My Fellow Americans (Oops, I thought I was on the US Politics Board...)
Let's start again...
My Fellow Scuba Divers,
It is with some degree of sadness that I must announce that, of the millions of divers who frequent this Board, no one was able to provide documentation as to the origin of the term "ocotopus" as applied to a certain piece of scuba gear.
My main man, Rainreg, did not cross the finish line first and, therefore, Barbara and I will be forced to share that bottle of wonderful Groth '97 Cabernet that I had reserved for the winner. Well, it's an ill wind that blows no good.
However, in the defense of Rainreg, I must hasten to add that no one crossed the line at all. Black(I am not supposed to fool with his name in this space)net was closing strongly, but came up lame in the stretch...
I will keep searching, though, and report back if ever I find the appropriate documentation.
Now, since I am going away and I fear that NetDoc will turn this into some kind of Pun Site or a thread where shaggy dogs will shed, I hearby try to close this thread!
Joewr...flexing his muscles... and if that doesn't work, pleading with Ladydiver...