On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:14:20 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:53:31 -0400, Lil' John
wrote:

At least the young lady was nice enough to call
a tow truck. So, after a $200 tow, I'm home.

Yes, it does.... You might remember my travails last year in dealing
with the NCHP and their idiotic enforcement of boat towing laws.
Boaters hopped on their elected representatives with both feet and got
the law overturned... only to be vetoed by Easley... then our idiotic
governor. Legislators returned en masse from the National Democratic
Convention to override the veto, but AAA sided with the governor and
tried to frighten motorists with scare stories about huge deadly boat
trailers flying up and down the roads.

At that point, I told AAA to stick it where the sun don't shine only
to realized] that the American Motorcyclist Association covered both
the motorcycle and my other vehicles. Try these folks:
http://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/roadride/motow.asp

Just so we'll stay on topic, I keep these folks around, too:
http://www.boatus.com/

Thanks for that link. I've been an AMA member for a long time, but
never realized they had insurance like that. I guess I never paid
attention because I had AAA.

AAA will soon be gone.
--

John H

"Lil' John" wrote in message
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On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:14:20 -0400, Gene
wrote:





*This is VERY INTERESTING, especially for those of us that have a
close relationship with manure. For the rest of you, I think you will
enjoy.***
* *
* **Manure...** An interesting fact***
*Manu In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be
transported by ship and it was also before commercial fertilizer's
invention, so large shipments of manure were common.***
*It was shipped dry, **because in dry form it weighed a lot less
than **when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became
heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a
by-product is methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in
bundles you can see what could (and did) happen. **Methane began to
build up below decks and the first **time someone came below at night
with a lantern, **BOOOOM!***
*Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined
just what was happening. **After that, the bundles of manure were
always stamped with the term 'Ship High In Transit' on them, which
meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so
that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile
cargo and start the***
*production of methane. **Thus evolved the term ' S.H.I.T ' ,***
*(Ship High In Transport) which has come down **through the centuries
and is in use to this very day.**You probably did not know the true
history of this **word.***
*Neither did I.


***
*I had always thought it was a golf term.***

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:29:41 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:20:30 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

*(Ship High In Transport) which has come down **through the centuries
and is in use to this very day.**You probably did not know .....

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/****.asp

Scheize! Another myth destroyed.
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John H

"Gene" wrote in message
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On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:20:30 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

*(Ship High In Transport) which has come down **through the centuries
and is in use to this very day.**You probably did not know .....

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/****.asp
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I know. But was appropriate and funny.