And still it rains...........

Not a lot of new scuttlebutt from here between the swamp and the sea. The rain has been steady now for well over twenty four hours, while still trying to remain thankful, but at the same time am ready to see a clear sky. I watched a herd of deer feed through the side yard this morning and thought to myself if it keeps on raining, they will probably be trying to get in the house to get dry.

I am thinking that some reading this may not understand what scuttlebutt means, so in an effort to increase your nautical knowledge I offer the following.

 Scuttlebutt The origin of the word scuttlebutt which is nautical parlance for a rumor, comes from a combination of scuttle - to make a hole in the ship's side causing her to sink - and butt - a cask or hogshead used in the days of wooden ships to hold drinking water; thus the term scuttlebutt means a cask with a hole in it. Scuttle; describes what most rumors accomplish if not to the ship, at least to morale. Butt describes the water cask where men naturally congregated, and that is where most rumors get started. The terms galley yarn and mess deck intelligence also mean the spreading of rumors and many of course start on the mess deck. It is the civilian office equivalent of talking around the water cooler.

Now you can throw the word scuttlebutt out there in passing conversation and sound more like a real sailor. Anyway, hope your day is going well. We remained battened down for heavy seas here.
 I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Leviticus 26:4

Old Captain sends.

And...More Rain

"For the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater," Isaiah 55:10.

There used to be an old television sit-com back in the days when I was young, called My Three Sons. Back when we only had 3 channels and, only in black and white, and felt very lucky to have that. Anyway the show which stared Fred MacMurry, who played a widower with three sons. There was also a character on the show named Uncle Charley played by William Demarest. The character was a hard nosed ex-sailor who lived with Fred and the boys serving as cook, maid, and house keeper in general.

Now as you read this and wonder where this is headed and what does this have to do with fishing, let me assure you, this will not help you catch more fish.  What I am driving at in my stumbling literary style is, that today I associate myself with Uncle Charley. I try very hard to keep a clean house and feed two young adult males. I wash a tremendous amount of laundry, I fold all of it to be stowed away by two young adult males, which sometimes happens and sometimes dosn't. I clean bathrooms, and mop floors and also take care of a big sissy red dog. Being a Navy Master Chief was a lot easier.

I am not complaining and I am thankful for all I have, including two messy young adult males, and I guess the sissy red dog, but I do hope the rain slacks up soon and I am back to more enjoyable endevers. In the mean time it is time to do more laudry, oil fishing reels, cook fish and grits for supper, and to be greatful to share some time with two young adult males.

Old Captain sends.