Dan, I'm curious to see a pic of the new Platypus - all of it this time. I'm always interested in how other riders are setting theirs up. Thanks, Steve
BTW, what the heck ARE the meanings of the quotes? On Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 10:10:03 PM UTC-4 Steve wrote: > "Steve: Will you please share the titles and perhaps the text of these > songs?" > > Patrick, I have no idea. I was just taking a guess - playing for Dan's > "no internet search" 10 pointers. > > Steve > > On Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 7:51:59 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Sorry, that doesn’t make sense; I typed that it then googled then typed >> the rest. >> >> On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Steve: Will you please share the titles and perhaps the text of these >>> songs? >>> >>> When I googled “Hurrah me boys! We’re homeward bound!” I got a reference >>> to an old sea chanty. >>> https://lyricstranslate.com/en/sea-shanties-homeward-bound-lyrics.html >>> >>> Patrick “afficionado of Patrick O’Brien’s Aubrey/Maturin series” Moore >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM Steve <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Dan. >>>> Okay, I'll take a more serious stab at it - on the internet honor >>>> system.. >>>> >>>> - The meaning of the phrase on the Homer is borrowed from a Civil war >>>> era song popularized in the North as the war drew to an end. >>>> >>>> - The Platypus phrase is a corruption of a British sailing chanty. >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing >> services >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* >> >> *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* >> >> *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/23ef40ea-4713-46d7-9074-cf70074049d2n%40googlegroups.com.
