Guest guest Posted April 29, 2000 Report Share Posted April 29, 2000 My son just got home from his trip on the tall ship. Had a lot of fun and learned a lot. I had asked him to find out what a " poop deck " was, following the discussion of said topic a couple of weeks ago. Here is what he learned. There is a main deck of the ship. The next level up (can be 1-7 steps up, or more) is the quarter deck. The next level above that is the poop deck. It is always in the back of the ship. He does not know how it got its' name, but says that a lot of sailing names are abbreviations of longer names. So it could be an abbreviation of some other term that has been forgotten. Guess it you need to know more, you will have to look it up somewhere. Sometimes I feel I am lucky to get that much out of him. He is 15, and seems to think that talking with Mom is passe' or something. That's all for the lesson today. Anne M., RN ImmuneBalance@... http://www.candidafighter.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2000 Report Share Posted April 29, 2000 You got me curious so I looked it up in the dictionary. I think it is the weather station. I guess that is where they get the " straight poop " about the weather which is pretty important on a ship. Ora > My son just got home from his trip on the tall ship. Had a lot of fun and > learned a lot. I had asked him to find out what a " poop deck " was, following > the discussion of said topic a couple of weeks ago. Here is what he learned. > > There is a main deck of the ship. The next level up (can be 1-7 steps up, or > more) is the quarter deck. The next level above that is the poop deck. It > is always in the back of the ship. > > He does not know how it got its' name, but says that a lot of sailing names > are abbreviations of longer names. So it could be an abbreviation of some > other term that has been forgotten. > > Guess it you need to know more, you will have to look it up somewhere. > Sometimes I feel I am lucky to get that much out of him. He is 15, and seems > to think that talking with Mom is passe' or something. > > That's all for the lesson today. > > Anne M., RN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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