"Harry G. Lee" wrote:
> Dear Tom and ptotic stragglers,
>
> I think there was no time for commingling of St. Lawrence and Hudson R.
> waters until 1825 (possibly a lot later) based on my reading of:
> <http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/whitford/1906/chapter6.htm>.
CUT!!!---------
Hello!
Hi Dr. Lee,
I am always in awe of your vocabulary and mastery of expression!!
PTOTIC ??? Wheew!!
As defined (for the stragglers ?);
pto·sis
n., pl. pto·ses
Abnormal lowering or drooping of an organ or a part, especially a drooping
of the upper eyelid caused
by muscle weakness or paralysis.
[Greek ptsis, fall, from piptein, to fall; see pet- in Indo-European Roots.]
ptotic (-tk) adj.
So I suppose you mean a straggler with some sort of "drooping" condition??? Or is
it
shell collector stragglers that somehow "droop" within their specialty???
Later,
Emilio Jorge Power