A poll you say? Road Dog as in a Pool Hersey,
a River Ripper, a Sea Stink Pickel, a Lake Relief
Log, or as you say "bobbing butt muffin"? Aw gee
whiz Bilgy... I'm struggling for credibility here
mate. If I go an poll members on that mess I'll
never live it down. Butt then again...
Amphipoda
'64 Turquoise
Sa Diego, CA
--- In amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Connelly"
<amphicar@...> wrote:
>
> The "Rodedawg"?....Well, I'm happy to see that Mr. Zhu and the
Baiyun amphibious vehicle folks in China (see:
http://www.boatcar.net/baiyune.htm ) have finally found an American
marketer. I know they've been looking for one for years and years.
But isn't that choice of "Rodedawg" as the marque name maybe just a
little bit of a handicap for any watering conveyance?
>
> When I worked on various antique vessels in San Francisco in the
late 70s, the term "road dog" referred to a chunk of floating
excrement, such as one will often spot happily bobbing along from
time to time anywhere where heads (i.e. toilets) make a straight shot
for the waves. Since the term "road dog" was used by all of the far-
crustier-than-I old salts I worked alongside to refer variously
either to "bobbing butt muffins" or, rather more derisively, to our
boss Jim, I have always assumed it was commonplace and well-
established seamans' jargon. Perhaps our fellow Amphi-owner Victor
N., who has a LOT more actual tall ship sailing time under his belt
than I (with really only lots of in-port rigging maintenance jobs to
speak of, making me so ultra-employable for the 1880s), can confirm
or disagree on this linguistic point. If it's so, then that's an
awfully brave moniker by which to christen any water vehicle you
might actually be wanting to sell, isn't it? Hmmm...Sounds like a
fine poll question. Amphipoda? You'll get right on that, yeah?
>
> ~Bilgey~
>
> P.S. Well, I've finally bitten the bullet and gotten broadband.
Hard to imagine I used to do the whole Club website, such as it was,
using pokey 28.8-if-I'm-lucky dialup access speeds. No way I could
have managed by dialup anything like those ultra-slick licks that
Cap'n John's been tricking the site out with lately (Well done,
Cap'n!)...That is, even if I had the faintest idea how to go about
it. So anyhow, there's no telling when my old "billiam-@t-erols-d0t-
com" email address might go dark, if ever, but those who may need to
contact me directly might want to note the change to my new "
amphicar-@t-cox-d0t-net " from the address line... I now return to my
regularly-scheduled mantra, "78 degrees outside...Must go Celina
soon...Must fix brakes...78 degrees outside...Must go Celina
soon...Must fix brakes...78 degrees outside...Must go Celina
soon...Must fix brakes...78 degrees outside...Must go Celina
soon...Must fix brakes..."
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ken Chambers
> To: amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com
> Cc: Ken Chambers
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 10:43 AM
> Subject: [amphicar-lovers] Rodedawg
>
>
> Newest Amphibian on the block but I think it may be a while
before we
> see competition at the boats ramps. Government safety
requirements
> like impact tests, air bags, ABS braking, strict emission
testing
> along with a dealer network and parts supplies might make their
lives
> difficult. Wonder what the price tag is?
>
>
http://www.rodedawg.com/
>
> Ken Chambers
> '64 Amphi (much cutter than a Rodedawg)
>
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