Every now and again I see a posting that just says 'bump', what does the word 'bump' mean when used in a thread of the Cape Dory boards?
thanks
ah
Expression used on the board
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Alan Holman
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Expression used on the board
Sometimes your vessel's becalmed for days and weeks on end,
Sometimes the winds of life will blow you off your course, my friend,
But the wind is sure to veer, you must stay aboard and steer,
And long may your big jib draw!
Sometimes the winds of life will blow you off your course, my friend,
But the wind is sure to veer, you must stay aboard and steer,
And long may your big jib draw!
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Bump.
When you come to the discussion board you will notice that the posts are arranged in order of most recent posts to oldest. After a given topic has gone dormant for several weeks it can get buried pretty far down on the list.
So when a person wants a thread/topic moved back to the top of the list (where it will get more attention), they simply post or reply to it. By calling it a bump they are essentially letting people know that it's an older topic that they don't want forgotten.
So when a person wants a thread/topic moved back to the top of the list (where it will get more attention), they simply post or reply to it. By calling it a bump they are essentially letting people know that it's an older topic that they don't want forgotten.
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Alan Holman
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re bump
Thank you.
That makes a lot of sense, but for the life of me I
couldn't figure it out.
ah
That makes a lot of sense, but for the life of me I
couldn't figure it out.
ah
Sometimes your vessel's becalmed for days and weeks on end,
Sometimes the winds of life will blow you off your course, my friend,
But the wind is sure to veer, you must stay aboard and steer,
And long may your big jib draw!
Sometimes the winds of life will blow you off your course, my friend,
But the wind is sure to veer, you must stay aboard and steer,
And long may your big jib draw!
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Re: Expression used on the board
It's one of those somewhat ancient, somewhat mysterious nautical terms, originally B.U.M.P. but over time it's lost the periods and capitalization.The Meddler wrote:Every now and again I see a posting that just says 'bump', what does the word 'bump' mean when used in a thread of the Cape Dory boards?
thanks
ah
I'm wouldn't be surprised if there were a few historians on this board would will be delighted to share the term's true, original meaning.
Fair winds, Neil
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Dean Abramson
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Falmouth, Maine
B.U.M.P. meaning "Bring Up My Post"
B.U.M.P. - raising a thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads OR an abbreviation for "Bring up my post"
Too often abbreviations and acronyms are used yet the specific use is not defined. The same set of letters can mean markedly different things to the reader in spite of the context. "PO" still first means "Petty Officer" to me. Next it means a term for "angry" not to be used in a family forum. "Previous Owner" took a VERY long time to decipher.
The word "bump" did intrigue me since I had no idea to what it was referring. Knowing the definition makes the term an appropriate, although enigmatic word to use.
Too often abbreviations and acronyms are used yet the specific use is not defined. The same set of letters can mean markedly different things to the reader in spite of the context. "PO" still first means "Petty Officer" to me. Next it means a term for "angry" not to be used in a family forum. "Previous Owner" took a VERY long time to decipher.
The word "bump" did intrigue me since I had no idea to what it was referring. Knowing the definition makes the term an appropriate, although enigmatic word to use.
John
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I thought it meant...
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Recursive acronym?
BUMP = Bump Up My Post
Maybe from the same people who gave us:
GNU = GNU's Not Unix
EMACS = Emacs Makes All Computing Simple
sorry geeky stuff, it's late!
Maybe from the same people who gave us:
GNU = GNU's Not Unix
EMACS = Emacs Makes All Computing Simple
sorry geeky stuff, it's late!
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Ah, yes, and then of course there is S.N.A.F.U.
But that's a situation that normally doesn't occur on this website.
But that's a situation that normally doesn't occur on this website.
Sometimes your vessel's becalmed for days and weeks on end,
Sometimes the winds of life will blow you off your course, my friend,
But the wind is sure to veer, you must stay aboard and steer,
And long may your big jib draw!
Sometimes the winds of life will blow you off your course, my friend,
But the wind is sure to veer, you must stay aboard and steer,
And long may your big jib draw!
Re: Recursive acronym?
And from the early days of Unix: VI = Virtually Impossible ( but I still LOVE that editor and even use a windoze version of it...bottomscraper wrote:BUMP = Bump Up My Post
Maybe from the same people who gave us:
GNU = GNU's Not Unix
EMACS = Emacs Makes All Computing Simple
sorry geeky stuff, it's late!
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Andy Denmark
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FYI FWIW
This will really date me .........
In the early days (late 50's) of ARPANET (the predecessor to USENET and UNIX) the BUMP acronymn was actually used much the same as it is today. The idea was to have the word actually describe its function, i.e. the FINGER command in UNIX. I don't believe BUMP never made it into the command lexicon, though.
BUMP = Bottom Up Message Post
Other acronymns (many, actually) survived through the last half of the century, such as "What You See Is What You Get," described acronymnically as WYSIWYG, a fairly commonly used term today.
We used to write entire messages using acronymns, thus a message exchange might look like this:
WYSIWYG
TANSTAAFL RTFM
WTF?
TGIF
APD (my initials in case you're wondering)
ARPANET was probably the eariest attempt at Internet communications. When ARPANET was first used Al "A waist is a terrible thing to mind" Gore was 10 years old so he must have been some kind of prodigy to have invented it. Now he's invented "global warming" and the world awaits his next endeavor .... maybe "magic fairy dust " or something equally magnanimous.
I can't believe I remember this from more than half a century ago! Today I can't recall what I had for dinner .... FUBAR, I guess. Time really goes by fast when you measure real life stuff in Centuries!
TTFN IGP
Andy
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In the early days (late 50's) of ARPANET (the predecessor to USENET and UNIX) the BUMP acronymn was actually used much the same as it is today. The idea was to have the word actually describe its function, i.e. the FINGER command in UNIX. I don't believe BUMP never made it into the command lexicon, though.
BUMP = Bottom Up Message Post
Other acronymns (many, actually) survived through the last half of the century, such as "What You See Is What You Get," described acronymnically as WYSIWYG, a fairly commonly used term today.
We used to write entire messages using acronymns, thus a message exchange might look like this:
WYSIWYG
TANSTAAFL RTFM
WTF?
TGIF
APD (my initials in case you're wondering)
ARPANET was probably the eariest attempt at Internet communications. When ARPANET was first used Al "A waist is a terrible thing to mind" Gore was 10 years old so he must have been some kind of prodigy to have invented it. Now he's invented "global warming" and the world awaits his next endeavor .... maybe "magic fairy dust " or something equally magnanimous.
I can't believe I remember this from more than half a century ago! Today I can't recall what I had for dinner .... FUBAR, I guess. Time really goes by fast when you measure real life stuff in Centuries!
TTFN IGP
Andy
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Toyota Tf103
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Alan Holman
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Andy,
You just proved the world really does go around in circles.
I had just as much trouble (read couldn't) understanding your
50 year old message, as I do understanding my kids text messages.
You just proved the world really does go around in circles.
I had just as much trouble (read couldn't) understanding your
50 year old message, as I do understanding my kids text messages.
Sometimes your vessel's becalmed for days and weeks on end,
Sometimes the winds of life will blow you off your course, my friend,
But the wind is sure to veer, you must stay aboard and steer,
And long may your big jib draw!
Sometimes the winds of life will blow you off your course, my friend,
But the wind is sure to veer, you must stay aboard and steer,
And long may your big jib draw!
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Acronyms
It's not easy to translate some of the acronyms on a family type forum. 
Some of them are okay. Others are barracks lingo.
TANSTAAFL There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
RTFM Read the @#$% manual
WTF Yup, bingo
TGIF Take your pick. It's either "Thank God its Friday" or its the name of a chain of restaurants by the same name.
Here's one to decipher. WAEFTRTD
O J
Some of them are okay. Others are barracks lingo.
TANSTAAFL There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
RTFM Read the @#$% manual
WTF
Yup, bingoTGIF Take your pick. It's either "Thank God its Friday" or its the name of a chain of restaurants by the same name.
Here's one to decipher. WAEFTRTD
O J
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The Sunny Lancaster meaning.
A person who is now from sunny Lancaster explained to me that a bump is when you run aground and you can get off with less than 10 minutes of full throttle. This is similar to running aground, but does not require a kedge to free the boat.
Matt
Matt