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Good MOOrnin' MOOvers..hope all have a GREEN day!

Had 3 trades against me so couldn't trade yesterday..
so mowed my Heinz 57 variety yard, aka as 'lawn'..

1977 Snapper mower deck developed severe shaking..
found some a bunch of mounting bolts missing..

so I push-mowered entire acre...figured I could use a
little exercise anyways....gotta get back to doing elipitical
machine one of these days..at one point I had some strange
moisture on my forehead..i think it was 'sweat'..LOL..

oh, got interesting fact in morning e-mail...
learn something new everyday..lol..

Manure... An interesting fact


In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be
transported by
ship and it was also before commercial fertilizer's
invention, so large
shipments of manure were common.

It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot
less than when wet,
but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier,
but the process
of fermentation began again, of which a by product is
methane gas. 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, BOOOOM!

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 term 'Ship
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.


Thus evolved the term ' S.H.I.T ' , (Ship 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 day-trading term.

:)