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Old 12-16-2005, 04:54 AM
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Well Billy, I just happen to know what that means ;-)

It is a greeting between FISHERMEN -- i.e., there really is no English conversion that can be used all the time in this greeting. Most times it is meant as "Good Fishing" but can also be used as "Hi Fisherman" or "Goodbye Fisherman" or "Hello Fishermen" when a few are sitting at a table.

In other words, it is the equivalent greeting/hello/goodbye/goodluck to Fishermen as Waidmannsheil is to hunters.

Hey, what were all those fishermen doing in a gunshop anyway? Waidmannseil, Dom.
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