From: kehoea@parhasard.net   
      
    Ar an dara lá de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh Ross Clark:   
      
    > [...] *Some of the quiet and simple living was done in what Wiki calls a   
    > "vernacular cracker house" at Vero Beach FL. Wiki links us to an article   
    > describing this type of architecture:   
    >   
    > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_cracker_architecture   
    >   
    > I have always encountered "cracker" as a mildly offensive term, somewhat   
   like   
    > "redneck". It's interesting to see it being rehabilitated in this way.   
      
   Interesting NPR article on it here, but no convincing etymology:   
      
   https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/07/01/197644761/wor   
   -watch-on-crackers   
      
   --   
   ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /   
   How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’   
   (C. Moore)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)