[Rhodes22-list] How to reduce your apparent stupidity (macintoshonly)

[L. Sailor]

Leland,
 
You are right about the "N" & "D;" a quick Google
turned up 'the rest of the story ;   ^):
>The crow's-foot has an ancient history as a symbol of
death and >despair--it looks like somebody spreading
his hands in a gesture of >defeat. The symbol is shown
in a 1955 tome called The Book of Signs >by Rudolph
Koch, a German calligrapher, although it's unclear
>whether Holtom saw it there.

>The circle, finally, can mean "eternity," "the unborn
child," and so on. >From this you can no doubt cook up
a suitably apocalyptic >interpretation of the symbol
as a whole.

Very interesting...

I was not familiar with the GOLF 'meaning; Acronym
Finder ranks that meaning as lowest on its scale (more
of an urban legend)...there are five other 'meanings'
if golf is to be construed as an acronym. 

elle



--- "KUHN, LELAND" <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:

> Elle,
>  
> Speaking of semaphore flags, here's some trivia that
> may not be true.
>  
> Did you know that the peace symbol came from British
> Commie Hippie protestors against nuclear weapons? 
> It came from the semaphore signs for the letters "N"
> and "D" for nuclear disarmament.
>  
> I've been playing golf my entire life and just heard
> this one last week.  The word originated as an
> acronym for Gentleman Only Ladies Forbidden.  True?
>  
> Lee
> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
> Crab Alley (Kent Island, MD)
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: L. Sailor [mailto:watermusic38 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Fri 10/27/2006 8:46 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] How to reduce your
> apparent stupidity (macintoshonly)
> 
> 
> 
> No, we use Semaphore flags....altho' weather can
> make
> comm difficult..;^)
> 
> BTW...little to no cell phone service...though we
> are
> getting a tower w/a repeter so we can get  some
> radio
> stations other than the local ones...
> But...the view....
> ;^)
> 
> elle
> 
> --- "Arthur H. Czerwonky" <czerwonky at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > Elle,
> > Just to complete the picture, Rummy will next ask
> > you if you use pulse or tone dialing.  Morse code,
> > maybe?
> > Art
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > >From: "L. Sailor" <watermusic38 at yahoo.com>
> > >Sent: Oct 27, 2006 6:46 PM
> > >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] How to reduce your
> > apparent stupidity (macintosh only)
> > >
> > >Well, since out here in the Va boonies, cable is
> > >unheard of, Broadband is a PG gal with her
> > waistband
> > >hanging on for dear life...dial-up is the
> 'connect
> > du
> > >jour.' Of course, there's satellite, but I like
> to
> > >eat, too.
> > >
> > >The computer is only 2 yrs old.....G4 ain't
> shabby.
> > >
> > >elle
> > >
> > >--- R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > >> Elle,
> > >> You gotta be kidding me? 1.25 Ghz and 512 ram?
> > That
> > >> hunk of metal belongs  in
> > >> a museum. Next your going to tell me that you
> > still
> > >> use a phone modem and 
> > >> floppy discs.
> > >> 
> > >> Rummy
> > >>
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