[Rhodes22-list] Bill's Bahamas Adventure -- a tough act to follow

[elle]

--- Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:

 >Perhaps we can go from the well-finished truth 
 >to the unvarnished, but well-polished and time
 >honored tall tale?

Ah, an art form that sailors may be well-suited
for.....

(I knew there was a reason I didn't care for ole
e.e.....;^)


elle


> elle wrote:
> > Bill,
> >   As I watched the number of pages left decrease
> > as I read your last installment, I found myself
> > reading more & more slowly so the adventure would
> > never end. Thank you for taking the time to put
> > that all together for us.
> >   We still have too much winter left to spend w/o
> > a travelogue....what shall we do? What SHALL we
> do??
> >   elle
>
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> 
> Bill, thank you for a fine and evocative tale!  I
> doubt
> that we will see its equal for some time.
> 
> elle: (our own quondam e. e. cummings)
> 
> As I was advised in my college years, concerning 
> amatory adventures: "When it's getting late, 
> prevaricate," not that I ever followed that 
> pernicious suggestion, of course.
> 
> (Main Entry: pre·var·i·cate
> Pronunciation: pri-'var-&-"kAt
> Function: intransitive verb
> Inflected Form(s): -cat·ed; -cat·ing
> Etymology: Latin praevaricatus, past participle of 
> praevaricari to act in collusion, literally, to 
> straddle, from prae- + varicare to straddle, from 
> varus bowlegged
> : to deviate from the truth : EQUIVOCATE
> synonym see LIE)
> 
> Perhaps we can go from the well-finished truth 
> to the unvarnished, but well-polished and time
> honored tall tale?
> -- 
> Robert Skinner               "Squirrel Haven"
> 9 Gateway Commons, Gorham, Maine   04038-1331
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We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.


 
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