Cold weather camping, part 2

[Gardner Yeaw]

Oh yea,
the stands were called monkeys.
Gardner
78FC33 (left out the most important sentance)

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gardner Yeaw"
wrote:
>
> Ernie,
>
> I was reading on some obscure website about cold, brass, and
monkeys.
>
> It seems that back in the day there were stands used in the
> forts to stack cannon balls on. These stands were made of brass.
So
> when the weather got really, really cold, the brass stand
> contracted enough for the cannon balls to fall off. Hence the
> infamous expression!
>
> Believe it or not!
>
> Gardner
> 78FC33
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, erniecarpet@ wrote:
> >
> > Hi Steve- thanks for your input. Glad to know that I'm not the
> only one that
> > has cold weather issues. Wish we could figure a way around the
> cold- other
> > then going south.
> > I know that the water line runs are enclosed and that no warm
air
> can get
> > to them. I wonder if there is something better then heat tape to
> help us out?
> > If Nasa can go in space~ ernie- 83PT40 in Texas- water lines
> thawed- holding
> > tanks- not
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>