Frank Dresser wrote:

"Cambio" wrote in message
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FYI: ORIGIN OF MAYDAY (International Distress Signal)

International Marine Distress Signal -- Only used when a vessel or
person
is in grave and imminent danger and immediate assistance is required

Why do ships, aircraft, and others in distress use "mayday" as their
call
for help?

This comes from the French word m'aidez - meaning "help me" - and is
pronounced "mayday." (Note: not exactly.... it's pronounced "med-ay",
but
close enough)

Best used for emergencies ONLY as a reader here might have thought you
were
buried in a pile of rubble and needed help

--
73- Cambio - Keyboard To You

Who among us is qualified to give a MAYDAY call? I daresay, since the
death of Dana Andrews, none of us can do a first rate job. But this is
a grave situation. Brother Stair says we are in the path of another
doomsday bullet such as the nuclear wars, the natural disasters, the
economic collapses, planet X and the total destruction of our cities by
terrorists. There is no time to waste. The Prophet has been telling us
that we are in the last hour of the last day for over a decade. He has
the next doomsday penciled in for May.

Yeah, pencil is easier to erase! That 'ol Profit is a mighty wise predictor.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B