Cold weather camping, part 2

[The Squires]

Gardner,

Slight correction. The brass monkeys (the cannon ball stands) were used on
board the old sailing ships. You can image loose cannon balls rolling
everywhere in rough seas. They were square on the bottom with indentions
for each cannon ball. The next row up was simply between the balls on the
bottom row until you achieve a pyramid of cannon balls. The part about
"being cold enough to freeze..." is still the same principle.

Jimmy
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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
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--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, erniecarpet@... wrote:
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> 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
>
>
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