You gotta' love Tony Robinson! He's just a little guy, but he's game! No matter how dirty, dangerous or degrading the job, he's willing to give it a go!
I'm waiting for the "fluffer" episode. ("Now Tony, while the director and camera crew are getting everything set up to shoot, your job is to make sure our star is...")
16:22 "In 1546 at the coronation procession of King Edward VI..." I think you mean 1547, Mr Kwint. Henry VIII was still alive and on the throne in '46, albeit not for much longer.
i've always wondered and still do how anchors work. i mean, they're hooked into rock. wouldn't they more often than not be impossible to pull up? would the force be enough to rip through the rock? and if so, wouldn't the wooden contraption on the ship break first before the rock? on the other hand, if my premise is false that they would be hooked into rock and they're just sunk into the sediment of the sea bed, how would that give enough hold to fix a ship there? it doesn't make sense to me.
Not an expert, but AFAIK, rock would be avoided as a anchorage, for the reasons you've stated (particularly to avoid snagging; if you've ever tried to recover a fishing lure from the bottom of a pond, you can imagine how easily a large, heavy anchor could become irretrievably stuck). As to fixing the ship in place, that's not often entirely necessary; it's less about keeping the ship absolutely pinned to the same place than it is preventing a steady, rhythmic force of wind and wave from creating a large cumulative change in position, and for that purpose, often the weight of the anchor itself and the friction between it and the sea-floor (combined with play in the anchor line) will be sufficient to keep the ship more-or-less where you left it. A small experiment with toy ships can be instructive; put one on a pond without an anchor, and the other tied to a small anchoring weight. With even a slight breeze, it won't take long for the two to separate considerably from the same starting-point. This is partially explained by the fact that an object floating in liquid has far less inertia to overcome to begin moving, as compared to an object pinned to a solid surface by its own weight and the friction that creates, which is why a breeze that won't move a rock sitting on the ground can move the same rock floating on a raft quite easily, especially over time. Hopefully that helps a bit!
"This is what's called fenalår. Salted and dried meat." "Ham?" "Yeah". NO!!!! HECKIN' NO!!!! FENALÅR IS SHEEP!!!!! And it's still an incredibly popular food to this day. It is salty and delicious. Nowadays, most common around Christmas-time, but tbh, it tastes divine any time of year.
Now days Kids Yell at Parents . They do Nothing at Home like any kind of Chores , Parents Jump Run and Buy what ever their Kid wants ! When I was Young I had Chores to do . But also got to Work on My Dad's Sawmill .(( This was most By My Choice )). I started around age 7 ..Yet found other ways to also make money , I went out picking Blue Berries and Saskatoon Berries . I set up a Berry Stand . Sold out in no time . What these Little and Young Children did Working in Mines and Making Tiny chains together This is very Hard Labour for them . I'd like to see if any of the Kids now days can or could do even Normal Chores with being told to or clean their own bedrooms with being told to .
chicky1785 Ok so congrats on being some oldtimey fuck who did things around the house. Good on ya. What I really wanna know is, why the heck you gotta capitalize so many random words? That's some real dedication to the shift key, mate.
Just discovered this program after having watched Time Team over and over again. This series is just as marvelous.
You gotta' love Tony Robinson! He's just a little guy, but he's game! No matter how dirty, dangerous or degrading the job, he's willing to give it a go!
I love Tony - he is so comical even without intent.
Being a lighthouse keeper seems pretty cool
Lighthouse keepers were definitely a breed of their own!
"Th pshycological part was the hardest. I was lucky... becase I was already insane."
"Yeah, that kept me sane, yes... mmmmmhmm.." Wooooot!
Scrubbing the deck would be a luxurious job compared to what I saw being scrubbed here ....
I'd like to have dinner with Mr. Robinson,
Tony's face at 35:19 is hilarious
I think I’d actually enjoy the life of a lighthouse keeper.
So would Sue Aikens (Life Below Zero). Hope you enjoy extreme isolation
I'm waiting for the "fluffer" episode.
("Now Tony, while the director and camera crew are getting everything set up to shoot, your job is to make sure our star is...")
16:22 "In 1546 at the coronation procession of King Edward VI..."
I think you mean 1547, Mr Kwint. Henry VIII was still alive and on the throne in '46, albeit not for much longer.
Tony R. gets all the honeys
My grandad helped build boats during world war 2❤
i've always wondered and still do how anchors work. i mean, they're hooked into rock. wouldn't they more often than not be impossible to pull up? would the force be enough to rip through the rock? and if so, wouldn't the wooden contraption on the ship break first before the rock?
on the other hand, if my premise is false that they would be hooked into rock and they're just sunk into the sediment of the sea bed, how would that give enough hold to fix a ship there?
it doesn't make sense to me.
Not an expert, but AFAIK, rock would be avoided as a anchorage, for the reasons you've stated (particularly to avoid snagging; if you've ever tried to recover a fishing lure from the bottom of a pond, you can imagine how easily a large, heavy anchor could become irretrievably stuck). As to fixing the ship in place, that's not often entirely necessary; it's less about keeping the ship absolutely pinned to the same place than it is preventing a steady, rhythmic force of wind and wave from creating a large cumulative change in position, and for that purpose, often the weight of the anchor itself and the friction between it and the sea-floor (combined with play in the anchor line) will be sufficient to keep the ship more-or-less where you left it.
A small experiment with toy ships can be instructive; put one on a pond without an anchor, and the other tied to a small anchoring weight. With even a slight breeze, it won't take long for the two to separate considerably from the same starting-point. This is partially explained by the fact that an object floating in liquid has far less inertia to overcome to begin moving, as compared to an object pinned to a solid surface by its own weight and the friction that creates, which is why a breeze that won't move a rock sitting on the ground can move the same rock floating on a raft quite easily, especially over time.
Hopefully that helps a bit!
@@michaelccozenshens all the lost anchors 😢
Tony siempre dice que no le gustan las alturas, pero se la pasa subiendose a lugares muy altos 🤣
"This is what's called fenalår. Salted and dried meat."
"Ham?"
"Yeah".
NO!!!! HECKIN' NO!!!! FENALÅR IS SHEEP!!!!!
And it's still an incredibly popular food to this day. It is salty and delicious. Nowadays, most common around Christmas-time, but tbh, it tastes divine any time of year.
And can be done with any meat. Get over yourself.
@@Invictus13666 Sure, the same process can be used for other meat! But fenalår specifically is a sheep's thigh.
You would think they could come up with more attractive job names
Now days Kids Yell at Parents . They do Nothing at Home like any kind of Chores , Parents Jump Run and Buy what ever their Kid wants ! When I was Young I had Chores to do . But also got to Work on My Dad's Sawmill .(( This was most By My Choice )). I started around age 7 ..Yet found other ways to also make money , I went out picking Blue Berries and Saskatoon Berries . I set up a Berry Stand . Sold out in no time .
What these Little and Young Children did Working in Mines and Making Tiny chains together This is very Hard Labour for them .
I'd like to see if any of the Kids now days can or could do even Normal Chores with being told to or clean their own bedrooms with being told to .
chicky1785 Ok so congrats on being some oldtimey fuck who did things around the house. Good on ya. What I really wanna know is, why the heck you gotta capitalize so many random words? That's some real dedication to the shift key, mate.
1/10 this episode didn't feature enough practical uses for urine and feces
"He's been drinking his urine since we left port!" I loved that quote in Blackadder!
30:02 you look like the killer from triangle
In ages past everyone did these crap jobs. Not just empires.
basically
y