After two weeks of deliberations, Mrs. E. just came in the room and
announced her decision on the name of her Grand Banks.

"JSJ AMERIKA"

de-coded it is:

JSJ - first initial of our three kids, Janice, Steven, John.

AME - Mrs's E's initials, AnnaMarie Eriksson

ERIK - obvious reference to last name.

RI - Fleeting reference to me, Richard.

KA - first initial of each of our daughters-in-law, Kim and Alexis.


Only a woman could dream this one up.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message

"JSJ AMERIKA"

Only a woman could dream this one up.

Interesting [though somewhat complicated] mixture.

Downside: I'd virtually guarantee that the "Amerika" portion, with the 'K',
will occasion a steady stream of comment, mostly from those presuming a
virulent left-wing anti-government statement on her part.

John Gaquin wrote in message
...

"Eisboch" wrote in message

"JSJ AMERIKA"

Only a woman could dream this one up.

Interesting [though somewhat complicated] mixture.

Downside: I'd virtually guarantee that the "Amerika" portion, with the
'K',
will occasion a steady stream of comment, mostly from those presuming a
virulent left-wing anti-government statement on her part.



I thought about that. It would be an un-winnable debate. (much like what
goes on here)
She already checked to see if any other boats had a similar name.

http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/commercia...g_vessel2.html

It makes sense to her, therefore it is.

Eisboch

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:25:23 GMT, "Eisboch"
wrote:

After two weeks of deliberations, Mrs. E. just came in the room and
announced her decision on the name of her Grand Banks.

"JSJ AMERIKA"

de-coded it is:

JSJ - first initial of our three kids, Janice, Steven, John.

AME - Mrs's E's initials, AnnaMarie Eriksson

ERIK - obvious reference to last name.

RI - Fleeting reference to me, Richard.

KA - first initial of each of our daughters-in-law, Kim and Alexis.

Only a woman could dream this one up.

You may want to have her rethink the AMERIKA concept.

Later,

Tom

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:51:46 GMT, "Eisboch"
wrote:


John Gaquin wrote in message
...

"Eisboch" wrote in message

"JSJ AMERIKA"

Only a woman could dream this one up.

Interesting [though somewhat complicated] mixture.

Downside: I'd virtually guarantee that the "Amerika" portion, with the
'K',
will occasion a steady stream of comment, mostly from those presuming a
virulent left-wing anti-government statement on her part.

I thought about that. It would be an un-winnable debate. (much like what
goes on here)
She already checked to see if any other boats had a similar name.

http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/commercia...g_vessel2.html

It makes sense to her, therefore it is.

http://www.st.nmfs.gov/pls/webpls/cg...ssel_name_list

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

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote in message
...


I am surprised. I just talked to her and explained that in the eyes of some
"Amerika" would be taken as a derogatory statement of America. Obviously,
she was only trying to fit in a reference to everybody's name.

Anyway, she agrees and is back to her deliberations.

Eisboch

You may want to have her rethink the AMERIKA concept.

Later,

Tom

I agree.

You won't always have a chance to explain
the meaning before somebody makes a negative assumption.

On topic/off topic: She could always call the boat "Al-Merica". When we were
kids we were taught that the western continents were named for Amerigo
Vespucci, a map maker, (He would have named it Vespuccia.....but doesn't matter
because it isn't true). When the Templar Knights excavated under the old Jewish
Temple during the (forget the #) Crusade, they found Islamic documents that
referred to continents beyond the great western ocean and that called the land
masses "Al-Merica". This knowledge was retained by the Templar Knights until
the "official" western-Euro discovery of he continents by the Spanish in 1492.

Osama bin Ladin would like to see the original name reapplied. :-(

Using the name Amerika sounds very eastern-Euro, socialist, etc. Using the
original name, "Al-Merica" would be *extremely* ill advised at the moment.
Why not have somebody in the family simply change the spelling of their name
from a "k" to a "c", and go for a lot less controversy?

Back on topic:

As far as the JSJ goes, that could cause trouble as well. Some bunch of yahoo
kids will think that's an open invite: Jet Ski Jump

John,
Or they'll think it has an immigrant content, such as the song in West
Side Story. "I want to be in Amerika" :-)
Paul

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
...

"Eisboch" wrote in message

"JSJ AMERIKA"

Only a woman could dream this one up.

Interesting [though somewhat complicated] mixture.

Downside: I'd virtually guarantee that the "Amerika" portion, with the
'K',
will occasion a steady stream of comment, mostly from those presuming a
virulent left-wing anti-government statement on her part.

Gould 0738 wrote in message
...
You may want to have her rethink the AMERIKA concept.

Later,

Tom

I agree.


As far as the JSJ goes, that could cause trouble as well. Some bunch of
yahoo
kids will think that's an open invite: Jet Ski Jump

Yup. She is. It'll probably end up "JSJ AMERICA".

As for the JSJ - not to worry. The GB couldn't make a big enough wake to
excite a novice.


I learned my lesson on boat names. I named the Egg Harbor "Pangea" thinking
I was being very creative.
Instead, I spent hours and hours at the dock having to explain to everyone
that passed by what it meant.
I got a kick one day though. Some people came by with a bunch of kids -
probably 7th or 8th graders.
The parents had no clue, but the kids thought it was cool because they had
just studied the continents in school.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message

I learned my lesson on boat names. I named the Egg Harbor "Pangea"
thinking
I was being very creative.
Instead, I spent hours and hours at the dock having to explain to everyone
that passed by what it meant.

I sometimes have a similar problem with 'Brefnie Queen'.