fleblebleb Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 Larry the Tool and the Concrete Cop definitely belong on the list of Cascade Villains. Who else should be nominated? Spray wildly. Quote
tomcat Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 I hereby nominate the I-90 bandits who have so slimingly evaded capture thus far. Quote
Dru Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 bolters-on of holds and chippers at chossil rock, deception crags etc  bolters of cracks at vantage and elsewhere Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 Hangdoggers and rap-bolters! Â ... hey, waitasecond! Quote
iain Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 anyone who thinks more than 5 people is a reasonably-sized group for any climb on Mt. Washington (oregon). bonus points if any person in said group thinks rocks are harmless when kicked off cliff bands. even more points if leader of group believes this is a good place to teach someone how to rappel. Quote
leejams Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 How bout the shmucks that break into your vehicle while parked at the trailhead. Or even worse in Col, and the lawgoddess's case blow out your window with a rifle! Quote
gapertimmy Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 bastards that protest when ski resorts want to establish more lift serviced terrain Quote
Figger_Eight Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 gapertimmy said: bastards that protest when ski resorts want to establish more lift serviced terrain  Bastard ski resorts that chop down trees and build ski lifts so lazy asses don't have to hike for turns. Quote
gapertimmy Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 i'm disapointed, i thought my troll would bring in some more catches. oh well, slow day Quote
Fejas Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 Forrien backpackers that think, just because you have a sweet camp set up at the base of the mountain, that they can camp out with you instead of finding their own place to plant their tent stakes... Â Thats the hole reason i'm out there is to get away from people... Quote
klenke Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 Yeah, I nominate GaperTimmy and Jon for collectively ruining our working lives. Aye, matey, thars your two rapscallions! To the devil* with thee. Â * The devil was the name for the plank cantilevered out over the water that unfortunate victims were made to walk out on on pirate ships, et al. This is the origin of the familiar expression "Between the devil and the deep blue sea." Quote
Dru Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 klenke said: Yeah, I nominate GaperTimmy and Jon for collectively ruining our working lives. Aye, matey, thars your two rapscallions! To the devil* with thee. Â * The devil was the name for the plank cantilevered out over the water that unfortunate victims were made to walk out on on pirate ships, et al. This is the origin of the familiar expression "Between the devil and the deep blue sea." Â actually the devil referred to the longest seam on the ships hull. thus the devil to pay suppoisedly refers to the duty of hanging in a long sling off the side while the ship is carreened, scraping barnacles and caulking this seam. Â both stories are probably bullshit actually. THE DEVIL. you know, the guy with horns. none of this plank bullshit, they were Satanists!! Quote
fleblebleb Posted March 13, 2003 Author Posted March 13, 2003 Heeheehee, silly boat myths. How long can the British navy go to sea for before sodomy is no longer punishable by hanging? Quote
klenke Posted March 13, 2003 Posted March 13, 2003 Dru, according to these, we're both right more or less: http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin_board/7/messages/262.html http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010512/windows/roots.htm http://www.shipsandcruises.com/nautical_notes.htm  And now that I've been reading some of these, I remembered a little more of what I knew of this: that to tar the side of the ship a sailor hung from this plank (and in so being, was between the devil and the deep blue sea). It was apparently a dangerous task, thus the expression's meaning of being in a precarious situation. Quote
catbirdseat Posted March 13, 2003 Posted March 13, 2003 In carvel built (or planked) ships the boards were placed side by side as opposed to overlapped as in shiplap construction. The resulting seams each had to be waterproofed by being stuffed with a ribbon of a recycled material called oakum made from retired hemp ropes. The oakum was saturated with tar and shoved into the seams, which were then filled with more tar. It was a very messy business and explains why sailors were sometimes referred to as "Jack Tar". If a ship "worked", that is flexed, in a heavy sea, the oakum in the seams could work its way loose and the ship would leak. Since picking oakum was such unpleasant business it was often assigned to prisoners, which explains how the phrase "pickin' oakum" came to mean getting into trouble. Â Nautical History: Oakum Quote
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