Patrick: Time to switch to de-caf. I doubt any insult was intended.
Also means "hang loose" which has a lot of meanings. Your Hawaiian shirt and "casual, cool, ..." style probably elicited the gesture in respect. dougP On Sep 1, 2:52 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was cruising (casually, coolly, smoothly, urbanely) home in the hooks on > the gofast (elegant in khaki shorts and Hawaiian shirt) when I was passed > by a young 30- or 40-something in-and-on usual kit who, as he passed, gave > me a hand signal consisting of fist with thumb and little finger extended. > I know that in Hawaii this means something like, "go easy". Is that what it > means on the mainland, or did I fail to respond to an insult? (It was > insult enough that he passed me -- young whippersnapper -- *&$)!@)#*!! -- > identifying more and more with Abe Simpson -- and just as confused). > > Anyway, as nice as Hawaiian shirts are, they flap annoyingly against a > headwind. > > -- > "Believe nothing until it has been officially denied." > -- Claude Cockburn > > ------------------------- > Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA > For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, > ACRWhttp://resumespecialties.com/index.html > ------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
