tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post5909905671272625841..comments2023-10-05T10:19:06.886-05:00Comments on Blogonomicon: I'll be in my bunkAlanDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-22021881133502927062011-05-02T18:44:29.005-05:002011-05-02T18:44:29.005-05:00Babel: One of the disappointments of my life is I...Babel: One of the disappointments of my life is I have never witnessed anything strange like that.<br /><br />Matt: My bunk seemed to be about 3 inches too short for me.AlanDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-85441211127455093552011-05-02T13:49:41.047-05:002011-05-02T13:49:41.047-05:00From my old sailor's dictionary: Fo'c'...From my old sailor's dictionary: Fo'c's'le- th' c'b'n f'rth'st f'r'w'd.<br /><br />I've slept in the foc'sle on <i>Elissa</i> when I volunteered down there many times. I'm betting you were more comfortable in your bunk than I was in mine; the bunks were for men much shorter than I was!Mattexianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09364636677279037964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-77665118107092407902011-05-02T10:34:04.927-05:002011-05-02T10:34:04.927-05:00I went with my son and his Cub Scout troop last ye...I went with my son and his Cub Scout troop last year and we had a great time, too. We did have a weird if not ghostly thing happen- in the engine room where the ghostly airman has appeared to numerous visitors, we were just leaving the room-just my son ,Father-in-law and myself-after discussing the tales, when a bolted clipboard at the work station twisted by itself and slammed with great force-and this thing was stiffly bolted-I felt it! We looked at each other with hair on end and boogied on outta there!Babelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747544542335195389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-35288346298031172252011-05-01T23:21:31.968-05:002011-05-01T23:21:31.968-05:00Foc'sle is short for forecastle.
I'm assum...Foc'sle is short for forecastle.<br />I'm assuming you were near-ish the bow.<br /><br />...And sheets don't go on beds, they go on masts :-DKurtPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12205267944616413162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-28784694264849368142011-05-01T22:54:47.219-05:002011-05-01T22:54:47.219-05:00What a great ship! Sounds like a good time.What a great ship! Sounds like a good time.Albatrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02156254141379602471noreply@blogger.com