Hi & welcome, Herman!  Awhile ago you quoted in a message to Roy Witt:   
      
   RW>   Russian cosmonaunt: They're just looking for the last   
   RW>   drop in their Vodka bottle.   
      
   ak>>  What a love for astronomy!" Russian cosmonaunt: "They   
   ak>>  just drink straight from the bottles."   
      
      
              Hmm.  I wonder who else can find the spelling error which Roy   
   copied from Alexander's joke... probably without retyping... and which I   
   didn't notice until just now?  Your juxtaposition of these quotes was what   
   brought the matter to my attention, shortly after my discussion with Dallas re   
   various terminology used by sailors.  Another way of saying the last five   
   words in my last sentence might be [xxx].  If you don't get the drift, do you   
   know of Jason and the [yyy] in Greek mythology?  IMHO English is less   
   complicated when one understands what we've borrowed from whom, and this word   
   is (bad pun) a classic example....  ;-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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