I would guess relationSHIPping is closer to the origin of this urban expression than Longfellow's poem.
Henk --------------------- Ann wrote: Interestingly (or not) the English Language expression "passing ships in the night" referring to brief romantic interludes, sounds like it originated with that definition of yours. ann Op do 9 nov 2023 om 13:19 schreef Henk Terhell <henk.terh...@gmail.com>: > A happy coincidence is that my photographic obsessions appear to be > seasonal. > > Henk > > Ralf wrote: > > (Maybe I'm obsessed about taking pictures of butterflies.) > > Certainly one of the more positive obsessions as long as you don't > neglect the mushroom pictures. :-) > > Ralf > > > Op do 9 nov 2023 om 09:31 schreef Ralf R Radermacher <fotor...@gmx.de>: > >> Am 08.11.23 um 23:36 schrieb John Sessoms: >> > If you don't have something topical you can still post an image for the >> > "open gallery". >> >> Nothing wrong with that and it's a really fine image. I was just >> wondering if, as we say here. I was standing on the hose. >> >> Ralf >> >> -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.