Word: roped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After the final curtain Stone appears to do a Will Rogers act, cracking a few jokes and giving out with some rope twirling. Despite the fact that the jokes are badly bewhiskered, this is the best part of the evening. For Stone appears as wholly himself-the grand old man of vaudeville...
When a drowning seaman is brought out of the sea, he is immediately bound (either supine or prone) on a stretcher by gentle wrist and ankle bandages. The stretcher is placed upon a fulcrum, such as a sawhorse, if handy; if not, in a simple loop of rope secured overhead. Rocking is started, head and feet alternately down about 50 degrees, a complete seesaw every four or five seconds. British Surgeon Lieut. G. H. Gibbens suggests in the British Medical Journal: "It helps some people if they hum a tango or a slow tune, moving the stretcher at the beginning...
...Monday evening August 9 with Fred Stone starrod in the role of Grandpa Vanderhof. Fred Stone in addition to playing the role of the philosophical Grandpa is scheduled to step out of character after the curtain falls, tell a story or two, and give an exhibition of a rope twirling...
What to wear is usually settled by circumstances: you wear what you have on. If caught undressed, grab a shirt and pants anyway. Clothing saves skin on the trip down a rope or a rough hull. To save the hands ("principal tools of salvation") Chambliss recommends carrying a pair of light leather gloves in the hip pocket at all times. A knife is a necessity. So is a pencil flashlight, easily carried in a shirt pocket, best kept dry in a knotted rubber sheath ("a bit inelegant, but elegance has no place in abandoning ship...
...time to lower boats, or even to rig cargo nets. But survivors should jump only as a last resort: a man may be knocked out by a high leap, or hit an obstruction. Best emergency exit: a fire hose, because it offers a surer grip than a rope. Hose or rope should be descended slowly. Wait until the feet are in the water before letting go: distance is easy to misjudge under stress. Never go over the lee side: ships drift downwind faster than a man can swim; loose gear floats close to the ship on the lee side...