On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 02:30:22 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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There are no angels.

A - freakin' - men.... [1]

Take care.

Tom

"The beatings will stop when morale improves."
E. Teach, 1717

[1] Except for my two daughters and wife that is. :)

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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 02:30:22 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

There are no angels.

A - freakin' - men.... [1]

Take care.

Tom

How did you like that lobster book, by the way?

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:17:12 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 02:30:22 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

There are no angels.

A - freakin' - men.... [1]

Take care.

Tom

How did you like that lobster book, by the way?

It's on the top of my pile of winter books - I was afraid that if I
got into it, I'd waste a couple of summer days reading it.

There is such a dearth of good reading material out there today that I
ration my books. And I don't particularly care for action or
adventure novels, except for sci-fi and that genre has pretty much
gotten VERY boring and predictable. I've read every 19th century
sailing hero novel ever written, five times over I might add, so
that's out.

I'm even thinking of breaking down and buying a DVD player for my
office so I can catch up on movies this winter.

~~ sigh ~~ it's tough being old, 'ya know? :)

Take care.

Tom

"The beatings will stop when morale improves."
E. Teach, 1717

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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:17:12 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 02:30:22 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

There are no angels.

A - freakin' - men.... [1]

Take care.

Tom

How did you like that lobster book, by the way?

It's on the top of my pile of winter books - I was afraid that if I
got into it, I'd waste a couple of summer days reading it.

There is such a dearth of good reading material out there today that I
ration my books. And I don't particularly care for action or
adventure novels, except for sci-fi and that genre has pretty much
gotten VERY boring and predictable. I've read every 19th century
sailing hero novel ever written, five times over I might add, so
that's out.

I'm even thinking of breaking down and buying a DVD player for my
office so I can catch up on movies this winter.

~~ sigh ~~ it's tough being old, 'ya know? :)

Yeah...I know. Two weeks ago, I was out with Da Boyz - the same crew I've
known for almost 20 years. I'm 51, and a youngster who's 47 started whining
about his health, followed by how all supermarket cashiers are idiots. We
took his drink away and told him we'd pants him and toss him in the parking
lot if he kept it up. He was starting to sound like my 82 old mother in law.
:-)

Doug Kanter wrote:
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:17:12 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 02:30:22 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


There are no angels.

A - freakin' - men.... [1]

Take care.

Tom

How did you like that lobster book, by the way?

It's on the top of my pile of winter books - I was afraid that if I
got into it, I'd waste a couple of summer days reading it.

There is such a dearth of good reading material out there today that I
ration my books. And I don't particularly care for action or
adventure novels, except for sci-fi and that genre has pretty much
gotten VERY boring and predictable. I've read every 19th century
sailing hero novel ever written, five times over I might add, so
that's out.

I'm even thinking of breaking down and buying a DVD player for my
office so I can catch up on movies this winter.

~~ sigh ~~ it's tough being old, 'ya know? :)


Yeah...I know. Two weeks ago, I was out with Da Boyz - the same crew I've
known for almost 20 years. I'm 51, and a youngster who's 47 started whining
about his health, followed by how all supermarket cashiers are idiots. We
took his drink away and told him we'd pants him and toss him in the parking
lot if he kept it up. He was starting to sound like my 82 old mother in law.
:-)





Speaking of books, I recommend The Last Sail Down East, which discusses
the end of commercial sailing in the New England to Baltimore areas.
Lots of nice photos, too. Sail power was not uncommon as late as WW II.

Here's a page that references the book:

http://www.hazegray.org/features/schooners/

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:15:24 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

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Speaking of books, I recommend The Last Sail Down East, which discusses
the end of commercial sailing in the New England to Baltimore areas.
Lots of nice photos, too. Sail power was not uncommon as late as WW II.

Here's a page that references the book:

http://www.hazegray.org/features/schooners/

I'll check that out.

Thanks.

Take care.

Tom

"The beatings will stop when morale improves."
E. Teach, 1717

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:03:23 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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~~ sniggappe ~~

~~ sigh ~~ it's tough being old, 'ya know? :)

Yeah...I know. Two weeks ago, I was out with Da Boyz - the same crew I've
known for almost 20 years. I'm 51, and a youngster who's 47 started whining
about his health, followed by how all supermarket cashiers are idiots. We
took his drink away and told him we'd pants him and toss him in the parking
lot if he kept it up. He was starting to sound like my 82 old mother in law.
:-)

Heh - my Platoon has a reunion every year - kind of a last man alive
thing. We all put $100 into a kitty, placed under the control of a
lawyer (now a law firm) whose instructions were to make at least 10%
per annum reviewable every five years and the last man alive get's to
spend it with any charity he so desires. There's a French word for
it, but I can't remember what it is.

Anyway, last years annual event, one of the guys started with the same
crap only in this case he was complaining about the lack of roughage
in diets and it degraded from there with his complaints about his
health.

We threw a bucket of ice over his head. :)

All the best,

Tom
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is there a computer terminal in the day room of
some looney bin somewhere?"

Bilgeman - circa 2004

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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:03:23 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
message
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~~ sniggappe ~~

~~ sigh ~~ it's tough being old, 'ya know? :)

Yeah...I know. Two weeks ago, I was out with Da Boyz - the same crew I've
known for almost 20 years. I'm 51, and a youngster who's 47 started
whining
about his health, followed by how all supermarket cashiers are idiots. We
took his drink away and told him we'd pants him and toss him in the
parking
lot if he kept it up. He was starting to sound like my 82 old mother in
law.
:-)

Heh - my Platoon has a reunion every year - kind of a last man alive
thing. We all put $100 into a kitty, placed under the control of a
lawyer (now a law firm) whose instructions were to make at least 10%
per annum reviewable every five years and the last man alive get's to
spend it with any charity he so desires. There's a French word for
it, but I can't remember what it is.

It's a phrase, not a word: Une boîte du vin.

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:08:09 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:03:23 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
message
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~~ sniggappe ~~

~~ sigh ~~ it's tough being old, 'ya know? :)

Yeah...I know. Two weeks ago, I was out with Da Boyz - the same crew I've
known for almost 20 years. I'm 51, and a youngster who's 47 started
whining
about his health, followed by how all supermarket cashiers are idiots. We
took his drink away and told him we'd pants him and toss him in the
parking
lot if he kept it up. He was starting to sound like my 82 old mother in
law.
:-)

Heh - my Platoon has a reunion every year - kind of a last man alive
thing. We all put $100 into a kitty, placed under the control of a
lawyer (now a law firm) whose instructions were to make at least 10%
per annum reviewable every five years and the last man alive get's to
spend it with any charity he so desires. There's a French word for
it, but I can't remember what it is.

It's a phrase, not a word: Une boîte du vin.

A box of wine? Is this related to the WWI thing where everybody
passed along a bottle until the last man?

I thought it was one word and started with a T?

Then again, I don't speak French very well. Spanish and Vietnamese
with a touch of Laotian unfortunately.

All the best,

Tom
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"What the hell's the deal with this newsgroup...
is there a computer terminal in the day room of
some looney bin somewhere?"

Bilgeman - circa 2004