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Microcap & Penny Stocks : ENVIRO-ENERGY (ENGY)
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To: BlueCheap who started this subject2/24/2003 11:59:59 AM
From: jmhollen  Read Replies (1) of 43
 
Emailed to me by a friend..........

A Little Known Bit of History

In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship. 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 byproduct
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, ........BOOOOOOOOOOM!

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
always thought it was a golf term.

Tee hee hee.........

John :-)

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