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#C Ltd. HardDisk

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    25-Mar-88 22:37:42
Sb: #115482-#C Ltd. HardDisk
Fm: John Draper 76703,4322
To: Ben Blish 72667,1341

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Ben, That was a compliment, mispelled, but a compliment nonetheless. The actual word is "Skookum", a Coast Indian word meaning strong or swift, often heard in describing water that flows strongly, in a river (rapids) or an ocean channel with a strong tidal action, where the word becomes 'Skookumchuk', combining strong and water. This has led to the slang 'chuck' for the ocean. -larry