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Friday Funnies 30-Oct-2009 At 12:06:31 PM MrsM10iswhereitsat.

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On 29/10/2009 Mr kuu wrote:
>On 24/10/2009 pmonks wrote:
>>Q. How do you keep a boulderer in suspense?
>
>Well Peter, tell us the answer. Don't keep us in suspense.
>
>Or am I thick?

Hello Mr kuu. Life is full of unanswered questions isn't it dearie, but I thought you might know that by now?
By the way, I liked your superglue answer as that would be fun to see! (giggle).

Perhaps you should sit back, enjoy a cuppa, or something stronger if you fancy, and ponder on it for a bit?
Derek my M10 love is a bit of a ponderer (as well as a soak), and he too has tried to find answers.
It is funny how history throws them up sometimes quite a bit later down the track. Take the following that he told me about for example;

LITTLE KNOWN TIDBIT OF NAVAL HISTORY... ?????????????

The U. S. S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (i.e. fresh water distillers).

However, let it be noted that according to her ship's log, "On July 27, 1798, the U.S.S. Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 475 officers and men, 48,600 gallons of fresh water, 7,400 cannon shot, 11,600 pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum."

Her mission: "To destroy and harass English shipping."
Making Jamaica on 6 October, she took on 826 pounds of flour and 68,300 gallons of rum.
Then she headed for the Azores , arriving there 12 November. She provisioned with 550 pounds of beef and 64,300 gallons of Portuguese wine.

On 18 November, she set sail for England . In the ensuing days she defeated five British men-of-war and captured and scuttled 12 English merchant ships, salvaging only the rum aboard each..

By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted. Nevertheless, although unarmed she made a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in Scotland . Her landing party captured a whisky distillery and transferred 40,000 gallons of single malt Scotch aboard by dawn. Then she headed home.

The U.. S. S. Constitution arrived in Boston on 20 February 1799, with no cannon shot, no food, no powder, no rum, no wine, no whisky, and 38,600 gallons of water.

Take care on the roads out there this long weekend Vicchockerstoners, and don't bring home the water you may carry to the 'Pines with you!
Give it to the long termers or the new seedlings at least!!