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What is this "pin" thing called?
Mine was from Alabama. The commands we "Chunk 'nade . .. .CHUNK!"
Damn that was a lot of years ago . . .. |
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What is this "pin" thing called?
The belaying pin-system was an early type of quick-release cleating system.
The pins fit into holes in the fife-rail that are called "bung-holes"! "Christopher Horner" wrote in message news On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 01:30:00 -0500, Mike1 wrote: In old "pirate" movies, you'll sometimes see, during a fight, a man pull out a special-shaped wooden pin or club and use it as a weapon. Sometimes he has one or more on him, but often he yanks it from a mounting bracket on the rail of the ship (where there appear to be many of things, for, I presume, tying down lines to tack the sails). Question: Do these pins have a specific name? If the first pic on this ( http://www.tallshipbounty.org/belay.html ) page is what you are talking about then, you're thinking of belaying pins, used either for lashing/belaying running rigging, or motivating the crew. -- Christopher Horner |
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What is this "pin" thing called?
"Scott" wrote in message ... The belaying pin-system was an early type of quick-release cleating system. The pins fit into holes in the fife-rail that are called "bung-holes"! Heh heh... Bunghole. |
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What is this "pin" thing called?
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from Dale Farmer contains these words: I don't know. The only thing I was looking at was the grenade and the ground I was walking over. --Dale If you really want to make your instructor move fast hold the lever down tight,pull the pin and throw the pin away......... regards, Terry |
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