It was the county judge that kept using those phrases over and over. I think it's his office or campaign or something that's making the swag now. I didn't batten anything. I boarded up the windows, moved the motorcycle to higher ground in the garage, put the cars up on jack stands, and bought some water and snickers. I had a small 1man sailboat in the garage incase the storm surge got too bad ;)
-Kyle On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 4:47 PM, paul annen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<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.
