how reference is made to a particular scheduled ferry.
Thus, the ferry that leaves the mainland at 7 pm is called the 7 pm ferry and not the 8 pm ferry, which is the time it approximately arrives at Block Island.
Much confusion reigns, however, the other way around, for the 5 pm ferry from the island, for instance, doesn't arrive at the mainland dock at Pt. Judith until around 6 pm, a detail that has had more that a few fuming at the dock waiting that extra hour for their friend, parent, child, to arrive when said friend, parent, child has said, "Please meet me, I'm on the 5 o'clock ferry."
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...homage to E.Hopper
I was thinking more George Ault.
nice composition..
Because the Light
because the light
belongs to others
we throttle in tight
as radar lovers
the east has the day
hers, by tradition
but the dark is good pay
learned from Prohibition
I was thinking of the title.
Or Van Gogh's The Night Cafe.
Or "The Daddy Boat," as the last Friday ferry to arrive is affectionately--to some--known.
And for those who might not follow these things, the 7 pm traditional ferry (aka "the slow boat" vs. the hi-speed) from Pt. Judith arrives around 8 pm.
It is the time of departure and not the arrival time that determines how reference is made to a particular scheduled ferry.
Thus, the ferry that leaves the mainland at 7 pm is called the 7 pm ferry and not the 8 pm ferry, which is the time it approximately arrives at Block Island.
Much confusion reigns, however, the other way around, for the 5 pm ferry from the island, for instance, doesn't arrive at the mainland dock at Pt. Judith until around 6 pm, a detail that has had more that a few fuming at the dock waiting that extra hour for their friend, parent, child, to arrive when said friend, parent, child has said, "Please meet me, I'm on the 5 o'clock ferry."
very glad to have the poetry...back
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