I woke up late on Sunday. I'd planned on making creamed eggs on toast, but realized I had no bread! So, I settled for coffee again, instead.
After shaving, showering and getting dressed, I finished up the outdoor faucet project. I slipped the insulation on that pipe (after cutting it to length) and reinstalled the access cover. Then I could put the countertop back on and the kitty litter box under it. Wow! It's nice to have the backroom back again!
I still had about five feet of that pipe insulation tube left, so I put it on the pipe coming from the hot water heater. No sense letting it go to waste.
I have been reading a book about old naval battles so, in the afternoon, I watched the movie "Master and Commander" again.
Interesting fact: French gunners were instructed to fire at the masts and riggings (presumably so they could take the other ship as a prize) while English gunners typically aimed at the hull (to damage the ship enough that the crew would give up). No wonder England ruled the seas!
I still had half a cabbage left from Easter's coleslaw, so I cut that in four quarters and boiled it in some beef stock. It was delicious!
I watched my Sunday shows and went to bed after the 11:00 news.
Ayup. The Spanish also aimed at the masts and riggings. Sea warfare to the French and Spanish was about grappling. Wound the enemy, board the enemy, fight man-to-man. The English were among the first to switch to ship-to-ship tactics and avoid grappling. If you look at the Spanish armada and the battles with the English, you'll see smaller and lighter English ships refusing the grapple and instead broadsiding the Spanish with shot. It was an interesting innovation that saved the Elizabeth's England.
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