Jake, it was a joke. I'm reasonably sure Karl made that up. You're working to hard.

Jay,
How do you "sign" loudly. My wife does sign language ,but I can never hear her.


"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"

The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea
Isak Dinesen
If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most.
E. B. White