Thread: The Temple of Grockle

see you both soon

I'm at the new venue with half the exAULROians mate.

So to get this right... because a couple members can't keep their private lives private and want to make it all about them, and now picked up their bat and ball to leave immediately after being reprimanded by the boss man. A few of you feel the AULRO community isn't worth visiting anymore?

Originally Posted by Outlaw

So to get this right... because a couple members can't keep their private lives private and want to make it all about them, and now picked up their bat and ball to leave immediately after being reprimanded by the boss man. A few of you feel the AULRO community isn't worth visiting anymore?

I'm staying, I'm a fence sitter from way back




ouch splinter

no way still here too

a couple members can't keep their private lives private

not sure I read too much private stuff but anyway ....life goes on.

bout time we weigh anchor ay Cap'n time to resume the voyage.



Scuttlebutt
The cask of drinking water on ships was called a scuttlebutt and since Sailors exchanged gossip when they gathered at the scuttlebutt for a drink of water, scuttlebutt became U.S. Navy slang for gossip or rumors. A butt was a wooden cask which held water or other liquids; to scuttle is to drill a hole, as for tapping a cask.

im still here there and everywhere

Toe the line
The space between each pair of deck planks in a wooden ship was filled with a packing material called "oakum" and then sealed with a mixture of pitch and tar. The result, from afar, was a series of parallel lines a half-foot or so apart, running the length of the deck. Once a week, as a rule, usually on Sunday, a warship's crew was ordered to fall in at quarters - that is, each group of men into which the crew was divided would line up in formation in a given area of the deck. To insure a neat alignment of each row, the Sailors were directed to stand with their toes just touching a particular seam. Another use for these seams was punitive. The youngsters in a ship, be they ship's boys or student officers, might be required to stand with their toes just touching a designated seam for a length of time as punishment for some minor infraction of discipline, such as talking or fidgeting at the wrong time. A tough captain might require the miscreant to stand there, not talking to anyone, in fair weather or foul, for hours at a time. Hopefully, he would learn it was easier and more pleasant to conduct himself in the required manner rather than suffer the punishment. From these two uses of deck seams comes our cautionary word to obstreperous youngsters to "toe the line."