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Re: Hercules



I am, indeed, familiar with Marinisms, Brian, but I draw a blank on TACAN.
And I am also familiar with sirens calling to mariners, having been one
(mariner, not siren) for 49 years. But of airborne ones I know not.

poj

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Whatcott" <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: Hercules


Ah excuse me: I was using a Marinism.
But surely, anyone who would begin with
"Pray tell..." would be familiar with that concept?

But to be more explicit,
Eureka is to 'was' as TACAN is to 'is'.

Brian W

:-)



At 10:55 AM 11/24/01, Paul O Johnson wrote:
Brian,

What, pray tell, is an "airborne mariner"?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Whatcott" <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: Hercules


At 04:08 AM 11/24/01, Larry Cartwright wrote:
...

The heavens were originally held up above the Earth by a pair of
great
pillars owned by the rich and powerful Atlas. As punishment, Zeus
took
away Atlas' treasured pillars and made Atlas take their place. Or
made
Atlas hold the pillars on his shoulders, depending on whose version
you
want to believe.

There is a mountain just south of Gibraltar which is what's left of
old
Atlas, turned to stone and still keeping the heavens in their
rightful
place. And just beyond the remains of Atlas is the great watery
expanse
at the edge of the earth, Okeanos, which now bears Atlas' name.
...
Larry Cartwright <exit60@cablespeed.com>


The ascent of the Rock was guarded by Barbary apes who delight in
stealing windshield wiper blades from the cars whose drivers stop
to admire them on the road uphill past the Governor's residence.

And at the pinnacle - there was a siren called "Eureka" calling to
airborne mariners, past the steep escarpments catching water,
under which, Spanish villagers in turn rode boats equipped with large
gas lights calling to the fruit of the deep at night, the swordfish
and the squid.


Brian Whatcott
Altus OK Eureka!

Brian Whatcott
Altus OK Eureka!