[Public-List] hair shirt

[gordon white]

    Guys:

        I did not intend to start a religious discussion. The term "hair 
shirt" has for many years meant to me someone who intentionally set 
himself an unnecessary or unnecessarily difficult task. Sailing without 
/using/ the engine is my usual intent while sailing. It's the pleasure 
of getting there on the wind that I enjoy. Quiet, peaceful. But denying 
oneself the engine is, to my way of thinking, to be wearing a "hair shirt."
  - Gordon White