It has often been claimed that the "brass monkey" was a holder or storage rack in which cannon balls (or shot) were stacked on a ship. Supposedly when the "monkey" with its stack of cannon ball became cold, the contraction of iron cannon balls led to the balls falling through or off of the "monkey." This explanation appears to be a legend of the sea without historical justification. In actuality, ready service shot was kept on the gun or spar decks in shot racks (also known as shot garlands in the Royal Navy) which consisted of longitudinal wooden planks with holes bored into them, into which round shot (cannon balls) were inserted for ready use by the gun crew. These shot racks or garlands are discussed in: Longridge, C. Nepean. The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships. (Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1981): 64. A top view of shot garlands on the upper deck of a ship-of-the-line is depicted in The Visual Dictionary of Ships and Sailing. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1991): 17.
Hi - you played great on Saturday ...W2G! Congrats on making final table. I know you came back from a very short stack and did really awesome in the end.
there is a theme park???
woooohooo are there rides? :wink:
mucky like
 :sillygrin: :sillygrin: :goofy: :goofy:
I wanna go!!
I wanna go!!
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It has often been claimed that the "brass monkey" was a holder or storage rack in which cannon balls (or shot) were stacked on a ship. Supposedly when the "monkey" with its stack of cannon ball became cold, the contraction of iron cannon balls led to the balls falling through or off of the "monkey." This explanation appears to be a legend of the sea without historical justification. In actuality, ready service shot was kept on the gun or spar decks in shot racks (also known as shot garlands in the Royal Navy) which consisted of longitudinal wooden planks with holes bored into them, into which round shot (cannon balls) were inserted for ready use by the gun crew. These shot racks or garlands are discussed in: Longridge, C. Nepean. The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships. (Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1981): 64. A top view of shot garlands on the upper deck of a ship-of-the-line is depicted in The Visual Dictionary of Ships and Sailing. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1991): 17.
hope to see you katsmeow
thanks for keeping me warm today mucky :sheepish: :cool:
I can go to bed now.....but i admit i was wrong...it wasn't from a clue...
BUT...i did know I gooogled it at one time.
Thanks for hangin' out with me this year. Good Times
yep...they do...
...tempting...very tempting.....
I have your socks- your snowpants and your your scarf! and 2 drinks when we go out next!
nice :smile:
and so is my heart
so i thought i'd send you a big juicy sloppy fart.
It was a fun weekend - sorry I was sick :frown:
I missed out on the party'n :chagrin: :angry:
something i just know you'd love.
lets all call the beaver!
http://games.greenghoulie.com/songs/thebeaversong.htm
and my name is joe!
hey joe are yah busy?
thats funny
Let's all go to Beaver Heaven!
I spent all weekend at camp sinngin those songs...but still can't stop watchin them :pbpt: