Sailing Metaphors
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Shanghaied Going to the “head” is mainstream now And the word mainstream itself has origins in waterfront use Round Robin Clean bill of health Horse Latitudes Rummage sale From stem to stern Show your true colors Above board Skyscraper Slush funds All the best, Robert Gainer
Shanghaied Going to the “head” is mainstream now And the word mainstream itself has origins in waterfront use Round Robin Clean bill of health Horse Latitudes Rummage sale From stem to stern Show your true colors Above board Skyscraper Slush funds All the best, Robert Gainer
keel hauled is when
you run a cable or line under the boat from side to side and drag it bow to stern to find out if your dragging anything from the rudder or prop like a crab pot
you run a cable or line under the boat from side to side and drag it bow to stern to find out if your dragging anything from the rudder or prop like a crab pot
Sand Sailor,
I think the phrase keel-hauled comes from the British Navy practice of dragging a sailor under the length of the boat as a punishment. I think it was a death sentence and very few survived it. All the best, Robert Gainer
I think the phrase keel-hauled comes from the British Navy practice of dragging a sailor under the length of the boat as a punishment. I think it was a death sentence and very few survived it. All the best, Robert Gainer
Hmm
They're actually called concrete mixers, not "cement trucks." Cement is the, well, cement that binds the aggregate together: sand/cement/water = concrete, just as flour/water/salt = bread. You buy a bag of cement, and you use it to make concrete. 9 cubic yards of concrete in the charger of a concrete mixer approaches the maximum weight the rear axle can bear legally. New models have an additional set of wheels that swing down behind the truck and is held down by hydraulic pressure, which distributes the load over an additional rear axle and allows the truck to carry more liquid concrete— 11 cubic yards or so. Don't forget "being down in the Doldrums" to describe an emotional state. Jeff
They're actually called concrete mixers, not "cement trucks." Cement is the, well, cement that binds the aggregate together: sand/cement/water = concrete, just as flour/water/salt = bread. You buy a bag of cement, and you use it to make concrete. 9 cubic yards of concrete in the charger of a concrete mixer approaches the maximum weight the rear axle can bear legally. New models have an additional set of wheels that swing down behind the truck and is held down by hydraulic pressure, which distributes the load over an additional rear axle and allows the truck to carry more liquid concrete— 11 cubic yards or so. Don't forget "being down in the Doldrums" to describe an emotional state. Jeff
three sheets to the wind
old friend of mine used to say, "I'd rather be on the boat with a drink on the rocks than in the drink with a boat on the rocks." takes the wind out of your sails, don't it?
old friend of mine used to say, "I'd rather be on the boat with a drink on the rocks than in the drink with a boat on the rocks." takes the wind out of your sails, don't it?
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