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Oscar
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Initially Posted - 06/19/2004 :  14:51:55  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to the sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship.


- H. Melville (Moby Dick, 1851)

(Don't know where they got it, but I borrowed it from www.latitude38.com )
Lady Kay IV, Dragonfly 25 # 54 Former C30#618-C250WB#618-C42#76
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 06/19/2004 :  16:14:04  Show Profile
I can relate.
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Chip Hunt
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Response Posted - 06/20/2004 :  11:50:59  Show Profile
As I read that, I was thinking "Wow, Oscar has a very interesting style of writing." Turns out that it was Melville! I do like it, regardless of who wrote it.
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Response Posted - 06/20/2004 :  21:28:40  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Chip Hunt</i>
<br />As I read that, I was thinking "Wow, Oscar has a very interesting style of writing." Turns out that it was Melville! I do like it, regardless of who wrote it.
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Funny, I was thinking the same thing, It appeared to me that Oscar was in fact, the "greatest American author".
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 06/20/2004 :  23:01:51  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
I will take that as a compliment.....

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bren737
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Response Posted - 06/20/2004 :  23:14:39  Show Profile
Oscar,

Actually, my first thought was. . . "Man, I hope for Oscar's sake there aren't any FAA medical examiners monitoring this forum!"

It is a great bit of prose. Certainly one I think all sailors can relate to (to an extent). I'll neither confirm nor deny that I too have had some of those same 'loomings.' (Never know who's watching these posts! )
Edited by - bren737 on 06/21/2004 00:00:52
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 06/21/2004 :  10:23:19  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
Who, what, me?

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