On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:04:45 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Peter W. Meek" wrote in message
.. .

I offer you this -- a quote from one of Patrick O'Brian's
Aubrey/Maturin novels (The Thirteen Gun Salute p27 of the pb):

[T]he land's main function [is] to provide marine stores --
it [is] not a place for real existence. [Patrick O'Brian]

Thus, a simple "Marine Store", while not particularly funny,
might be just what you are looking for.

BTW, welcome back.

--Pete


Good Grief!

It's a reunion week!

Hiya Pete ... long time no see.

Eisboch (still has his official "rec.boats" ball cap)

Heh, I've been lurking all this time. I read all posts in
rec.boats.xxx by the half dozen or so regular posters that
I have in my watch list. I find that one or another of
these few will eventually post to any interesting thread
and I can then decide whether to read the entire thread.
I can keep track of quite a number of 100/day or even 1000/day
newsgroups this way with a reasonable outlay of time.

BTW, I still have r.b caps and burgees, although I've only
been averaging about one request per year for quite a
while. I did just update the inventory page (and unfortunately,
the costs -- now $15), so feel free to get a replacement if
yours is showing the ravages of time.
--Pete
Peter W. Meek
rec.boats caps and burgees
http://www.msen.com/~pwmeek/cap-main.html