Ah, the things we learn on this list. Sounds good to me. /jmac
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Jon Mitchell
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 2:43 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: OT: Wind chill (was: problem with OM4 & cold weather)
I believe the expression "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass
monkey" came from some very old nautical piece of equipment. The brass
monkey was, I believe, a bit like the triangle used in Snooker (or pool)
to arrange the balls at the start of the game. Only the Brass Monkey
was for storing cannonballs, in a pyramid shape.
At least, that's what I was told years ago.
Jon
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