Old Weather Forum

Michael wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:16 pm Maybe it was wishful thinking on the part of the log-writer.

Strange wording! However I haven't managed to read it as anything else. Usually when they have a drill the time for each group to react is recorded. You're quite right: they did record that list (labeled "Abandon Ship") on a small interleaved sheet. But that was on the next page of the sc...

After weeks of mind-numbing "At anchor Callao, Peru" with attendant mind-numbing incidents of drunkenness, absence without leave, and Force 1-2 winds from all directions, I was thrilled to happen upon some excitement on August 3, 1886: https://i.imgur.com/ne50FFq.png But sadly I have to as...

Our phrase

phasers

are set to "stun"

I agree with pommystuart:

Posh shops stock hyssop for she who

shleps

(say it five times fast)

(e for o)

At whatever age, it's probably best to be choosy because sometimes they turn out to be

psycho

(p fer o)

pommystuart wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:23 pm

arboggs wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:09 pm Ooo thanks, Eric. Now I have a new word to play with!

Don't hit anybody or object with that new word.

You're welcome! Kind of a fun one, right?

Something I saw this time ago, it was a cruise ship had been built on the inland side of a big bridge. The vessel had to lower its stack and go full speed to get the drag downpull which lowered the ships height just enough to get under the bridge. Video of it passing under the bridge with 2 feet to...

If you put an obelisk in a silo it might be mistaken for a

missile

(i o'er o)

I was reading an article in the NY Times on the collision Steering a cargo ship beneath a bridge isn’t easy even when the engine is running. The captain can’t slow down too much because the ship needs a certain amount of speed to be steerable. That reminded me of a recently seen comment about steer...

When Superman gets new boots he always makes sure to apply

moleskin

to his heels until they're broken in.

(h to m)

Judging by what I saw in the matinee, Superman's raiments could withstand an afternoon in a steamie. Breathable, waterproof, and fireproof, his cape is undoubtedly made of

amosite

(o for s)

Okay, thank you all!!

I've had a lovely birthday, but it is truly a delight to find all these fantastic teapots from all of you. Now I will have to drink more tea, whose antioxidants will surely lead to health and prosperity.

Leelaht is an

amuser

with all her animal anagrams

(a for e)

Wow, what a great tale! (Except for losing your job and eventually running out of beer).

Presumably the government hasn't learned the error of its ways and subsequently reopened the Yukon Weather Centre? Where was it?

Thank you! I can relax. Yeast: That occurred to me as the likeliest thing, but brewing one's own beer in the bag-room seemed like a long shot. Breaker not Beaker -- d'oh! You're right! That seems like a great deal of yeast. Bag-room: I found a number of references to Bag-rooms and Bagrooms in Naval ...

Maybe what pommystuart saw were

umpires

. Shipmen would be sporting tattoos.

(+r -h)

On 7 July 1886, at anchor in Callao, Peru , the Com'd'g Officer of USS Shenandoah adjudged the following offences and punishments (along with some others): https://i.imgur.com/NmiwNqy.png You will surely observe that notorious ringleader John McKay (Mst. A., so he should know better) was disrated to...

Demoing poutine with "just a

smidgen

of pimento" to a bunch of hungry Canucks is likely to result in someone calling you a hoser.

(s for o)

For what it's worth, my own research indicates that although leptons come in six different flavors, they just don't sell as well as

poutine

in the Canadian market

(+p -l)