Thank you both for clarifying this point.  My choice with breakfast toast
should be much easier now.

(chagrined)

Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Walter" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: What is "old brass"?


> In a message dated 11/12/2001 7:10:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << Isn't it Naval Brass, for all those fittings at sea? Or am I confusing
this
>  with the formal dress of the Navy brass?
>  And how does it all relate to navel jelly? >>
>
>
> It is my understanding that one uses naval jelly on naval brasses and
other
> metals.  Navel jelly is substantially the same as toe jam (although
composed
> of sock lint rather than tee shirt lint), which is different from door
jamb.
> However, strawberry jelly and strawberry jam are not the same; personally,
my
> preference is for raspberry jam, since I like the seeds .
>
> Ralph
>
> Ralph
>