Re: [libreoffice-users] ... bootstraps ...

       quite interesting; thanks for sending.



On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Felmon Davis <davisf@union.edu> wrote:

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012, anne-ology wrote:
>        ... this phrase comes from a novel(s) at the turn of the Century -
> >               when some writers were writing on the 'American dream';
> >                   it may have originated in the Horatio Alger series of
> > books.
>
> I have had already written a couple of times, it comes from Baron von
> Münchhausen who reported pulling himself out of swamp by his own bootstraps.
>
> more on the good Baron here:
>
> (11 May 1720 – 22 February 1797) was a German nobleman and a famous
> recounter of tall tales. In his youth the Baron was sent to serve as a page
> to Duke Anthony Ulrich II of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and later joined the
> Russian military. He served until 1750, in particular taking part in two
> campaigns against the Ottoman Turks. Returning home, Münchhausen is said to
> have told a number of outrageously farfetched stories about his adventures.
> He died in his birthplace of Bodenwerder.
>
> Even before his death, Münchhausen's reputation as a storyteller was
> exaggerated by several writers, giving birth to a fully fictionalized
> literary character usually called simply Baron Munchausen. The (fictional)
> Baron's exploits, usually narrated by himself, focus on his impossible
> achievements as a hunter, warrior, and traveler, including rides on
> cannonballs and trips to the moon.
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Baron_von_Münchhausen<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_von_M%C3%BCnchhausen>
> >
>
>
> F.
>
>
> >       FYI - when I think turn of the Century, I'm referring to 112, not
> > 12, years ago  ;-)
> >
> >       BTW - many of these books have now been transcribed thanks to
> > Gutenberg, www.gutenberg.org/, and can be read/downloaded from their
> > various sites.
> >       This is a nice place for us oldsters to re-read many of these from
> > the past ...
> >            and for you youngsters to read some nicely written books
> > without the blasphemy, etc. in many of today's writings.
> >
> >       Hoping you enjoy the day, the week, ... ... ...
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 5:41 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi :)
> >
> > > Thanks all that responded to this!  Now I'm curious where the phrase
> > > "raising yourself by your own bootstraps" came from.  Is it something to
> > > do
> > > with horses?  Postal services?
> > > Regards from
> > > Tom :)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > From: Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>
> > > > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > > > Sent: Monday, 8 October 2012, 23:34
> > > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] attempting to find an answer and
> > > > instead
> > > ...
> > >
> > > > The term "boot" or "boot up" comes from the idea of raising yourself by
> > > your own bootstraps--seemingly impossible, but when you boot up, you are
> > > using the operating system to start itself.
> > >
> > > > --doug

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