tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post4844069456320879899..comments2023-07-03T06:51:05.962-07:00Comments on O Dock: Mr. Neptune Visits O DockO Dockerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-83130879046363752932011-09-19T08:00:45.675-07:002011-09-19T08:00:45.675-07:00Good catch, Baydog.
I have long believed there ar...Good catch, Baydog.<br /><br />I have long believed there are not enough 'e's' in 'Wagnalls' and this was probably my tortured subconcious making a desperate plea to be heard.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-21650181562188979332011-09-19T07:25:28.842-07:002011-09-19T07:25:28.842-07:00O Docker, this coming September, a mere six posts ...O Docker, this coming September, a mere six posts from now (unimaginable that you will only post six times between now and September 19th) you will post about iconic Flemish coils.<br />In that post you will spell Funk correctly but Wagnall's incorrectly.<br />Three times. Will this be a test of our awareness?Baydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751866865203182109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-48591827022825562312011-05-12T06:18:07.168-07:002011-05-12T06:18:07.168-07:00Ancient mariner's song - "her lipstick on...Ancient mariner's song - "her lipstick on my diptych proved I'd been untrue to you".Pandaboniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352197350806179930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-35559974913713267162011-05-09T23:18:44.333-07:002011-05-09T23:18:44.333-07:00Mitch, If you had just thrown the dock line down ...Mitch, If you had just thrown the dock line down and walked away, life's pattern might have been different. <br /><br />Grasshopperslamonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06355936419209456569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-84714189736906135992011-05-09T16:01:30.928-07:002011-05-09T16:01:30.928-07:00I think it's more an 'aura' of a Flemi...I think it's more an 'aura' of a Flemish coil than an image.<br /><br />Glad you're enjoying our gentle breezes. Don't think I'll be getting down there Monday or Tuesday, but maybe Wednesday.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-60591813648489637592011-05-08T16:52:56.604-07:002011-05-08T16:52:56.604-07:00Is the image of the flemish coil still visible on ...Is the image of the flemish coil still visible on O Dock? It's certainly another breezy day on San Francisco Bay today! But the ale is chilling in our apartment fridge on Alameda Island.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417115374524861438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-31270192560184414842011-04-25T19:28:51.342-07:002011-04-25T19:28:51.342-07:00I expect it was just a lapsus calami.I expect it was just a lapsus calami.etaoin shrdluhttp://propercourse.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-34756058971014414622011-04-23T11:38:06.947-07:002011-04-23T11:38:06.947-07:00That is one fine coil, Mojo, but I don't think...That is one fine coil, Mojo, but I don't think it's Flemish.<br /><br /><br /><br />"...their breaths smelled of cheese..."<br /><br />Tillerman, whatever could you mean by that? <br /><br />It took me a while to google my way through this cryptic reply until I found the obscure 1933 poem about a cat by the even more obscure Irish poet, Geoffrey Taylor:<br /><br /><br /><i>Sally, having swallowed cheese<br />Directs down holes the scented breeze<br />Enticing thus with baited breath<br />Nice mice to an untimely death.</i><br /><br /><br />I think you may have invented a new blogging game here, which I will call Google Tag.<br /><br />Of course, this diversion means it will take me even longer to get to any post about marlinspikery.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-42001495373726385362011-04-22T14:30:26.735-07:002011-04-22T14:30:26.735-07:00naahh, it couldn't be... Neptune taunting you?...naahh, it couldn't be... <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.robertsmithson.com/earthworks/spiral_jetty_big.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.robertsmithson.com/earthworks/spiral_jetty.htm&usg=__8N_SwPmY2hq7hLjZCl13wVSl160=&h=201&w=300&sz=17&hl=en&start=0&sig2=RPcuQ4nojt57ZDNkAoHOFA&zoom=1&tbnid=tgt83Hp_72JeyM:&tbnh=132&tbnw=175&ei=aPGxTYnJBezYiALa6ISwBg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dspiral%2Bjetty%2Brobert%2Bsmithson%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1654%26bih%3D868%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=704&vpy=108&dur=6720&hovh=160&hovw=240&tx=114&ty=121&page=1&ndsp=40&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0" rel="nofollow">Neptune taunting you?</a>Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721376775731666766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-16320185981849794912011-04-21T11:16:09.896-07:002011-04-21T11:16:09.896-07:00We are all waiting with bated breath to read about...We are all waiting with bated breath to read about your serious marlinspikery. Please hurry up and tell the world. I am getting very tired of keeping my breath bated. Or should that be baited?<br /><br />In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Ms JK Rowling wrote, "The whole common room listened with baited breath."<br /><br />On the other hand, in The Merchant of Venice, Mr W Shakespeare wrote, <br />"What should I say to you? Should I not say<br />'Hath a dog money? is it possible<br />A cur can lend three thousand ducats?' Or<br />Shall I bend low and in a bondman's key,<br />With bated breath and whispering humbleness, Say this;<br />'Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last;<br />You spurn'd me such a day; another time<br />You call'd me dog; and for these courtesies<br />I'll lend you thus much moneys'?"<br /><br />Hmmm. You would think Ms Rowling could afford a proof reader with an education in the English classics wouldn't you? On the other hand perhaps she was telling a funny. Maybe she was saying their breaths smelled of cheese?<br /><br />Where was I? Where am I?<br /><br />Oh yes, marlinspikery. Bring it on.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-18904220368610738112011-04-20T11:26:00.659-07:002011-04-20T11:26:00.659-07:00Splicing is serious marlinspikery, particularly if...Splicing is serious marlinspikery, particularly if you're gonna bet your ass on the strength of the thing.PeconicPuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15727526949787504644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-53938718190022609242011-04-13T09:13:11.068-07:002011-04-13T09:13:11.068-07:00It's not the subject, it's how the subject...It's not the subject, it's how the subject is approached.<br /><br />Splicing could be very topical and edgy.<br /><br />Splicing is green.<br /><br />Splicing is about reusing resources.<br /><br />Every line spliced is one that doesn't end up in a landfill.<br /><br />Or in the ocean.<br /><br />It's one less dollar that doesn't go to Big Oil.<br /><br />Or to Big Marine.<br /><br />There should be more blogging about splicing.<br /><br />But it would probably be even more green if I didn't waste space by starting every sentence in a new paragraph like this.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-14304042750623449112011-04-13T05:47:11.477-07:002011-04-13T05:47:11.477-07:00And then you can write half a dozen blog posts abo...And then you can write half a dozen blog posts about splices.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-38266746158358380092011-04-13T02:18:54.617-07:002011-04-13T02:18:54.617-07:00There may be a dance in the old coil yet.
It'...There may be a dance in the old coil yet.<br /><br />It's three-strand line, which is pretty easy to splice. If I cut away the gnarly bits, I may lose only about two feet.<br /><br />And I need the splicing practice, anyway.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-58078080826651683432011-04-13T02:07:12.100-07:002011-04-13T02:07:12.100-07:00So Neptune has shuffled off this mortal coil? &qu...So Neptune has shuffled off this mortal coil? "Must give us pause".<br /><br />The San Andreas may yet return the favor.Pandaboniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352197350806179930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-89707847095587099172011-04-12T16:30:04.058-07:002011-04-12T16:30:04.058-07:00Author of Comment Deleted - Your alter (blog) ego?...Author of Comment Deleted - Your alter (blog) ego?<br /><br />Smashing photo!Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721376775731666766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-63012655690852772702011-04-12T09:01:18.009-07:002011-04-12T09:01:18.009-07:00I'm more of a Yukon Gold than a King Edward ma...I'm more of a Yukon Gold than a King Edward man myself.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-48410966226400436502011-04-12T08:32:12.883-07:002011-04-12T08:32:12.883-07:00We could wring three syllables out of Berkeley whe...We could wring three syllables out of <i>Berkeley</i> where you get only two.<br /><br />You need <i>Berke</i> where we could do with <i>Bark</i>.<br /><br />And if you do need to say <i>Berk</i>, you must resort to <i>Bourke</i>.<br /><br />How you managed to maintain an empire for so long with such inefficiency is beyond me.<br /><br />As for King Edward, thanks for explaining the connection between <i>poker</i> and the term <b>royal flush</b>.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-25587462505197578822011-04-12T07:50:35.397-07:002011-04-12T07:50:35.397-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611823779348704685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-19723912865495969542011-04-12T06:24:50.866-07:002011-04-12T06:24:50.866-07:00Yeah, and we English pronounce Berkeley the proper...Yeah, and we English pronounce Berkeley the proper way too.<br /><br />Poor King Edward. Although he fathered five children by at least two women, he was also somewhat fond of good-looking male courtiers too. His showering of favors on a couple of "very good friends" in particular was very unpopular and led to his deposition. Perhaps his murderers thought that the old red hot poker method was in some way appropriate for a man of these proclivities? It's hard from this distance to fully understand what passed for a sense of humor in the early 14th century.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-39490263886842635702011-04-12T00:15:40.185-07:002011-04-12T00:15:40.185-07:00I guess I should have suspected that a word with t...I guess I should have suspected that a word with too many vowels would be of English origin.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-2978686145050253962011-04-11T19:51:35.943-07:002011-04-11T19:51:35.943-07:00Yeah, poor King Ed.
I'll never complain again...Yeah, poor King Ed.<br /><br />I'll never complain again about sitting on the throne the morning after eating a bowl of jalapeno texas chili.<br /><br />WV: rimburnoFlumbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-26736943114276299072011-04-11T19:36:38.311-07:002011-04-11T19:36:38.311-07:00let me guess...
his nostril?
no, not big enough....let me guess...<br /><br />his nostril?<br /><br />no, not big enough.<br /><br />... his mouth?<br /><br />no, too obvious.<br /><br />...well, since he was male, I guess that leaves...<br /><br />oh... ouch!<br /><br />I am a stickler for Berkeley as well.<br /><br />The eponymous undergraduate residential college (dorm) that I lived in was named for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Berkeley" rel="nofollow">Bishop Berkeley</a>, as was the fair city that is O Docker's home port on the East Bay.Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721376775731666766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-69451233430133167492011-04-11T19:05:06.442-07:002011-04-11T19:05:06.442-07:00I am something of a stickler for the correct spell...I am something of a stickler for the correct spelling of Berkeley having spent about 6 months living and working in the real Berkeley in Gloucestershire, England before going to university.<br /><br />Berkeley is famous among other things for Berkeley Castle, where King Edward II was reputedly murdered by having a red hot poker thrust into one of his bodily orifices which I cannot name politely on a family-oriented blog.<br /><br />Not many people know that.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-29804971435563008112011-04-11T18:24:16.086-07:002011-04-11T18:24:16.086-07:00Good catch, Mojo.
I have long believed there are ...Good catch, Mojo.<br /><br />I have long believed there are way too many 'e's' in 'Berkeley' and this was probably my tortured subconcious making a desperate plea to be heard.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.com