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To: ransomnote
Bonjour y'all! Laissez le bon Trump rouler!!!

Know your Nautical terminology

chock-a-block
Rigging blocks that are so tight against one another that they cannot be further tightened.

two blocks
When the two blocks in a tackle have become so close that no further movement is possible as in chock-a-block.

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333 posted on 01/11/2021 9:46:26 AM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: LonePalm
chock-a-block Rigging blocks that are so tight against one another that they cannot be further tightened.

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Then there is this term


360 posted on 01/11/2021 10:08:34 AM PST by norsky (<a href=></a> <img src=""></img>)
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