Will Z. wrote:
> > so let me try again (who actually discoverd shipwright's disease?)
TeriAnn wrote:
> Shipwrights disease.... I first read about it in 1986, or '87. I was
>mentioning
> some work I was doing on the TR3 when someone on this list (yes there were
>some
> of us here back then)
> [...]
>
> I do not remember who told me that story. But over the years i seemed to
>have
> become known for having that disease. If that person is still on the list or
>if
> someone from that time even remembers the event, I would be curious also as
>to
> who it was that originally told the story to me.
The earliest reference to shipwright's/fitter's disease that I could
find in the archives is from SOL #315:
# Date: Mon, 6 Jan 92 09:18:47 -0700
# From: Wayne Angevine <angevine@badger.Colorado.EDU>
# Subject: Joke
#
# >From this month's Wooden Boat magazine:
#
# Q: How many shipwrights does it take to change a lightbulb?
#
# A: As long as you're changing the bulb, you really ought to
# replace that fixture, and the wire is chafing a bit there,
# and that junction box is pretty funky, and it's mounted on
# rotten post...
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