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by: bruce bowser - Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:44 UTC

On Sunday, January 14, 2001 at 5:49:45 PM UTC-5, Tauras wrote in alt.usage.english:
> Back about 10 years ago I was drifting in OR on safari with friends,
> exploring new spots mostly surfsailing the spring winds but checked out a
> rather famous left point break in N central OR. Just as we pulled up we saw
> an old California friend who transplanted there about a dozen years ago park
> ahead of us in the typical OR rusted out station wagon, suited up quick then
> jump off the cobble stones and dodged the 4-6' waves out to the channel. We
> decided to watch as skies looked like rain/wind any minute. Sure enough the
> rain started in about 5 but didn't affect shape just our spirits which
> tended towards mischief so we waxed our buddies windows with anti CA slogans
> and put rocks in his hubcaps and left. We still laugh about it.
> Huge WNW gswell developing for Friday AM delivery, 22+ sec at 15-18'+ could
> go larger and could be the best gswell of the season. best size and best N
> of Pt. Conception into OR, looking to be offshore viento for the show S of
> sanfran, enjoy!
> Tauras
> www.slonet.org/~tsulaiti/surfreport/
>
> Re: CA Locoism in OR

I've never heard of the term: Locoism.

Locoism (noun)
lo·co·ism | \ ˈlō-(ˌ)kō-ˌi-zəm \
Definition of locoism
: a disease usually of horses, cattle, and sheep that is caused by chronic poisoning with locoweeds
First Known Use of locoism
1900, in the meaning defined above

Merriam Webster
-- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/locoism

Agree with them now, it will save so much time.

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