From: jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid   
      
   "Never carry an empty bottle away from a source of potable water" is a   
   bike-survival rule, so I topped off my bottle with softenered water   
   from a drinking fountain.  On the road, I tasted it, thought "I might   
   get hard up enough to drink this, but I don't have to drink it   
   *first*", and swapped it for the back-up bottle, still filled with   
   water I'd brought from home.   
      
   Ever since, I've been wondering about "hard up".  I know what "hard"   
   means, and I know what "up" means, but if you put the two meanings   
   together, they don't mean "hard up".   
      
   --   
   Joy Beeson   
   joy beeson at centurylink dot net   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)