JohnnyTarr

I am sorry that I can't help. I was in the Navy for 3 years, but I am glad that I never had to use one of those. I am fairly certain that by now all the calls are recorded anyway . I do have to say that those were very annoying calls. Especilaly the call for cleaning.

This didn't work out as well as I would have hoped but: It is real. This is the USS Esinhower in the Suez canal. The Ike is in the main channel and I am in a hellacopter low over a passing channel.

Ok where is my credit card.

I will have to add this to my must see list.

Now why can't I sleep.

Ok now I know that a know that a knot was measured by tossing a plank of wood tied to a rope overboard. The rope would have knots tied into it and over time would produce your speed. Now I have been looking as to how this was all done with more specifics. This is what I came up with and this is open for discustion and not ment to be used as fact as I am not shure of the facts. I have found a 3 min sand glass that might have been used to measure speed. Then I found this: 1 knot is roughly equivalent to 101.268591 foot/minute. So if you had a vessle that would go 5knots you would need 500 ft of twine to let out in one min to measure your speed. Now I find this hard to believe but that doesn't make it true. Anyone else out there that can help?

Here is a site that makes it even easier. Just buy your own clock. https://plus36.safe-order.net/cgi-bin/smiva...ocks-Barometers Of course there is alot more at the site.

At first that bell is very anoying when it was used. But I got used to it soon enough. Then you don't even really hear it.

Sorry to hear that. I am interested in this too. I am planning to some day build a nice sailboat and run away to the islands. So I can't wait to hear some news.

How about staking a man out below the high tide line and waiting.

I have also hear of this one being done with wet rope. As the rope dried it would shrink and slowly pull the limbs out of their sockets. Very painfull and you could survive.

Well I will give you all 4 more days to guess then I will tell ya.

Ok so all of these might prove out to not be fact. But isn't the public fiction part of our history in a way? The myths and legends are just as important to me as the fact. I mean if enough people believe somthing to be true, even if it isn't, in a strange way it does become true. So give me them all I won't judge you.

I saw a reference to this on another thread and I would like to hear more. Sayings that come from the sailing world that might be forgoten. 1. Freeze the balls of a Brass Monkey. Comes from the craddle of brass that held to cannon balls on the ready cannon. When the ship would go around the horn in cold weather the cannon balls would contract quicker than the brass and become loose. Of course loose cannon balls on a pitching deck would fall out. 2. Kiss the captains daughter. Getting punished with the cat o' nine tails 3. Sing a song of six pence. I have heard that this is a song that was sung by recruiters on shore for Blackbeard. It is things like this I would like to collect.

A name and address would help.

Yep, After you all said somthing I thought that something had to be wrong with what I was looking at. THX

Ok I have finally found the site that I was talking about. http://www.flintlocks.com/order.htm Try this and tell me if I am looking at somthing wrong.

I can not enlarge the photo with the programs I have. If you right click and save it to your computer maybe you can enlarge it. Other wise this is going to be a bust of a game.

Yes I too am sorry if I said anything out of line. I have a friend that as a child lost both hands and his eyesight to a bad accident. He is a great guy and I am certain that he wishes that this happens to nobody else.

I am working on gathering those recipies. It might take me a day or two. But I have not forgotten.

I will have to enlarge it. I did not know how big the Pic would be when posted.

Hey out there, Do you play Sid Meyer's Pirates? What is your opinion of the game? How well have you done? My wife took my disk away untill the house is clean, so I will have to get working here. I might be away for a few days.

Does he get to keep the clothes? He is a pirate after all and not just an actor. Congrats, wish I could be their.

My wife got hung up on the condition of the pirate house. Now I have seen the way she grew up and the only thing missing was the flees. I mean I couldn't live in all that mess but clutter is a style. Neither way was perfect but I will have to say the pirates were happier

Has anybody else noticed that the original poster has not posted here lately?