On Feb 16, 5:55�am, "JimH" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in news.com...





A boating resource of daily words with historical interest as they relate
to boating. *A daily series.

Ahoy!! (nautical salutation)

Normally thought to be the proper nautical salutation when greeting
another ship or nautical colleagues, it may have been derived from an
ancient Viking Battle Cry.

Alexander Graham Bell once believed that Ahoy would be the appropriate
salutation for answering the telephone.

Adjacent to Ahoy is the term Yo-Ho! a slight twist on Ahoy.

Victorian writers used Yo-Ho's to add spice to their characters and songs.
Operattas by Gilbert and Sullivan such as "The Mikado" - "The happiest
hour a sailor sees - Is when he down - At an inland town - With his Nancy
on his knees - YO HO!!

Another intersting use of Ahoy is Ahoy-Hoy - an affectation used by the
social hoity-toity. *Ahoy-hoy is also a running joke on the cartoon show
"The Simpsons" as a greeting by the ancient and ever so miserly Mr. Burns.

After full review your boating related post has been fully approved by the
Gould NG Review Team granting you 2 OT posts today without fear of reprisal
or reprimand from the Gould NG Sheriff Department.

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Thank you very, very, much JimH. And I mean that sincerely. Nobody
could have illustrated my opinion any more clearly or accurately. You
have helped me build my case very nicely.

Stating once again: The problem with all of the off-topic crap (even
though you don't "have" to read it) is that it attracts an element to
the NG who care little or nothing about boating and are only here to
ooh-and-ahh at the fireworks and attempt to start trouble. These,
ahem, "individuals" (I'm a master of restraint this morning) then take
their obsessions with various imagined personalities to a level where
they believe it's a good idea to wade into the on-topic threads
and steer the discussion toward their personal animus against
individual X or Y.

Nice job of screwing up Tom's boating related post, JimH. And I see
your two-man fan club is already giving you their high fives for your
efforts. From my perspective you have merely proven once again why the
OT threads damage the group, so thanks for that.