Re: Lore

[Want1937hd@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/16/01 4:13:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
landspeedracer@email.msn.com writes:

<< Also in an earlier era many people were named by the job they did. 
Carpenter
 being an obvious example. 'Beckett' is the term for a special knot tied on
 those old sailing ships. Guess what my ancestors used to do?
  >>
Is there a carpenter installing knotty pine joke in there somewhere?