Life's a reach, and then you jibe......
-----Original Message----- From: Bill Lamica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Montgomery Email Forum <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 4:48 pm Subject: M_Boats: History Lesson Here's your nautical history lesson for the day. The Naval history of anure: In the 16th and 17th centuries, virtually everything was transported by hip. This was a time before commercial fertilizer, so large shipments of anure were common. To conserve precious cargo weight, the manure was shipped dry and stored elow decks in large bundles. Problems occurred when the humidity rose from eing at sea for a couple of weeks - which then started the fermentation rocess - which in turn produces methane gas. Some hapless Sailor, unaware f the danger would take a lantern below decks and the ship would blow part. Several ships were destroyed before it was found the placement of the anure was at fault. There-after the bundles were labeled, Ship high in ransit to avoid the methane gas build up. *S*hip *H*igh *I*n *T*ransit evolved down through the years as the term we now today… SHIT. And that's the truth! nd you thought it was a term to be used after an accidental jibe. Just leaving town... Bill ______________________________________________ ttp://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
