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Not enough room to swing a cat and other sayings....

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Not enough room to swing a cat originates from ships, where the cat o nine tails was a punishment. If there was no room to whip anyone it's a small space.

Another saying "son of a gun" also came from a nautical background. During periods at sea and in wartimes, when a couple fucked under the onboard guns. Hence. "Son of a gun" came about.

Do you know any?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Freeze the balls off a brass monkey refers to a lozenge shaped brass plate which had 3 dimples where a pyramid of 4 iron cannonballs could be stacked next to a canon,,,,,, when ambient temperature dipped it resulted in both the iron balls and the brass plate contracting at different rates crating sufficient instability in the pyramid of the iron balls causing them to roll off the brass plate..

Now ask yourself is this a Soxy Truth or a Soxy Bluff

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Freeze the balls off a brass monkey refers to a lozenge shaped brass plate which had 3 dimples where a pyramid of 4 iron cannonballs could be stacked next to a canon,,,,,, when ambient temperature dipped it resulted in both the iron balls and the brass plate contracting at different rates crating sufficient instability in the pyramid of the iron balls causing them to roll off the brass plate..

Now ask yourself is this a Soxy Truth or a Soxy Bluff "

I've heard this before. And yeah it's truth.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Historically during construction the last rivet in an all riveted ship is always placed where?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Historically during construction the last rivet in an all riveted ship is always placed where? "

This is one I do not know???

And I don't think google is allowed?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Freeze the balls off a brass monkey refers to a lozenge shaped brass plate which had 3 dimples where a pyramid of 4 iron cannonballs could be stacked next to a canon,,,,,, when ambient temperature dipped it resulted in both the iron balls and the brass plate contracting at different rates crating sufficient instability in the pyramid of the iron balls causing them to roll off the brass plate..

Now ask yourself is this a Soxy Truth or a Soxy Bluff "

True

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Historically during construction the last rivet in an all riveted ship is always placed where?

This is one I do not know???

And I don't think google is allowed?"

In the last hole...

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Historically during construction the last rivet in an all riveted ship is always placed where?

This is one I do not know???

And I don't think google is allowed?

In the last hole... "

Ffs

Hook

Line

Sinker

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham


"Not enough room to swing a cat originates from ships, where the cat o nine tails was a punishment. If there was no room to whip anyone it's a small space."

Phew, I've always worried about the moggies

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By *ondon-guy68Man
over a year ago

London


"Historically during construction the last rivet in an all riveted ship is always placed where?

This is one I do not know???

And I don't think google is allowed?

In the last hole... "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What runs from forward to aft on the port side of a British register ship and aft to forward on it's starboard side ?

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit


"Freeze the balls off a brass monkey refers to a lozenge shaped brass plate which had 3 dimples where a pyramid of 4 iron cannonballs could be stacked next to a canon,,,,,, when ambient temperature dipped it resulted in both the iron balls and the brass plate contracting at different rates crating sufficient instability in the pyramid of the iron balls causing them to roll off the brass plate..

Now ask yourself is this a Soxy Truth or a Soxy Bluff "

Now for years I loved and often related this one to others...but was recently gutted to discover it to be an urban myth....so it's Soxy Bluff

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_monkey_%28colloquialism%29?wprov=sfla1

"The physics does not stand up to scrutiny. The contraction of both balls and plate over the range of temperatures involved would not be particularly large. The effect claimed possibly could be reproduced under laboratory conditions with objects engineered to a high precision for this purpose, but it is unlikely it would ever have occurred in real life aboard a warship."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Freeze the balls off a brass monkey refers to a lozenge shaped brass plate which had 3 dimples where a pyramid of 4 iron cannonballs could be stacked next to a canon,,,,,, when ambient temperature dipped it resulted in both the iron balls and the brass plate contracting at different rates crating sufficient instability in the pyramid of the iron balls causing them to roll off the brass plate..

Now ask yourself is this a Soxy Truth or a Soxy Bluff

Now for years I loved and often related this one to others...but was recently gutted to discover it to be an urban myth....so it's Soxy Bluff

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_monkey_%28colloquialism%29?wprov=sfla1

"The physics does not stand up to scrutiny. The contraction of both balls and plate over the range of temperatures involved would not be particularly large. The effect claimed possibly could be reproduced under laboratory conditions with objects engineered to a high precision for this purpose, but it is unlikely it would ever have occurred in real life aboard a warship.""

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A steam ship sets sail from berth 12 in Southampton docks and proceeds to circumnavigate the world arriving back at berth 12 Southampton dock in exactly the same location………

Which part of the ship had travelled the furthest ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My dad used to say when flush with cash,

f..k the expense buy the cat a gold fish.

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By *oneDoeWoman
over a year ago

socially distanced


"What runs from forward to aft on the port side of a British register ship and aft to forward on it's starboard side ? "

With help from a friend... the Keel

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What runs from forward to aft on the port side of a British register ship and aft to forward on it's starboard side ?

With help from a friend... the Keel"

Nope...... it's the letters of the ships name painted on the bow

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A steam ship sets sail from berth 12 in Southampton docks and proceeds to circumnavigate the world arriving back at berth 12 Southampton dock in exactly the same location………

Which part of the ship had travelled the furthest ? "

The top of the mast

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A steam ship sets sail from berth 12 in Southampton docks and proceeds to circumnavigate the world arriving back at berth 12 Southampton dock in exactly the same location………

Which part of the ship had travelled the furthest ?

The top of the mast"

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By *aren1956TV/TS
over a year ago

Fakenham


"What runs from forward to aft on the port side of a British register ship and aft to forward on it's starboard side ? "

The waterline...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why are the loos on a ship called 'the heads'?

Answers on a post card.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What runs from forward to aft on the port side of a British register ship and aft to forward on it's starboard side ?

The waterline..."

Nope its the ships name painted on the sides ......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A steam ship sets sail from berth 12 in Southampton docks and proceeds to circumnavigate the world arriving back at berth 12 Southampton dock in exactly the same location………

Which part of the ship had travelled the furthest ?

The top of the mast"

The highest point on a steamship was the funnel rim.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A steam ship sets sail from berth 12 in Southampton docks and proceeds to circumnavigate the world arriving back at berth 12 Southampton dock in exactly the same location………

Which part of the ship had travelled the furthest ?

The top of the mast

The highest point on a steamship was the funnel rim."

It's the masthead of the highest mast which is always higher than the funnel....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A steam ship sets sail from berth 12 in Southampton docks and proceeds to circumnavigate the world arriving back at berth 12 Southampton dock in exactly the same location………

Which part of the ship had travelled the furthest ?

The top of the mast

The highest point on a steamship was the funnel rim.

It's the masthead of the highest mast which is always higher than the funnel.... "

Admittedly, I questioned myself on that and looked at some google pics - some have higher masts, and some have higher funnels.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A steam ship sets sail from berth 12 in Southampton docks and proceeds to circumnavigate the world arriving back at berth 12 Southampton dock in exactly the same location………

Which part of the ship had travelled the furthest ?

The top of the mast

The highest point on a steamship was the funnel rim.

It's the masthead of the highest mast which is always higher than the funnel....

Admittedly, I questioned myself on that and looked at some google pics - some have higher masts, and some have higher funnels."

But not on the ship in my question ,,,

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By *rwolfMan
over a year ago

bristol

The saying

"Ship shape in bristol fashion"

Very interesting saying but what originated it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A steam ship sets sail from berth 12 in Southampton docks and proceeds to circumnavigate the world arriving back at berth 12 Southampton dock in exactly the same location………

Which part of the ship had travelled the furthest ?

The top of the mast

The highest point on a steamship was the funnel rim.

It's the masthead of the highest mast which is always higher than the funnel....

Admittedly, I questioned myself on that and looked at some google pics - some have higher masts, and some have higher funnels.

But not on the ship in my question ,,, "

Fair enough

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Happy as a clam at high tide is my fav saying

Why would a clam be happy I hear you ask....

Clams can only be readily dug up by humans when the tide is low; in high water, they're almost impossible to find.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit


"Why are the loos on a ship called 'the heads'?

Answers on a post card. "

From the days when the crew toilets were holes either side of the figurehead at the front of the ship...shortened over the years to "heads"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Theres more than one way to skin a cat. At least thats what these supposed celebrity chefs will tell you

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By *ighland gentlemanMan
over a year ago

Ardgay

To say something is A1 is from Lloyd of London shipping insurance where they rated hull and rigging separately. Highest rating for both was A1.

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