and now for something completely different...

**GrizzlyAdams** · 09-22-2007, 16:02

Took a museum tour yesterday of the HMS Belfast, at anchor in the River Thames. A gunship that fought in WWII, later did service in the Arctic. Sailors slept in rope hammocks, lots of heavy wool blankets. There were a couple dozen hammocks hung on display, with some mannequins, and a hanging cat.

Grizz

**HappyCamper** · 09-22-2007, 16:18

that cat is laugh out loud funny. thanks for pics!

**lvleph** · 09-22-2007, 18:17

Alas, no more hammocks in the US Navy. In stead we sleep in coffins, at least on submarines.

**Nudgeworth** · 09-22-2007, 21:56

heh, cool cat.
It was probably the ships cat, and they gave it a hammock :P

And then it got stuffed o_O.

Hmm, I wonder my mother's cat, "Pat", could be taught to sleep in a hammock?

**ryaex** · 09-23-2007, 08:38

Originally Posted by lvleph

Alas, no more hammocks in the US Navy. In stead we sleep in coffins, at least on submarines.

Surface fleet is no better my friend.

I always took the top bunk. No roof on my coffin and nobody stepped on my bed on the way to theirs.

**Just Jeff** · 09-23-2007, 15:27

My cat always jumps in my lap when I get in my hammock.
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**lvleph** · 09-23-2007, 15:46

Originally Posted by ryaex

Surface fleet is no better my friend.

I always took the top bunk. No roof on my coffin and nobody stepped on my bed on the way to theirs.

All the coffins had roofs for us squids. I took the middle rack, because it was what was given to me. Normally, that is reserved for more senior crew. Not sure how I lucked out on that. I was glad, because I kicked plenty of drunk people in the face walking to my rack. I am sure they felt that in the morning.

**headchange4u** · 09-24-2007, 09:42

That's hilarious. My cats likes my hammock also but they have to sit on my belly. No claws on the material. I have wanted to make them a small hammock that hangs under a window so they can chill and look out the window.

BTW,
I like Monty Python reference in the thread title. Wink wink nudge nudge.

**GrizzlyAdams** · 09-24-2007, 14:27

Originally Posted by headchange4u

That's hilarious. My cats likes my hammock also but they have to sit on my belly. No claws on the material. I have wanted to make them a small hammock that hangs under a window so they can chill and look out the window.

BTW,
I like Monty Python reference in the thread title. Wink wink nudge nudge.

I'm so glad to know that somebody caught that!

Grizz