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Well, my goodness, Francis. I always thought that chaps were worn to protect the range riders from the horse's hide. They might end up with raw hide, so to speak. <smile>

Speaking of etats. Check this out:

Most Livable States in Descending Order
1 New Hampshire 26 Hawaii
2 Minnesota 27 Alaska
3 Vermont 28 Michigan
4 Wyoming 29 Nevada
5 Virginia 30 New York
6 Iowa 31 Illinois
7 Massachusetts 32 Ohio (tie)
8 New Jersey 32 Pennsylvania (tie)
9 South Dakota 34 Oregon
10 Nebraska 35 California
11 North Dakota 36 Arizona
12 Maryland 37 Florida
13 Wisconsin 38 Georgia
14 Connecticut 39 Alabama
15 Maine 40 North Carolina
16 Colorado 41 Kentucky
17 Delaware 42 New Mexico
18 Idaho 43 Oklahoma
19 Utah 44 South Carolina
20 Kansas 45 Texas
21 Indiana 46 West Virginia
22 Missouri 47 Tennessee
23 Rhode Island 48 Arkansas
24 Montana 49 Louisiana
25 Washington 50 Mississippi
Source: Morgan Quitno Press

Florida didn't even get an honorable mention.











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Oops. I take it back. Florida is 37th out of 50.

Another retraction, listeners. Francis was correct:

chaps
1844, Amer.Eng., short for chaparejos, from Mexican Sp. chaparreras, worn to protect from chaparro (see chaparral).
chops
"jaws, sides of the face," 1505, variant of chaps, of unknown origin.

We should have known. Francis speaks all of them romance languages.

They are called "basanes" in France and "pierneras" in Spain.

i'm most curious about what criteria were used to determine that Indiana is more "livable" than Hawaii. (no offense to Hoosiers intended)

Well, thank you for that bit of information, Mr. Francis. I had always thought that "chaps" was related in some way to chapped lips.

Now here's a silly song for our listeners:

Out on a wind swept desert,
Where nature favors no man.
A buffalo and his brother,
Were lying on the sand.

Said the buffalo to his brother,
What makes you lie that way.
The buffalo never said,
The buffalo had been dead,
Since way last May.

reasonably accurate but other protection as well particularly during branding/castrating season. Alos old time cowboys did not wear jeans, jeans were invented/devolped in San Francisco for miners to wear.

Yit, I have no idea what criteria was used to determine the descending order of those states, and I also saw where Camden, New Jersey was the place highest in murder and mayhem.

Well, dys. I do know about levis and Strauss. At least that's what my history book said.

Another thing. Some of the old cowboys referred to the "other man" as a chappy, and of course, the Brits refer to another man as a chap, I guess.

Yes, dys, cowboys wear jeans for some decades.

You surely allow me to know the jeans where invented in America, but with a fabric from Genes (jeans) brought to America by boats coming from France's port of Nimes (Denim)

Francis you mean sailcloth? cowboys in the 1800's wore usually a pants material usually of cotton/wool blend not at all similar to denim.

Well, folks. We do learn a lot here on WA2K radio, no?

Song for denim:



[Words and Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]

He wore black denim trousers and motorcycle boots
And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
He had a hopped-up 'cycle that took off like a gun
That fool was the terror of Highway 101

Well, he never washed his face and he never combed his hair
He had axle grease embedded underneath his fingernails
On the muscle of his arm was a red tattoo
A picture of a heart saying "Mother, I love you"

He had a pretty girlfriend by the name of Mary Lou
But he treated her just like he treated all the rest
And everybody pitied her 'cause everybody knew
He loved that doggone motorcycle best

He wore black denim trousers and motorcycle boots
And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
He had a hopped-up 'cycle that took off like a gun
That fool was the terror of Highway 101

---- Instrumental Interlude ----

Mary Lou, poor girl, she pleaded and she begged him not to leave
She said, I've got a feeling if you ride tonight I'll grieve
But her tears were shed in vain and her every word was lost
In the rumble of his engine and the smoke from his exhaust

Then he took off like the Devil and there was fire in his eyes
He said, I'll go a thousand miles before the sun can rise
But he hit a screamin' diesel that was California-bound
And when they cleared the wreckage, all they found

Was his black denim trousers and motorcycle boots
And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
But they couldn't find the 'cycle that took off like a gun
And they never found the terror of Highway 101

and a little update for dys and Francis:


denim
1695, from Fr. serge de Nîmes "serge from Nîmes," town in southern France. Application to "coarse cotton cloth" is first recorded 1850 in Amer.Eng.

sailcloth

http://nautical-boutique.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/sailcloth_clothing.html

Dys - these were two different kinds of fabric but I'm no expert. I just happen to know the origin of words.

No contesting that, Francis. Wouldn't you like to dedicate a song to some French doxie(never knew what that meant)?

No, Miss Letty, I never knew that.

Isn't a doxie more German than French connected?

it's taken long enough, but i've finally realized why New Jersey is considered so livable--it's the Garden State. ;-)

Well then, let's just dedicate a song to dys:




Things have come to a pretty pass
Our romance is growing flat,
For you like dys and the other
While I go for dys and dat,
Goodness knows what the end will be
Oh I don't know where I'm at
It looks as if we two will never be one
Something must be done:

Chorus - 1
You say either and I say either, You say neither and I say neither
Either, either Neither, neither, Let's call the whole thing off.

You like potato and I like potahto, You like tomato and I like tomahto
Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto, Let's call the whole thing off

But oh, if we call the whole thing off Then we must part
And oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart

So if you like pyjamas and I like pyjahmas, I'll wear pyjamas and give up
pyajahmas
For we know we need each other so we , Better call the whole off off
Let's call the whole thing off.


Chorus - 2
You say laughter and I say larfter, You say after and I say arfter
Laughter, larfter after arfter, Let's call the whole thing off,

You like vanilla and I like vanella, You saspiralla, and I saspirella
Vanilla vanella chocolate strawberry, Let's call the whole thing off

But oh if we call the whole thing of then we must part
And oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart

So if you go for oysters and I go for ersters, I'll order oysters and cancel
the ersters
For we know we need each other so we, Better call the calling off off,
Let's call the whole thing off.


Chorus - 3
I say father, and you say pater, I say mother and you say mater
Pater, mater Uncle, auntie, let's call the whole thing off.

I like bananas and you like banahnahs, I say Havana and I get Havahnah
Bananas, banahnahs Havana, Havahnah, Go your way, I'll go mine

So if I go for scallops and you go for lobsters, So all right no contest we'll
order lobseter
For we know we need each other so we, Better call the calling off off,
Let's call the whole thing off.

Incidentally, listeners. My Mom said "to-MA-toes.

Hey Walt, old pal.
Long time no speak. That's a great grin you have on your picture. Hope it's indicitive of how life is treating you.

I Letty, and all....I'm at the library. My home computor and Ihaven't resolved our dispute. I've stop trying for reconciliation (read:spending money), and am considering replacement..Later gang!

Well, Yit. My brother-in-law was from Trenton and went to school in Alabama. He didn't say much about gardens, but he did drive a John Deere tractor.

Walter, I have no idea about doxie, but I did learn that "smooch" was of German origin.