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Thought I'd try a variation on Cap K's recent post about Googling post numbers...
I typed in a number of your nicks (one at a time) and hit the google search button to see what'd happen.
I was surprised to get a response for all that I tried - so plugged "stales" in.....
9 out of 10 of the results were misspellings of words such as "stakes" and "states". What does this say? Broken hearted I am!
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It's all in the way you hold your tongue as you click on "Search", I've found. Between the front teeth works for me ...
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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Dear Stales: I tried your name in Yahoo! search box, and found several sites. The only one that might interest you was about clam digging in New Jersey. I think the clams in question are what Cape Codders call quahogs, which have a very thick shell. Anyway, the "stales" are long handled tools I would call tongs.
Clam tongs are used from a boat. One of the preferred boats of baymen is the garvey. The clam tong handles, called stales, work like scissors. A pin holds the stales together so it can open and close the basket. The stales can be different sizes depending on the tide. The tooth bar is metal to dig in the mud. The teeth are on an angle to dig.
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In the same vein as MaxQ's alarm at "finding himself" with google, I've got a charming story for you all...
Received an email recently from the UK asking did I attend the West Pennant Hills primary school in Sydney? I replied that this was indeed the case and was Luke Mullin (ie the sender) the guy I used to go to school with?
The next message started, "Sorry I haven't been in touch for 28 years....". Luke was my best friend, before leaving for the UK at the age of 12. He googled my name one day in a moment of boredom - which linked him to an old website of mine and my email address.
Ain't technology wonderful!
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THANK YOU!
How appropriate (and entirely coincidental!!) that there is a Cape Cod link - it's just down the road from where I was born!!
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Did my real name and found out I share it with the woman who unvented the "Snugli" - that back-pouch-like carrier for a baby ... and also a lacemaker! Hmmmm Dare I try "wow?"
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