The shuttle capabilities are amazing, but the COST of those capabilities are a boat-anchor that has kept us in LEO for the last 30 years. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Forget yesterday's story of boat-anchor PCs, the worthless jumbles of miss-matched hardware dumped into developing countries to "help people." ❋ Unknown (2010)
Obama's verbal nad-kick crossed Bush's eyes something fierce, and then doubled over Dubya's reluctant pal McCain with the deft tying of ol 'McGollum ™ to his previous statement regarding diplomacy, and to the electoral boat-anchor that is Bush. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Getting an 8 hp version to replace the 5 hp boat-anchor, the better to chew up snowplow berms that have frozen into place. ❋ Jhetley (2009)
Hope Obama doesn't take on boat-anchor John Edwards as VP running mate. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)
Unfortunately, she is the boat-anchor, because she is mediocre in so many ways. ❋ Unknown (2008)
However, the Librie is essentially a boat-anchor because of the DRM in it that expires all your books after six months (of course, you can homebrew your way around this) ❋ Unknown (2005)
How to hack an old Atari 2600 controller: rehabilitate your old paddles without WD40, then splice them into a modern PC (also: how to download, play and write "homebrew" games for the 2600 and other boat-anchor platforms that are produced by console aficionados who enjoy the challenge of programming for 8-bit, minimal-RAM game environments) ❋ Unknown (2004)
We shall, as usual, celebrate by the chimes of Big Ben from the BBC on my boat-anchor Hallicrafters SX-28. ❋ Jhetley (2005)
"Enterprise Software" to non-technical decision makers, is more often than not, a boat-anchor that holds organizations back, adding negative value. ❋ Unknown (2010)
I bought (fairly cheap) an old non-functioning Hammarlund HQ-110 as my first attempt at a boat-anchor restoration project. ❋ Unknown (2009)
They were low-performance boat-anchor beasts of a transmission, but obviously fairly indestructible. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The video system is working well and can hit 1280×1024 on the included boat-anchor monitor. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Team McCain needs to boat-anchor the Dems with the downturn in the economy. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Bob backed the punt gently off until I had got hold of the painter of the anchored boat, which I easily raised, there being only a small boat-anchor attached to its end; this I carefully placed in the stern of the punt in such a position as to afford a secure hold, and then, taking an oar apiece, we pulled noiselessly and as quickly as we dared direct off shore, with the whole fleet of boats in tow astern of us. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)
There isn’t a gizmo or toy I gotta have yeah, I could trade in my boat-anchor GPS for one that talks, has color, and a micro-SD slot, but, well, meh. ❋ Unknown (2008)
