Richard,
My wife is also a big fan of that line, especially now that she uses
Siri on her phone and voice recognition on our iMac.
All the best,
Edd
Edd M. Schillay
Starship Enterprise
C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
City Island, NY
Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log
On Mar 6, 2014, at 12:21 PM, Richard N. Bush <[email protected]> wrote:
> Edd, my favorite line of all time* is from the Whale saving movie..."a
> keyboard...how quaint"..., which my daughter converted to sailing; she says,
> "hank on sails,...how quaint";
> (* not counting Captain Ron-isms, of course)
> Richard
> 1985 37 CB, slowly emerging from the ice...
>
> Richard N. Bush Law Offices
> 2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite 9
> Louisville, Kentucky 40220
> 502-584-7255
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edd Schillay <[email protected]>
> To: cnc-list <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:28 am
> Subject: Stus-List Now Boat Names
>
> As you may have guessed, my boat's name is based on a Lucille Ball / Desi
> Arnez-produced 1960’s failed train-wreck NBC television series . . .
>
> . . . which led to highly-rated syndication, five spin-off television series
> and 12 feature films, not to mention decades and decades of merchandising
> dollars for Paramount/Viacom.
>
> For me, though, the Starship Enterprise was an “escape vehicle” — when I got
> home from grade school in the 70s, I could leave all the pressures and
> troubles behind, turn on WPIX channel 11, and I’ll be exploring the final
> frontier’s strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations . .
> .
>
> In 1980, I bought my first sailboat, an O’Day 7-11 sailing dinghy, pretty
> much right after the release of The Motion Picture, a wholly lousy film on
> may levels, except for the Enterprise itself. Once again, I felt my
> imagination was able to escape the day-to-day life in suburbia. There could
> be no other name. The sailboat had to be named Enterprise.
>
> When I turned 18, after I got the whole “you’re a man now” speech from my
> father, I aptly decided to cut school to see the third movie with some
> friends for my birthday, and got the worst birthday present ever — the
> Enterprise exploded from self-destruct over Planet Genesis. My escape vehicle
> was gone. Adulthood slapped me in the face - hard.
>
> Fortunately, a couple of years later, I went to see the fourth feature film -
> a time-travel story to rescue humpback whales from 20th-Century earth. At the
> very end, Kirk and crew were delivered to a brand new Enterprise with a hull
> number of NCC-1701-A. The escape vehicle was back and my imagination could,
> one again, boldly go.
>
> Since then, we have seen several future versions of the famed starship;
> 1701-B, 1701-C, 1701-D, 1701-E and even a brief glimpse of the 1701-J.
>
> So, like the series, I decided that all of my future vessels will also carry
> the name Enterprise, and I’ll have my very own escape vehicle to get away
> from the pressure of work and life while exploring LI Sound and the
> surrounding areas.
>
> As I tell my crew, when sailing on the Enterprise, we have one Prime
> Directive — Wherever we go, we go boldly.
>
> All the best,
>
> Edd
>
> Edd M. Schillay
> Starship Enterprise
> C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
> City Island, NY
> Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log
>
>
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