funny... true battens have nothing to do with hatches... they are set in sails to help keep there shape...
and i never got that message when on the aircraft carrier... it was simply "tooweeeeeeoooooeeet, now rig for foul weather" ... got to love it On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 5:28 PM, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: > Aye, mate. > > The Navy has an understated way of announcing prep for a storm at sea: > > "Tooweeeweeeeet -- Now cover over...cover over all hatches and gun > barrels...prepare for a fresh water wetdown" > > AKA battening. > > Overusers of "battening" and "hunkering" are the young, dumb TV > reporters, looking to make their chops with "on the scene" reports of > a hurricane's "actual" strength, usually from a relatively tame remote > location where there's little wind and rain and no airborne debris. > > I like to see one strap himself to something solid and ride out a > Category 5 from start to finish. Now that would be something to write > home about. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
