that's awesome Edd.
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> wrote: > Richard, > > My wife is also a big fan of that line, especially now that she uses Siri > on her phone and voice recognition on our iMac. > > > > All the best, > > Edd > > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > > On Mar 6, 2014, at 12:21 PM, Richard N. Bush <bushma...@aol.com> wrote: > > Edd, my favorite line of all time* is from the Whale saving movie..."a > keyboard...how quaint"..., which my daughter converted to sailing; she > says, "hank on sails,...how quaint"; > (* not counting Captain Ron-isms, of course) > Richard > 1985 37 CB, slowly emerging from the ice... > > Richard N. Bush Law Offices > 2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite 9 > Louisville, Kentucky 40220 > 502-584-7255 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> > To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:28 am > Subject: Stus-List Now Boat Names > > As you may have guessed, my boat's name is based on a Lucille Ball / > Desi Arnez-produced 1960's failed train-wreck NBC television series . . . > > . . . which led to highly-rated syndication, five spin-off television > series and 12 feature films, not to mention decades and decades of > merchandising dollars for Paramount/Viacom. > > For me, though, the Starship Enterprise was an "escape vehicle" -- when I > got home from grade school in the 70s, I could leave all the pressures and > troubles behind, turn on WPIX channel 11, and I'll be exploring the final > frontier's strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations . > . . > > In 1980, I bought my first sailboat, an O'Day 7-11 sailing dinghy, > pretty much right after the release of The Motion Picture, a wholly lousy > film on may levels, except for the Enterprise itself. Once again, I felt my > imagination was able to escape the day-to-day life in suburbia. There could > be no other name. The sailboat had to be named Enterprise. > > When I turned 18, after I got the whole "you're a man now" speech from > my father, I aptly decided to cut school to see the third movie with some > friends for my birthday, and got the worst birthday present ever -- the > Enterprise exploded from self-destruct over Planet Genesis. My escape > vehicle was gone. Adulthood slapped me in the face - hard. > > Fortunately, a couple of years later, I went to see the fourth feature > film - a time-travel story to rescue humpback whales from 20th-Century > earth. At the very end, Kirk and crew were delivered to a brand new > Enterprise with a hull number of NCC-1701-A. The escape vehicle was back > and my imagination could, one again, boldly go. > > Since then, we have seen several future versions of the famed starship; > 1701-B, 1701-C, 1701-D, 1701-E and even a brief glimpse of the 1701-J. > > So, like the series, I decided that all of my future vessels will also > carry the name Enterprise, and I'll have my very own escape vehicle to get > away from the pressure of work and life while exploring LI Sound and the > surrounding areas. > > As I tell my crew, when sailing on the Enterprise, we have one Prime > Directive -- Wherever we go, we go boldly. > > All the best, > > Edd > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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