KD/A great day indeed with the intrepid members of SOGAGG and our guests.
I never tire of Steele Canyon - it hasn't yet grown fond of me (I can tell
by my scores) but I'm still a fan of this demanding 27 hole course where I
can scream "Manure!!!" (or equivalent - see below) more often than not.
We're off to planning our August outing. I'll take it if we don't already
have somebody in the breach. If no one has yet signed up or already planned
a date, I'll schedule one for some time in the last two weeks of the month.
Thanks OB and Shaft - a great day.
/Ace
From: sogagg-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sogagg-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Gar Wright
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 3:55 PM
To: SOGAGG <sogagg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [sogagg] Thank You!!
SOGAGGers,
Another great day on the links. Thank you Rico (aka "OB") for organizing
such a wonderful event. That was the first time that I've ever been to
Steele Canyon, and I hope it won't be the last.
On another subject, I stumbled across this interesting factoid and thought
it was important to share.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!!
KD
Manure... An interesting fact
Manure : In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything
had to be transported by ship and it was also before
the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large
shipments of manure were quite common.
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It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a
lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it,
not only did it become heavier, but the process of
fermentation began again, of which a by product is
methane gas of course.
As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can
see what could (and did) happen.
Methane began to build up below decks and the first
time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOM!
Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it
was determined just what was happening
After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped
with the instruction ' Stow high in transit ' on them, which
meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower
decks so that any water that came into the hold would
not touch this volatile cargo and start the production
of methane.
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Thus evolved the term ' S.H.I.T ', (Stow High In Transit)
which has come down through the centuries and is in
use to this very day.
You probably did not know the true history of this word.
Neither did I.
I had always thought it was a golf term
Gar Wright
(cell) 619-733-3309
(fax) 619-435-0747
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