My new neighbor.

[skou]

OK, since that nasty fire, I moved into a great neighborhood. Got a new neighbor, a couple months ago, she's an older lady, with a cat. Maine Coon, if you're interested. (Real nice but LARGE cat breed.)

Last week, the guy upstairs, who talks to her on a daily basis, told me she was still on dial-up. "Bill, here take the USB wireless adapter, and here is my network name and password." So, now, Jan has decent internet speed.

Yesterday, she gives me this BIG English (Scottish) biscuit box, which I KNOW my SIL would just love. This is what it looks like, except mine is in better shape.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Macki ... 35add17929

So, today. Bill and I were both over there, she was moving her computer table into the front room, instead of her bedroom I see this "Margaritaville" bumper sticker on the top of her computer, and I ask her about it. "Yes, I'm a true-blue Parrothead." So, I show her Jimmy's internet radio station, which made her day.

Now, the real question, she has a figurehead, from an old sailing ship, that she wants to mount on her wall. This thing weighs about 40 pounds, and sticks out about 1.5 feet. No, it isn't your "typical" figurehead, it's a man, wearing a crown. It's old, paint is not too good, and it's got some cracks in it. But, it will certainly withstand being mounted on a wall.

I was thinking, a base made out of 3/4 plywood, with pockets in the back, to line up with 4 lag bolts screwed into the wall studs. (It's that heavy.) I'm also thinking about covering the plywood with some weathered lumber.

Now, clinker built or carvel built? I'm thinking that clinker would also look like lapstrake siding on an old house, which I like, too.

steve

[shipwright]

Sounds like quite a piece of art for an indoor wall or is it outdoors. (I notice the reference to matching the siding.) My comment FWIW is that to be authentic the answer to your question has to be carvel. Lap strake is generally a small boat construction. Almost everything big enough to have a figurehead would have been carvel.

Have fun hanging it. Is it going to stick straight out as in its original venue?

[skou]

Paul, just the person I wanted to respond.

It's going to be inside. Yes, it's going to be mounted as originally. Carvel it will be, but I'm not pounding oakum in between.

steve

[robinson46176]

OK... This has me trying to remember... Not always easy
Who was the character (possibly female) who kept using the exclaimation "Smoken Oakum!" ?
It seems like it was a movie?
Could have been an early TV show?
????


.

[Gene Howe]

Don't be too hasty, Steve. Mesa might flood and you don't want any leaks.

Paul, just the person I wanted to respond.

It's going to be inside. Yes, it's going to be mounted as originally. Carvel it will be, but I'm not pounding oakum in between.

steve

[charlese]

Also, Don't forget about French cleats. They hold lots of weight.

[JPG]

Also, Don't forget about French cleats. They hold lots of weight.

And carting it off in the dark of the night easier!




BTW that tin looks like a tea box to me!


But the brand says biscuit!


Toffee???


Shortbread????

[skou]

The English call cookies, "biscuits." I think it was biscuits.

The tin says it held 16 pounds, minus packaging.

steve

[skou]

OK... This has me trying to remember... Not always easy
Who was the character (possibly female) who kept using the exclaimation "Smoken Oakum!" ?
It seems like it was a movie?
Could have been an early TV show?
????

Oakum was made out of old rope, and hemp was a good fiber for making rope. You could be onto something here. (Well, not here, but Colorado and Washington state.)

steve

[allsas]

What a difference from -20 and blowing snow.

http://www.margaritaville.com/radio_flash.html

or this....

http://www.margaritaville.com/radio_listen.html