Bad undersea volcano eruption in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga. The
West Coast including Baja is under a tsunami warning. First time in
San Diego's history. Warning is for high waves, strong currents;
surfers will love it, although they are telling people to stay out of
the water including boaters.

Nothing to worry abo <gurgle><gurgle><glub>

Mack A. Damia <drsteerforth@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Bad undersea volcano eruption in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga. The
> West Coast including Baja is under a tsunami warning. First time in
> San Diego's history. Warning is for high waves, strong currents;
> surfers will love it, although they are telling people to stay out of
> the water including boaters.
>
> Nothing to worry abo <gurgle><gurgle><glub>

The pressure wave was seen all around the globe,
even on crude things such as watches with a barometer function.

Nothing new of course: the pressure wave from Krakatoa is known
to have gone round the world several times,

Jan

On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:13:50 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
Lodder) wrote:

>Mack A. Damia <drsteerforth@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Bad undersea volcano eruption in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga. The
>> West Coast including Baja is under a tsunami warning. First time in
>> San Diego's history. Warning is for high waves, strong currents;
>> surfers will love it, although they are telling people to stay out of
>> the water including boaters.
>>
>> Nothing to worry abo <gurgle><gurgle><glub>
>
>The pressure wave was seen all around the globe,
>even on crude things such as watches with a barometer function.
>
>Nothing new of course: the pressure wave from Krakatoa is known
>to have gone round the world several times,

At high tide last evening, the sea was rough and choppy, but I didn't
see or hear about any huge waves.

Mack A. Damia <drsteerforth@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:13:50 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
> Lodder) wrote:
>
> >Mack A. Damia <drsteerforth@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Bad undersea volcano eruption in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga. The
> >> West Coast including Baja is under a tsunami warning. First time in
> >> San Diego's history. Warning is for high waves, strong currents;
> >> surfers will love it, although they are telling people to stay out of
> >> the water including boaters.
> >>
> >> Nothing to worry abo <gurgle><gurgle><glub>
> >
> >The pressure wave was seen all around the globe,
> >even on crude things such as watches with a barometer function.
> >
> >Nothing new of course: the pressure wave from Krakatoa is known
> >to have gone round the world several times,
>
> At high tide last evening, the sea was rough and choppy, but I didn't
> see or hear about any huge waves.

This was about -air- pressure waves, nothing to do with water,

Jan

On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 18:23:38 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
Lodder) wrote:

>Mack A. Damia <drsteerforth@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:13:50 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
>> Lodder) wrote:
>>
>> >Mack A. Damia <drsteerforth@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Bad undersea volcano eruption in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga. The
>> >> West Coast including Baja is under a tsunami warning. First time in
>> >> San Diego's history. Warning is for high waves, strong currents;
>> >> surfers will love it, although they are telling people to stay out of
>> >> the water including boaters.
>> >>
>> >> Nothing to worry abo <gurgle><gurgle><glub>
>> >
>> >The pressure wave was seen all around the globe,
>> >even on crude things such as watches with a barometer function.
>> >
>> >Nothing new of course: the pressure wave from Krakatoa is known
>> >to have gone round the world several times,
>>
>> At high tide last evening, the sea was rough and choppy, but I didn't
>> see or hear about any huge waves.
>
>This was about -air- pressure waves, nothing to do with water,

My topic and post was about tsunami waves. I don't know what you were
on about and don't really care.

Mack A. Damia <drsteerforth@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 18:23:38 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
> Lodder) wrote:
>
> >Mack A. Damia <drsteerforth@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:13:50 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
> >> Lodder) wrote:
> >>
> >> >Mack A. Damia <drsteerforth@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Bad undersea volcano eruption in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga. The
> >> >> West Coast including Baja is under a tsunami warning. First time in
> >> >> San Diego's history. Warning is for high waves, strong currents;
> >> >> surfers will love it, although they are telling people to stay out of
> >> >> the water including boaters.
> >> >>
> >> >> Nothing to worry abo <gurgle><gurgle><glub>
> >> >
> >> >The pressure wave was seen all around the globe,
> >> >even on crude things such as watches with a barometer function.
> >> >
> >> >Nothing new of course: the pressure wave from Krakatoa is known
> >> >to have gone round the world several times,
> >>
> >> At high tide last evening, the sea was rough and choppy, but I didn't
> >> see or hear about any huge waves.
> >
> >This was about -air- pressure waves, nothing to do with water,
>
> My topic and post was about tsunami waves. I don't know what you were
> on about and don't really care.

Yes, and my part wasn't.
It should be obvious that a tsunami,
originating at a nearly anti-podal point
is not going to reach the North Atlantic.

What I mentioned was that the -air- pressure wave does,
and that it was easily seen, even with simple and cheap equipment,

Jan

On 16/01/22 22:13, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> Mack A. Damia <drsteerforth@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Bad undersea volcano eruption in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga.
>> The West Coast including Baja is under a tsunami warning. First
>> time in San Diego's history. Warning is for high waves, strong
>> currents; surfers will love it, although they are telling people to
>> stay out of the water including boaters.
>>
>> Nothing to worry abo <gurgle><gurgle><glub>
>
> The pressure wave was seen all around the globe, even on crude things
> such as watches with a barometer function.
>
> Nothing new of course: the pressure wave from Krakatoa is known to
> have gone round the world several times,

Most Australian east coast beaches were closed yesterday, because of the
tsunami. The waves that reached us were not especially high, but
apparently the undertoad was bad enough to make swimming unsafe.

The last I heard, the extent of the damage in Tonga was still unknown,
because their international cable stopped working. The Australian and
New Zealand air forces have sent planes there, but they won't be able to
land until the dust settles.

--
Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW http://www.pmoylan.org

On 17-Jan-22 0:06, Peter Moylan wrote:
> On 16/01/22 22:13, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>> Mack A. Damia <drsteerforth@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Bad undersea volcano eruption in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga.
>>> The West Coast including Baja is under a tsunami warning.  First
>>> time in San Diego's history.  Warning is for high waves, strong
>>> currents; surfers will love it, although they are telling people to
>>>
>>> Nothing to worry abo <gurgle><gurgle><glub>
>>
>> The pressure wave was seen all around the globe, even on crude things
>> such as watches with a barometer function.
>>
>> Nothing new of course: the pressure wave from Krakatoa is known to
>> have gone round the world several times,
>
> Most Australian east coast beaches were closed yesterday, because of the
> tsunami. The waves that reached us were not especially high, but
> apparently the undertoad was bad enough to make swimming unsafe.
>
> The last I heard, the extent of the damage in Tonga was still unknown,
> because their international cable stopped working. The Australian and
> New Zealand air forces have sent planes there, but they won't be able to
> land until the dust settles.
>
Any idea what type of aircraft the RAAF sent? They would probably need
in-flight refuelling in both directions.
The logistics of that sort of mission are pretty scary.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 17/01/22 12:37, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 17-Jan-22 0:06, Peter Moylan wrote:

>> The last I heard, the extent of the damage in Tonga was still
>> unknown, because their international cable stopped working. The
>> Australian and New Zealand air forces have sent planes there, but
>> they won't be able to land until the dust settles.
>>
> Any idea what type of aircraft the RAAF sent? They would probably
> need in-flight refuelling in both directions. The logistics of that
> sort of mission are pretty scary.

From Australia: "A surveillance plane and a C130". The C130 can carry
easily enough fuel to get there, but would have to refuel for the return
flight. I think its main mission is to carry things like water and food
there. Probably also medical supplies, because they don't fully know
what sort of situation they will meet. And probably stuff like tents or
other temporary accommodation. The news so far says no serious
casualties, just a lot of property damage.

NZ is sending an Orion, which seems to have a long range.

Both countries are also sending ships, which will of course take longer
to get there but can take a lot of supplies.

--
Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW http://www.pmoylan.org

On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 6:06:41 PM UTC-6, Peter Moylan wrote:
> On 16/01/22 22:13, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> > Mack A. Damia <drstee...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Bad undersea volcano eruption in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga.
> >> The West Coast including Baja is under a tsunami warning. First
> >> time in San Diego's history. Warning is for high waves, strong
> >> currents; surfers will love it, although they are telling people to
> >> stay out of the water including boaters.
> >>
> >> Nothing to worry abo <gurgle><gurgle><glub>
> >
> > The pressure wave was seen all around the globe, even on crude things
> > such as watches with a barometer function.
> >
> > Nothing new of course: the pressure wave from Krakatoa is known to
> > have gone round the world several times,
> Most Australian east coast beaches were closed yesterday, because of the
> tsunami. The waves that reached us were not especially high, but
> apparently the undertoad was bad enough to make swimming unsafe.

Ahh. Do you see the cartoon "Family Circus" in Australia? It used to be
carried in the newspapers here, and may still be.

When I was running my sign business, I was asked to do a boat name,
"Undertoad". I remembered that cartoon, so rather than just use a stock
font, I used Vag Rounded Bold, using all capitals, and modified the top
of the 'T' with two bulges sticking up, and having holes in the bulges,
making it highly suggestive of frog/toad eyes.

The customer was VERY pleased.
>
> The last I heard, the extent of the damage in Tonga was still unknown,
> because their international cable stopped working. The Australian and
> New Zealand air forces have sent planes there, but they won't be able to
> land until the dust settles.
>
> --
> Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW http://www.pmoylan.org

On 17/01/22 15:08, lar3ryca wrote:
> On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 6:06:41 PM UTC-6, Peter Moylan wrote:

>> Most Australian east coast beaches were closed yesterday, because
>> of the tsunami. The waves that reached us were not especially high,
>> but apparently the undertoad was bad enough to make swimming
>> unsafe.
>
> Ahh. Do you see the cartoon "Family Circus" in Australia? It used to
> be carried in the newspapers here, and may still be.

I don't know the cartoon. I got the undertoad from the book "The World
According to Garp", which was a big hit in the late 1970s.

--
Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW http://www.pmoylan.org

Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:

> On 16/01/22 22:13, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> > Mack A. Damia <drsteerforth@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Bad undersea volcano eruption in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga.
> >> The West Coast including Baja is under a tsunami warning. First
> >> time in San Diego's history. Warning is for high waves, strong
> >> currents; surfers will love it, although they are telling people to
> >> stay out of the water including boaters.
> >>
> >> Nothing to worry abo <gurgle><gurgle><glub>
> >
> > The pressure wave was seen all around the globe, even on crude things
> > such as watches with a barometer function.
> >
> > Nothing new of course: the pressure wave from Krakatoa is known to
> > have gone round the world several times,
>
> Most Australian east coast beaches were closed yesterday, because of the
> tsunami. The waves that reached us were not especially high, but
> apparently the undertoad was bad enough to make swimming unsafe.
>
> The last I heard, the extent of the damage in Tonga was still unknown,
> because their international cable stopped working. The Australian and
> New Zealand air forces have sent planes there, but they won't be able to
> land until the dust settles.

News here said they can't do aerial reconaissance for the time being
because there is too much ash in the air.

People have grown more carefull as a result of some nasty incedents.
From memory: years ago a KLM 747 flew into an ash cloud over Alaska.
With four loud bangs from compressor stalls they lost all power.
Fortunately the crew managed to restart the engines
before they had lost all of their altitide.
There have been similar incidents.
Current practice is not to go near an ash cloud with a jet engine
if it can be avoided.

Jan

Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

> On 17-Jan-22 0:06, Peter Moylan wrote:
> > On 16/01/22 22:13, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> >> Mack A. Damia <drsteerforth@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Bad undersea volcano eruption in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga.
> >>> The West Coast including Baja is under a tsunami warning. First
> >>> time in San Diego's history. Warning is for high waves, strong
> >>> currents; surfers will love it, although they are telling people to
> >>>
> >>> Nothing to worry abo <gurgle><gurgle><glub>
> >>
> >> The pressure wave was seen all around the globe, even on crude things
> >> such as watches with a barometer function.
> >>
> >> Nothing new of course: the pressure wave from Krakatoa is known to
> >> have gone round the world several times,
> >
> > Most Australian east coast beaches were closed yesterday, because of the
> > tsunami. The waves that reached us were not especially high, but
> > apparently the undertoad was bad enough to make swimming unsafe.
> >
> > The last I heard, the extent of the damage in Tonga was still unknown,
> > because their international cable stopped working. The Australian and
> > New Zealand air forces have sent planes there, but they won't be able to
> > land until the dust settles.
> >
> Any idea what type of aircraft the RAAF sent? They would probably need
> in-flight refuelling in both directions.
> The logistics of that sort of mission are pretty scary.

They are not easily scared.
The RAF did an extreme bombing mission during the Falklands war
with tankers refueling tankers refuelling bombers.
The RAAF wouldn't want to do less, if really needed,

Jan

On 2022-01-17, lar3ryca wrote:

> On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 6:06:41 PM UTC-6, Peter Moylan wrote:
>> On 16/01/22 22:13, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>> > Mack A. Damia <drstee...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Bad undersea volcano eruption in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga.
>> >> The West Coast including Baja is under a tsunami warning. First
>> >> time in San Diego's history. Warning is for high waves, strong
>> >> currents; surfers will love it, although they are telling people to
>> >> stay out of the water including boaters.
>> >>
>> >> Nothing to worry abo <gurgle><gurgle><glub>
>> >
>> > The pressure wave was seen all around the globe, even on crude things
>> > such as watches with a barometer function.
>> >
>> > Nothing new of course: the pressure wave from Krakatoa is known to
>> > have gone round the world several times,
>> Most Australian east coast beaches were closed yesterday, because of the
>> tsunami. The waves that reached us were not especially high, but
>> apparently the undertoad was bad enough to make swimming unsafe.
>
> Ahh. Do you see the cartoon "Family Circus" in Australia? It used to be
> carried in the newspapers here, and may still be.
>
> When I was running my sign business, I was asked to do a boat name,
> "Undertoad". I remembered that cartoon, so rather than just use a stock
> font, I used Vag Rounded Bold, using all capitals, and modified the top

I wondered if that suggestive font name was a typo.

> of the 'T' with two bulges sticking up, and having holes in the bulges,
> making it highly suggestive of frog/toad eyes.
>
> The customer was VERY pleased.

Nice.

>> The last I heard, the extent of the damage in Tonga was still unknown,
>> because their international cable stopped working. The Australian and
>> New Zealand air forces have sent planes there, but they won't be able to
>> land until the dust settles.
>>
>> --
>> Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW http://www.pmoylan.org

--
rise to claim Saturn, ring and sky

* Adam Funk:

> On 2022-01-17, lar3ryca wrote:
>
>> When I was running my sign business, I was asked to do a boat name,
>> "Undertoad". I remembered that cartoon, so rather than just use a stock
>> font, I used Vag Rounded Bold, using all capitals, and modified the top
>
> I wondered if that suggestive font name was a typo.

Indeed. it should really be kept at "VAG", at least. I might even have
recognized that.

--
.... English-speaking people have managed to get along a good many
centuries with the present supply of pronouns; ... It is so old and
venerable an argument ... it's equivalent was used when gas, railways
and steamboats were proposed. -- Findlay (OH) Jeffersonian (1875)

On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 3:00:35 AM UTC-6, Peter Moylan wrote:
> On 17/01/22 15:08, lar3ryca wrote:
> > On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 6:06:41 PM UTC-6, Peter Moylan wrote:
>
> >> Most Australian east coast beaches were closed yesterday, because
> >> of the tsunami. The waves that reached us were not especially high,
> >> but apparently the undertoad was bad enough to make swimming
> >> unsafe.
> >
> > Ahh. Do you see the cartoon "Family Circus" in Australia? It used to
> > be carried in the newspapers here, and may still be.
> I don't know the cartoon. I got the undertoad from the book "The World
> According to Garp", which was a big hit in the late 1970s.

Oh. I read that, and liked it almost as much as "Catch 22", but I don't
recall that word in it.

"The Family Circus" cartoon I referenced showed the children at the
beach. One of them said something like
"Mommy said we can't go into the water, because there's an undertoad."

Under the water, drawn faintly was what looked like a huge face of a
toad.

> --
> Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW http://www.pmoylan.org

On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:04:31 -0800 (PST), lar3ryca
<lar3ryca@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 3:00:35 AM UTC-6, Peter Moylan wrote:
>> On 17/01/22 15:08, lar3ryca wrote:
>> > On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 6:06:41 PM UTC-6, Peter Moylan wrote:
>>
>> >> Most Australian east coast beaches were closed yesterday, because
>> >> of the tsunami. The waves that reached us were not especially high,
>> >> but apparently the undertoad was bad enough to make swimming
>> >> unsafe.
>> >
>> > Ahh. Do you see the cartoon "Family Circus" in Australia? It used to
>> > be carried in the newspapers here, and may still be.
>> I don't know the cartoon. I got the undertoad from the book "The World
>> According to Garp", which was a big hit in the late 1970s.
>
>Oh. I read that, and liked it almost as much as "Catch 22", but I don't
>recall that word in it.
>
That just shows how reading interests vary. "Catch 22" is my all-time
favorite book, and I still have the dog-eared paperback copy that I
first read when taking the Chicago El to work and back.

I made other riders nervous because I'd have to stop reading to
control my laughter. Even with the book closed, I'd burst into
laughter just recalling what I'd just read. The other passengers
would move away from this guy who stared into space and broke out in
convulsive laughter.

I could barely finish "The World According to Garp". Couldn't get
into it. I tried Irving's "Hotel New Hampshire" and put it aside
about a third of the way through and never finished it. Too bizarre.

--

Tony Cooper Orlando Florida

On 2022-01-17, Quinn C wrote:

> * Adam Funk:
>
>> On 2022-01-17, lar3ryca wrote:
>>
>>> When I was running my sign business, I was asked to do a boat name,
>>> "Undertoad". I remembered that cartoon, so rather than just use a stock
>>> font, I used Vag Rounded Bold, using all capitals, and modified the top
>>
>> I wondered if that suggestive font name was a typo.
>
> Indeed. it should really be kept at "VAG", at least. I might even have
> recognized that.

I noticed some of the search hits had "VAG" & some had "Vag", but I
haven't spotted what it stands for yet.

--
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, the freaks said,
man, those cats can really swing!

On 17-Jan-22 9:54, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>
>> On 17-Jan-22 0:06, Peter Moylan wrote:
>>> On 16/01/22 22:13, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>>>> Mack A. Damia <drsteerforth@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Bad undersea volcano eruption in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga.
>>>>> The West Coast including Baja is under a tsunami warning. First
>>>>> time in San Diego's history. Warning is for high waves, strong
>>>>> currents; surfers will love it, although they are telling people to
>>>>>
>>>>> Nothing to worry abo <gurgle><gurgle><glub>
>>>>
>>>> The pressure wave was seen all around the globe, even on crude things
>>>> such as watches with a barometer function.
>>>>
>>>> Nothing new of course: the pressure wave from Krakatoa is known to
>>>> have gone round the world several times,
>>>
>>> Most Australian east coast beaches were closed yesterday, because of the
>>> tsunami. The waves that reached us were not especially high, but
>>> apparently the undertoad was bad enough to make swimming unsafe.
>>>
>>> The last I heard, the extent of the damage in Tonga was still unknown,
>>> because their international cable stopped working. The Australian and
>>> New Zealand air forces have sent planes there, but they won't be able to
>>> land until the dust settles.
>>>
>> Any idea what type of aircraft the RAAF sent? They would probably need
>> in-flight refuelling in both directions.
>> The logistics of that sort of mission are pretty scary.
>
> They are not easily scared.
> The RAF did an extreme bombing mission during the Falklands war
> with tankers refueling tankers refuelling bombers.
> The RAAF wouldn't want to do less, if really needed,

A friend and co worker was on a subsequent C130 flight to Port
Stanley[1] which had to refuel twice in order to get there.

The return C130 flight was shared with the fuselage of a Harrier jet
(wings removed) taking up all the leg room.

[1] From Ascension Island

--
Sam Plusnet

* Adam Funk:

> On 2022-01-17, Quinn C wrote:
>
>> * Adam Funk:
>>
>>> On 2022-01-17, lar3ryca wrote:
>>>
>>>> When I was running my sign business, I was asked to do a boat name,
>>>> "Undertoad". I remembered that cartoon, so rather than just use a stock
>>>> font, I used Vag Rounded Bold, using all capitals, and modified the top
>>>
>>> I wondered if that suggestive font name was a typo.
>>
>> Indeed. it should really be kept at "VAG", at least. I might even have
>> recognized that.
>
> I noticed some of the search hits had "VAG" & some had "Vag", but I
> haven't spotted what it stands for yet.

Volkswagen AG. I remember seeing it on car repair shops in Germany, but
can't find such a sign now. They probably dropped that use of it.

<https://www.halldesigns.co.uk/ssl/digitecphoto/VW-Audi-VAG-Workshop-Banner.JPG>

--
Quinn C
My pronouns are they/them
(or other gender-neutral ones)

On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 2:00:08 PM UTC-6, Adam Funk wrote:
> On 2022-01-17, Quinn C wrote:
>
> > * Adam Funk:
> >
> >> On 2022-01-17, lar3ryca wrote:
> >>
> >>> When I was running my sign business, I was asked to do a boat name,
> >>> "Undertoad". I remembered that cartoon, so rather than just use a stock
> >>> font, I used Vag Rounded Bold, using all capitals, and modified the top
> >>
> >> I wondered if that suggestive font name was a typo.
> >
> > Indeed. it should really be kept at "VAG", at least. I might even have
> > recognized that.
> I noticed some of the search hits had "VAG" & some had "Vag", but I
> haven't spotted what it stands for yet.

My guess would be that it's a free font reverse engineered from
Vagabond Bold. It looks a lot like that.

https://www.azfonts.net/families/vagabond.html
>
>
> --
> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, the freaks said,
> man, those cats can really swing!

On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 12:26:51 PM UTC-6, Tony Cooper wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:04:31 -0800 (PST), lar3ryca
> <lar3...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 3:00:35 AM UTC-6, Peter Moylan wrote:
> >> On 17/01/22 15:08, lar3ryca wrote:
> >> > On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 6:06:41 PM UTC-6, Peter Moylan wrote:
> >>
> >> >> Most Australian east coast beaches were closed yesterday, because
> >> >> of the tsunami. The waves that reached us were not especially high,
> >> >> but apparently the undertoad was bad enough to make swimming
> >> >> unsafe.
> >> >
> >> > Ahh. Do you see the cartoon "Family Circus" in Australia? It used to
> >> > be carried in the newspapers here, and may still be.
> >> I don't know the cartoon. I got the undertoad from the book "The World
> >> According to Garp", which was a big hit in the late 1970s.
> >
> >Oh. I read that, and liked it almost as much as "Catch 22", but I don't
> >recall that word in it.
> >
> That just shows how reading interests vary. "Catch 22" is my all-time
> favorite book, and I still have the dog-eared paperback copy that I
> first read when taking the Chicago El to work and back.

Mine too. I recommend it a lot. I am often reminded of it, and some of
the funniest passages come to mind, and I can't even begin to rate the
characters in order of how much I liked them.

I really should read it again.

>
> I made other riders nervous because I'd have to stop reading to
> control my laughter. Even with the book closed, I'd burst into
> laughter just recalling what I'd just read. The other passengers
> would move away from this guy who stared into space and broke out in
> convulsive laughter.
>
> I could barely finish "The World According to Garp". Couldn't get
> into it. I tried Irving's "Hotel New Hampshire" and put it aside
> about a third of the way through and never finished it. Too bizarre.
>
> --
>
> Tony Cooper Orlando Florida

* lar3ryca:

> On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 2:00:08 PM UTC-6, Adam Funk wrote:
>> On 2022-01-17, Quinn C wrote:
>>
>>> * Adam Funk:
>>>
>>>> On 2022-01-17, lar3ryca wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> When I was running my sign business, I was asked to do a boat name,
>>>>> "Undertoad". I remembered that cartoon, so rather than just use a stock
>>>>> font, I used Vag Rounded Bold, using all capitals, and modified the top
>>>>
>>>> I wondered if that suggestive font name was a typo.
>>>
>>> Indeed. it should really be kept at "VAG", at least. I might even have
>>> recognized that.
>> I noticed some of the search hits had "VAG" & some had "Vag", but I
>> haven't spotted what it stands for yet.
>
> My guess would be that it's a free font reverse engineered from
> Vagabond Bold. It looks a lot like that.
>
> https://www.azfonts.net/families/vagabond.html

More likely, "Vagabond Bold" is reverse engineered from the Volkswagen
font, which has been in use for decades.

<https://www.azfonts.de/families/volkswagen.html>
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On 18/01/22 05:26, Tony Cooper wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:04:31 -0800 (PST), lar3ryca
> <lar3ryca@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 3:00:35 AM UTC-6, Peter Moylan
>> wrote:
>>> On 17/01/22 15:08, lar3ryca wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 6:06:41 PM UTC-6, Peter Moylan
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Most Australian east coast beaches were closed yesterday,
>>>>> because of the tsunami. The waves that reached us were not
>>>>> especially high, but apparently the undertoad was bad enough
>>>>> to make swimming unsafe.
>>>>
>>>> Ahh. Do you see the cartoon "Family Circus" in Australia? It
>>>> used to be carried in the newspapers here, and may still be.
>>> I don't know the cartoon. I got the undertoad from the book "The
>>> World According to Garp", which was a big hit in the late 1970s.
>>
>> Oh. I read that, and liked it almost as much as "Catch 22", but I
>> don't recall that word in it.
>>
> That just shows how reading interests vary. "Catch 22" is my
> all-time favorite book, and I still have the dog-eared paperback copy
> that I first read when taking the Chicago El to work and back.
>
> I made other riders nervous because I'd have to stop reading to
> control my laughter. Even with the book closed, I'd burst into
> laughter just recalling what I'd just read. The other passengers
> would move away from this guy who stared into space and broke out in
> convulsive laughter.
>
> I could barely finish "The World According to Garp". Couldn't get
> into it. I tried Irving's "Hotel New Hampshire" and put it aside
> about a third of the way through and never finished it. Too
> bizarre.

I loved Catch-22 when I first read it. On later readings it wasn't as
good as the first time.

I liked Garp but hated the Hotel New Hampshire.

I'm the author of a mailing list manager. The very roughly equivalent
software on Unix is called Majordomo, so I called mine Major Major.

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On 18-Jan-22 0:54, Peter Moylan wrote:
> On 18/01/22 05:26, Tony Cooper wrote:
>> On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:04:31 -0800 (PST), lar3ryca
>> <lar3ryca@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 17/01/22 15:08, lar3ryca wrote:
>>>>> On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 6:06:41 PM UTC-6, Peter Moylan
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Most Australian east coast beaches were closed yesterday,
>>>>>> because of the tsunami. The waves that reached us were not
>>>>>> especially high, but apparently the undertoad was bad enough
>>>>>> to make swimming unsafe.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ahh. Do you see the cartoon "Family Circus" in Australia? It
>>>>> used to be carried in the newspapers here, and may still be.
>>>> I don't know the cartoon. I got the undertoad from the book "The
>>>> World According to Garp", which was a big hit in the late 1970s.
>>>
>>> Oh. I read that, and liked it almost as much as "Catch 22", but I
>>> don't recall that word in it.
>>>
>> That just shows how reading interests vary.  "Catch 22" is my
>> all-time favorite book, and I still have the dog-eared paperback copy
>> that I first read when taking the Chicago El to work and back.
>>
>> I made other riders nervous because I'd have to stop reading to
>> control my laughter.  Even with the book closed, I'd burst into
>> laughter just recalling what I'd just read.  The other passengers
>> would move away from this guy who stared into space and broke out in
>> convulsive laughter.
>>
>> I could barely finish "The World According to Garp".  Couldn't get
>> into it.  I tried Irving's "Hotel New Hampshire" and put it aside
>> about a third of the way through and never finished it.  Too
>> bizarre.
>
> I loved Catch-22 when I first read it. On later readings it wasn't as
> good as the first time.
>
> I liked Garp but hated the Hotel New Hampshire.
>
> I'm the author of a mailing list manager. The very roughly equivalent
> software on Unix is called Majordomo, so I called mine Major Major.
>
Can we hope for the revised Major —— de Coverley version?

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