Perhaps they took the battens out of the sails to lash down the hatches? Most hatches have latches though. And most battens are too flexible. Again, I am charging $5 for all utterances of both phrases. They're actually selling hats and tshirts with those phrases in Houston now. :P
-Kyle On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 4:35 PM, paul annen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<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.
