Just for the record: "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) Time Enough for Love, 1973 con or conn (kon) Nautical tr.v. conned, conning, cons or conns To direct the steering or course of (a vessel). n. The station or post of the person who steers a vessel. The act or process of steering a vessel. [From cond, from Middle English conduen, from Old French conduire, from Latin condcere, to lead together. See conduce.]