Neatorama Posts Tagged "sailor"
Shanghaiing: How Trickery And Deception Turned Thousands of Unwilling Men Into Sailors

In the era of sailing ships, the 16th through the...  ...shanghaied them. That was the term for kidnapping sailors , possibly because Shanghai was the destination fo...  ...be invented. It was not uncommon for an unwilling sailor to wake up at sea and find himself with a new nam...  ...dvance pay that was allowe...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/04/28/Shanghaiing-How-Trickery-And-Deception-Turned-Thousands-of-Unwilling-Men-Into-Sailors/
The Meanings Behind 19 Classic Sailor Tattoos

Those who travel the world in ships, whether for t...  ...hey have done, and their hopes for survival. When sailors meet in ship assignments or far away ports, they...  ...he foot tattoos of pigs and roosters were worn by sailors in WWII in the hopes it would keep the sailor fr...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/10/21/The-Meanings-Behind-19-Classic-Sailor-Tattoos/
The Forgetful Sailor

In 1832, a British Navy doctor, David Burnes, was...  ...sh Navy doctor, David Burnes, was approached by a sailor who had pain and infection in his back. It took a...  ...ork was incomplete. Several years later, the same sailor approached the doctor again with a pain in his ne...  ...extracted. You can read the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/09/17/The-Forgetful-Sailor/
The Neapolitan "Kindergarten Ship"...

For a lot of human history, the solution to the pr...  ...porated a real education along with training as a sailor . The pictures are grim, but many boys were proud...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/08/27/The-Neapolitan-Kindergarten-Ship/
This Cat is a First-Rate First Mate...

Cover cat IIA photo posted by Strauss von Skat...  ...ly are,” Thompson said. “The old time sailors believed that the big polydactyl paws gave them a...  ...nd also made them better mousers. So for me, as a sailor , it is very satisfying to have a polydactyl cat.&...  ...charging rate however.”...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/11/10/This-Cat-is-a-First-Rate-First-Mate/
How Sailors' Love Tokens Got Into Women's Underwear

If your far-away lover gave you something to remem...  ...alebone anyway, a gift inscribed with love from a sailor made him feel closer to her heart -and other body...  ...nd every time she used it, she would remember her sailor . Busks were huge tokens of love. She could wear i...  ...rsweet manner because a wo...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/05/01/How-Sailors-Love-Tokens-Got-Into-Womens-Underwear/
A Sailor’s Dying Wish

When EM2 Bud Cloud reconciled himself to the fact...  ...n introduced himself and said as the ship’s Sailor of the Year he had the honor of pushing Bud&rsquo...  ...ld have the chance to meet and greet a few of the Sailors from the new Dewey. He was ecstatic. The day befo...  ...s, the XO and a reinforced...

https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/14/A-Sailors-Dying-Wish/
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