tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post2386429951672090075..comments2023-03-31T10:03:38.525+01:00Comments on Shelley's House: Wombat RoomShelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-91263340254779708462010-04-06T10:06:27.875+01:002010-04-06T10:06:27.875+01:00Kristen - Nice of you to stop by, hope you return!...Kristen - Nice of you to stop by, hope you return!<br /><br />Rick - Thanks for the expert input. Wardroom, Wombatroom, I knew it was something with a W! I love it that Officers dine and enlisted eat. Cut up for salvage...sounds grim.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-13616880572774545412010-04-05T23:47:58.129+01:002010-04-05T23:47:58.129+01:00Naval Officer's are just overgrown little boys...Naval Officer's are just overgrown little boys. BTW, the room where they dine is The Wardroom. During your tour did you get to see where the enlisted (the people who actually do any work) slept and ate. (Officer's dine, enlisted eat.) Also, teak wood is very common in shipbuilding. The main decks of most battleships and large cruisers were made of teakwood even though the rest of the ship was steel. I have a piece of the teak wood that made up the main deck of my old ship, USS NEWPORT NEWS, that was save when the ship was cut up for salvage.Rick Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771838562627660449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-51659985950505473682010-04-04T19:45:34.435+01:002010-04-04T19:45:34.435+01:00I think my sons (baby and toddler) would very much...I think my sons (baby and toddler) would very much enjoy the concept of a wombat room...or at least a game that involved trying to land a stuffed wombat on a ceiling fan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com