First Commuting Fall

[Tony Raven]

Michael MacClancy wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 14:17:48 +0000, Tony Raven wrote:
>
>
>
>>The Oxford Dictionary* concurs with Chambers that jetsam is washed up on
>>shore but in any case I am minded to prefer Chambers and the OED as
>>definitive over the unreferenced views of dkahn400 (sorry d, nothing
>>personal)
>>
>>Tony
>>
>>* Jetsam, n, Goods thrown overboard from a ship to lighten it & washed
>>ashore.
>
>
> ;-)
>
> Personally I'm minded to prefer the definition of the Maritime and
> Coastguard Agency:
>

Since we are talking about English usage here I think my OED trumps your
MCA. As we all know, definitions for official purposes can be somewhat
different to their usage in normal language. For example I doubt most
of us would accept the UCI definition as defining what a bicycle is or
is not in preference to the OED.

Tony

 

[dkahn400]

Tony Raven wrote:

> Flotsam: goods lost by shipwreck and found floating on the sea
> Jetsam: goods jettisoned from a ship and washed up on the shore

I believe that jettisoned goods that have sunk to the seabed are also
technically jetsam.

> Flotsam and Jetsam: unclaimed odds and ends

This is of course the usage that has passed into the common language.
--
Dave...

 

[dkahn400]

Tony Raven wrote:

> I am minded to prefer Chambers and the OED as definitive over the
> unreferenced views of dkahn400 (sorry d, nothing > personal)
No offence taken.

--
Dave...

 

[dkahn400]

Tony Raven wrote:

> Since we are talking about English usage here I think my OED
> trumps your MCA.
I bet Padders is sorry now that he fell off.

--
Dave...

 

[Paul - xxx]

Padders composed the following ...

> Oh, and no helmet. Although a knee guard of some sort might have been
> handy.

Heheheh, we often wear shin pads and knee guards (with a helmet) when
off-roading, and they _really do_ work.

Get well soon.

--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
(8(!) Homer Rules ...
"A ****** is a ******, no matter what mode of transport they're using."

 

[Paul - xxx]

dkahn400 composed the following ...
> Tony Raven wrote:
>
>> Since we are talking about English usage here I think my OED
>> trumps your MCA.
> I bet Padders is sorry now that he fell off.

Don't you just love thread drift (wood) ..

--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
(8(!) Homer Rules ...
"A ****** is a ******, no matter what mode of transport they're using."

 

[Padders]

Steve Peake <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> That would be the Thames footpath , only a few sections are actually
> cycle path. The real cycle path is teddington lock across the park,
> which is about 2 miles shorter than the river to where your going.
>
> Of course you could call it towpath.

Really? Oops

I know it's quicker through the park, but it isn't quite as much fun.
Although I must admit to liking the traffic free return journey after
work.

> I would be more worried by what Thames water puts in the river.

A good point, there's been a lot of nasty overflow in the not so distant
past.

--
Padders

 

[Padders]

"Paul - ***" <[email protected]> wrote in news:32tl10F3pihdiU1
@individual.net:

> dkahn400 composed the following ...
>> Tony Raven wrote:
>>
>>> Since we are talking about English usage here I think my OED
>>> trumps your MCA.
>> I bet Padders is sorry now that he fell off.
>
> Don't you just love thread drift (wood) ..

More painful than my knee ;O

--
Padders

 

[Dave Kahn]

Padders wrote:
> "Paul - ***" <[email protected]> wrote in news:32tl10F3pihdiU1
> @individual.net:
>
>>dkahn400 composed the following ...

>>>I bet Padders is sorry now that he fell off.
>>
>>Don't you just love thread drift (wood) ..
>
> More painful than my knee ;O
>

Does it still hurtsam?

--
Dave...

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the
future of the human race. - H. G. Wells

 

[Tony Raven]

Padders wrote:
> "Paul - ***" <[email protected]> wrote in news:32tl10F3pihdiU1
> @individual.net:
>
>
>>dkahn400 composed the following ...
>>
>>>Tony Raven wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Since we are talking about English usage here I think my OED
>>>>trumps your MCA.
>>>
>>>I bet Padders is sorry now that he fell off.
>>
>>Don't you just love thread drift (wood) ..
>
>
> More painful than my knee ;O
>

Should have used knee Padders ;-)

IGMC

Tony