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    although it is usually spelt with two "d"s.....

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    ‘Proffing’ is an old naval term for acquiring an item without the owner’s authority, which in landsman’s language is sometimes called ‘stealing’. In the good old naval tradition of having many names for the same thing (to confuse the lubbers), proffing was also often referred to as ‘unhooking’.

    The heads were the so-called seats of ease, where the crew carried out their unavoidable natural bodily functions.

    The Captain of the Heads was the name given to the crew-member whose duties included cleaning the heads, and those parts of the ship’s hull beneath them that inevitably got soiled. This duty was given to a minor recalcitrant, and so the title was gleefully passed on quickly to the next ‘victim’.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    Fiddler's Green was slang for an easy life.

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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    To add a bit more to that Dave.

    Fiddler's Green is a legendary supposed afterlife, where there is perpetual mirth, a fiddle that never stops playing, and dancers who never tire. In 19th-century maritime folklore it was a kind of afterlife for sailors who have served at least 50 years at sea.


    As I walked by the dockside one evening so rare
    To view the still waters and take the salt air
    I heard an old fisherman singing this song,
    Oh take me away boys, me time is not long


    [Chorus]

    Lock me up in me oilskins and jumper
    No more on the docks I'll be seen
    Just tell me old shipmates I'm takin a trip mates
    I'll see you someday in Fiddler's Green


    Oh in Fiddler's Green is a place I've heard tell
    Where sailormen go if they don't go to hell
    Where the weather is fair and the dolphins do play
    And the cold coast of Greenland is far far away

    [Chorus]

    Where the skies are all clear and there's never a gale
    And the fish jump on board with a swish of their tails
    Where you lie at your leisure - there's no work to do
    And the skipper's below making tea for the crew

    [Chorus]

    Oh and when you are docked and the long trip is through
    There's pubs and there's clubs and there's lassies there too
    Where the girls are all pretty and the beer is all free
    And there's bottles of rum growin off every tree

    [Chorus]

    Oh I don't want a harp nor a halo, not me
    Just give me a breeze and a good rollin sea
    And I'll play me auld squeezebox as we sail along
    With the wind in the riggin to sing me this song

    [Chorus]

    Lock me up in me oilskins and jumper
    No more on the docks I'll be seen
    Just tell me old shipmates I'm takin a trip mates
    I'll see you someday in Fiddler's Green


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voZbWF9DLlo


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    Thank you for that, Rob.


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