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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 67939, member: 59"]I keep coming back to boating as the reason for this particular gathering. Searching the words "the Fleeing Squadron" gave me endless links to uses of the phrase in books and articles about naval battles in which the vessels of one side fled those of the opponents. But on several occasions the fleeing squadron was able to turn and fight after gaining a better position against the foe. I just can't find a situation in which all of these men together were involved in something like that - politically, financially or otherwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has to be some kind of "inside joke."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 67939, member: 59"]I keep coming back to boating as the reason for this particular gathering. Searching the words "the Fleeing Squadron" gave me endless links to uses of the phrase in books and articles about naval battles in which the vessels of one side fled those of the opponents. But on several occasions the fleeing squadron was able to turn and fight after gaining a better position against the foe. I just can't find a situation in which all of these men together were involved in something like that - politically, financially or otherwise. It has to be some kind of "inside joke."[/QUOTE]
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