Bears Armed wrote:Sorry, it's just something that I read somewhere or other years ago.
A quick google suggests that actually it might be apocryphal, originating in a work of fiction... but in the light of some practices historically within British industry it did sound plausible...
No, no, please don’t be Bears Armed! I skimmed over a book chapter PDF about ship construction yesterday. It briefly discussed what you said Thank you, you’re amazing!