To: | <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>, <kmb2@humboldt.edu>, <land-speed@autox.team.net> |
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Subject: | Lore |
From: | "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com> |
Date: | Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:11:49 -0500 |
"Many terms came down to us from that era of Sail when Britannia Ruled The Waves ......." Also in an earlier era many people were named by the job they did. Carpenter being an obvious example. 'Beckett' is the term for a special knot tied on those old sailing ships. Guess what my ancestors used to do? John B |
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