tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post115781397192335738..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Time Marches OnSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1157898228084166712006-09-10T10:23:00.000-04:002006-09-10T10:23:00.000-04:00I like Churchill's assessment of the Royal Navy tr...I like Churchill's assessment of the Royal Navy traditions he was trying to reform:<BR/><BR/>"What traditions are those, admiral? Rum, sodomy, and the lash?"<BR/><BR/>Editor theorist- Speaking of lunatics from the Royal Navy, a friend of mine, for reasons impenetrable, has a collection of Jackie Fisher memorabilia. <BR/><BR/>We're strange over here in New England.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1157832347490930132006-09-09T16:05:00.000-04:002006-09-09T16:05:00.000-04:00Let's break the lyrical mood! Sipp's corner of New...Let's break the lyrical mood! <BR/><BR/>Sipp's corner of New England has the place names of Kent, Old England - and Chatham (Kent) has recently been big news in the UK as the presumed origin of the Romany/ Gypsy word 'chav' - which was new word of the year 2004, used all over the mass media. <BR/><BR/>Chavs are defined as a sort of white-underclass - see <BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavs<BR/><BR/>But I had only come across Chatham in the references to the Royal Navy dockyard in Samuel Pepys diary - Pepys (as an administrator) did a great job of reforming their corrupt practices.Editor Theoristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523719768353591396noreply@blogger.com