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To: jpmac who wrote (33819)	8/1/1999 1:32:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Yes on the salt discussion, because I just then remembered LRR, when I was talking about getting a pickup load of salt to bring home, he said to bring it to Oregon, I better cover the load, or the rain would leak it out. (Always thinkun, he is.) Like Mosquito Coast. Or raccoons and sugar cubes. Or dry ice. I knew where tar comes from, because of living on the Calif coast and by the LaBrea tar pits. Did NOT know about the tarpaulin/sailor thing. (Tar Paul in what?) But I admit I don't know where babies come from.

To: jpmac who wrote (33819)	8/1/1999 2:40:00 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

<<Have you thought about where tar comes from? I never had, but I looked up tar, wondering why they call sailors that. It's short for tarpaulin. Which makes no sense to me.>> Tar was used to waterproof the old sailing ships. Also the term to batten the hatches was when they would tar a heavy piece of rope called batten to seal the hatches. You can buy batten in a hardware store.