KØHB wrote:
"Mike Coslo" wrote
....avoid spending credit money like a drunken sailor....
And how does a drunken sailor spend differently from a drunken marine or a
drunken soldier or a drunken airman or a drunken draft-dodger? Or do you
just have a thing about sailors?
You've never heard the term, Hans? since you took the time to write
this, I'll elaborate:
Sailors on leave have been known to be avery exciting bunch for years.
They spend a lot of their lives at sea, and when they get to land often
have a fair amount of discretionary cash to spend, and a lot of steam to
work off. So sailors often spend their money at an alarming pace, thus
the phrase.
And where did I refere to the Navy? A sailor is a generic term for:
1. One who serves in a navy or works on a ship.
2. One who travels by water.
3. A low-crowned straw hat with a flat top and flat brim.
It wasn't number three, so it was numbers one and two.
Or do you even have a clue, Mike?
Proudly serving my Navy and country since 1976.........
- Mike KB3EIA
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