wow realy????? damn... are you charging for correct usages (aka sail stiffening)?? traditional battens were actually made of wale bone....
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<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.
