"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:06:50 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould
wrote:

Business will take me to Bellingham today, where it just may be
blowing like Stink

Ok - please to explain "blowing like Stink".

I have never understood that term.

Old sail boat term?
It was interesting to learn on the tour of the USS Constitution that the
"facilities" were located in the bow or "head" of the ships in those days.
Since the wind would never be coming from the direction of the bow while
underway, it kept the air quality from going foul over the rest of the ship.

Obviously where the term "head" for the bathroom came from as well.

Eisboch