Of course not Nick, you'd be most welcome:thumbup:Originally Posted by BritNick
Are we still a man down Daz? Mrs C. mentioned something about maybe being on holiday the weekend of the PBR. I'll get in touch with her and find out.
Of course not Nick, you'd be most welcome:thumbup:
Are we still a man down Daz? Mrs C. mentioned something about maybe being on holiday the weekend of the PBR. I'll get in touch with her and find out.
Fell ponies - haven't you lot disbanded yet, talk about flogging a dead horse!
Let's talk about flogging a dead horse then..............all you need is a dead horse, here's one i prepared earlier, find something to flog it with, et voila, you are now flogging a dead horse, it's the most fun you can have with..........................err a dead horse:thumbup:
Next week we'll talk about how to construct box girder bridges and how to split the atom in your lunch hour, bloody marvellous.
What's the latest situation? Is another team member still needed?
Well, if you esteemed Ponies are stuck, you don't mind my slow, post-Rombald's ar*e dragging down your time and TT doesn't mind me slowing down his leg, I'm willing to step into the breech. I'll go further than that. I might even join you as a second named club cos I like the cut of your jib. The horse lives.
So there Anti.
Hurrah!
Nick, PM me your address and will see if I can find a vest for you (medium?).....consider yourself part of the stable! Tough luck on not getting through UTMB draw, neither did I but have found something bigger and better to do instead.....have you never fancied Tor des Geants??Well, if you esteemed Ponies are stuck, you don't mind my slow, post-Rombald's ar*e dragging down your time and TT doesn't mind me slowing down his leg, I'm willing to step into the breech. I'll go further than that. I might even join you as a second named club cos I like the cut of your jib. The horse lives.So there Anti.
As far as i can decipher the Fell Ponies is about drinking, why disband?
Interesting list of nautical metaphors on Wikipedia...Well, if you esteemed Ponies are stuck, you don't mind my slow, post-Rombald's ar*e dragging down your time and TT doesn't mind me slowing down his leg, I'm willing to step into the breech. I'll go further than that. I might even join you as a second named club cos I like the cut of your jib. The horse lives.
So there Anti.
I like the cut of your jib, used to characterise the way a person looks, sailors would recognise the nationality of other ships by the shape of the triangular forsesail (or Jib).[1]
Taken aback, on a square-rigger the sails were 'taken aback' when the wind was blowing on the wrong side of the sails causing a dangerous situation. Later used to indicate a difficult or unexpected situation.[2]
Batten down the hatches
Clear the decks, to get everything out of the way as a warship went into action.[3]
Show someone the ropes, to show or explain to someone how to do a task or operation. Taken from the use of ropes to orient and adjust the sails.
Sail close to the wind, is to operate hazardously on very slim margins, usually applied in a financial sense. Derived from the technique of sailing close to the direction of the oncoming wind.
Loaded to the gunwales
Back and fill
On one's beam ends
Awash
Nail one's colours to the mast
Flying the flag
Plain sailing
With flying colours, - the colours was the national flag flown at sea during battle, a ship would surrender by lowering the colours and the term is now used to indicate a triumphant victory or win.[4]
In the doldrums
All hands to the pumps
Weathering a storm
A different tack
Swinging the lead, is to avoid duty by feigning illness or injury, original a confusion between Swing the leg which related to the way dogs can run on three legs to gain sympathy and the sailor's term heaving the lead which was to take soundings. [5]
Left high and dry
May the wind always be at your back and may you have following seas
Three sheets to the wind, meaning "staggering drunk," refers to a ship whose sheets have come loose, causing the sails to flap uncontrolled and the ship to meander at the mercy of the elements. Also, "Three sheets in the wind, unsteady from drink."[6]
Sun over the yardarm: This phrase is widely used, both afloat and ashore, to indicate that the time of day has been reached at which it is acceptable to have lunch or (more commonly) to have an alcoholic beverage.
Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey was said to refer to a tray on which cannonballs were stored, but this story has been discredited, according to the linked article.
"Take soundings": In suspected shallow waters, a crewmember may have the task of repeatedly throwing into the water a lead line, or piece of lead tied to a string knotted every fathom, for the purpose of estimating the depth of the sea.[7] This saying the nautical equivalent of "Take the lay of the land": see how things are going, or see what people think about a proposed course of action.[citation needed]
"Son of a gun" may have referred to a boy born aboard ship during the age of sail-power. Although technically never allowed, women were not infrequently aboard British ships during at least some of their voyages (these women included both wives and prostitutes). One theory holds that "son of a gun" was entered into the official log of the ship in cases of questionable or uncertain paternity. Another theory holds that the guns themselves occasionally aided in the birthing process by "kicking" the bulkhead against a woman's back. This theory holds that any boy born in such a manner was a son of a gun.[citation needed]
"All set" is derived from setting lobster traps, commonly used to denote a completed task
I've PM'd you. Funnily enough, someone was only telling me about the TdG after The Hebden on Saturday. To be honest I hadn't fancied it, bearing in mind I haven't managed to finish a UTMB yet. 200 miles in 150 hours all in one go sounds daunting, to say the least.
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