The belief that the progression of naval engineering will, over time, degrade the aesthetic appeal and qualities of the design of a ship.
The term references the Surveyor of the Royal Navy, Robert Seppings, who put forward radical changes in sailing ship design across the fleet improving their seaworthiness and general durability. His changes were notoriously unpopular among naval authorities of the period as they strayed away from traditional naval architecture. His philosophies were continued, eventually leading to the development of iron-hulled ships.
The term references the Surveyor of the Royal Navy, Robert Seppings, who put forward radical changes in sailing ship design across the fleet improving their seaworthiness and general durability. His changes were notoriously unpopular among naval authorities of the period as they strayed away from traditional naval architecture. His philosophies were continued, eventually leading to the development of iron-hulled ships.
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Get the The Curse of Dazai mug.When you see someone you think is bad and go up to them tryna hook up, but it turns out they are trans so their dih curses you
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Get the the curse of sophia's dih mug.Something that can only be done by true love, love that is pure, innocent, limitless and eternal. What you read about in many fairy tales but occurs in real life also. A curse/spell occurs when others who are very selfish, discontent, and disturbed are driven by jealousy and envy of someone they wish to be like or with performs cast a spell or through evil thoughts/wishes emit negative energy aimed at destroying the victim and their happiness, usually accompanied by wicked/malicious actions toward the victim. Victims usually radiate beauty, love, joy, peace, cheerfulness, magic, light, all that is good and pure. Victims are usually very kind, caring, helpful, gentle, merciful, compassionate, understanding, patient, tolerant, considerate, forgiving, indiscriminate, friendly, affectionate, humble, pure and innocent but often naive. They know themselves, what they want, how to be happy and love deeply. They are often very gifted, intelligent, beautiful, talented and romantic with a connection to the Divine/Universe. A victim under a curse/spell will come across as being flawed in some way. When the victim's true love appears in their life they will see them for who they really are and recognize that they are under a curse/spell and being just like them will never give up but will fight to overcome all evil and all obstacles loving the victim without condition, overlooking their flaws, forgiving their mistakes, thereby setting them free and breaking the curse/spell.
Sadeaky: You should stay away from him, he is an unlucky guy with nothing to his name.
Ana: No he is under a curse/spell from those who are jealous and envious of him and do not wish to see him happy, I too have been cursed for the same reason. I do not care about the past or the mistakes we've made, I do not care if he has nothing, I care only for him. I love him with a love that is true, pure, innocent and eternal. *Magical noise/music...curse/spell is broken.* Ana's King appears and she falls to his feet.
Sadeaky: I was really wrong, he is a very lucky guy and the man with everything.
The King is no longer scared, grabs Ana by the shoulder and raises her to him. Looking into her eyes he opens himself up to loving Ana with a love that is true, pure, innocent and eternal and having decided he is ready to fight all evil and obstacles to be with her, he kisses her breaking the curse/spell . *Magical noise/music...curse/spell is broken.* She becomes his Queen.
The King, Ana the Queen and their children, extended family and friends live happily ever after teaching others what true love means. THE END.
Ana: No he is under a curse/spell from those who are jealous and envious of him and do not wish to see him happy, I too have been cursed for the same reason. I do not care about the past or the mistakes we've made, I do not care if he has nothing, I care only for him. I love him with a love that is true, pure, innocent and eternal. *Magical noise/music...curse/spell is broken.* Ana's King appears and she falls to his feet.
Sadeaky: I was really wrong, he is a very lucky guy and the man with everything.
The King is no longer scared, grabs Ana by the shoulder and raises her to him. Looking into her eyes he opens himself up to loving Ana with a love that is true, pure, innocent and eternal and having decided he is ready to fight all evil and obstacles to be with her, he kisses her breaking the curse/spell . *Magical noise/music...curse/spell is broken.* She becomes his Queen.
The King, Ana the Queen and their children, extended family and friends live happily ever after teaching others what true love means. THE END.
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Swearing is strictly and expressly forbidden on a miniature-golf attraction where children may be present, but on an unsupervised golfing-fairway, foul language is just par for the curse.
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Get the just par for the curse mug.The (superstitious) curse put on the cast and crew of Seinfeld, that disabled them from being able to start new shows.
Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander and Micheal Richards have each attempted to launch new sitcoms as title-role characters. Despite decent acclaim and even some respectable ratings, almost every show was canceled quickly, usually within the first season. This gave rise to the term Seinfeld curse: the failure of a sitcom starring one of the three, despite the conventional wisdom that each person's Seinfeld popularity should almost guarantee a strong, built-in audience for the actor's new show. Shows specifically cited regarding the Seinfeld curse are Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Watching Ellie, Jason Alexander's Bob Patterson and Listen Up!, and Michael Richards' The Michael Richards Show. Larry David once said of the curse, "It's so completely idiotic... It's very hard to have a successful sitcom."
However, the Emmy award-winning success of Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine has led many to believe that she has broken the 'curse'. In her acceptance speech, Louis-Dreyfus held up her award and exclaimed, "I'm not somebody who really believes in curses, but curse this, baby!" With Louis-Dreyfus playing Christine, the show has been on the air for four seasons with above-average ratings as of 2008.
Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander and Micheal Richards have each attempted to launch new sitcoms as title-role characters. Despite decent acclaim and even some respectable ratings, almost every show was canceled quickly, usually within the first season. This gave rise to the term Seinfeld curse: the failure of a sitcom starring one of the three, despite the conventional wisdom that each person's Seinfeld popularity should almost guarantee a strong, built-in audience for the actor's new show. Shows specifically cited regarding the Seinfeld curse are Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Watching Ellie, Jason Alexander's Bob Patterson and Listen Up!, and Michael Richards' The Michael Richards Show. Larry David once said of the curse, "It's so completely idiotic... It's very hard to have a successful sitcom."
However, the Emmy award-winning success of Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine has led many to believe that she has broken the 'curse'. In her acceptance speech, Louis-Dreyfus held up her award and exclaimed, "I'm not somebody who really believes in curses, but curse this, baby!" With Louis-Dreyfus playing Christine, the show has been on the air for four seasons with above-average ratings as of 2008.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus broke the Seinfeld curse when she starred in CBS's "The New Adventures of Old Christine."
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