GolfHos

Why not.  The board's slow. 

Two rules.  First, no Googling.  Second, after one hour no correct answer is given someone jump in with a new question.

First up then.  "Angels One Five" means _______________.

No idea what you are talking about.

Uh oh, maybe a bit too obscure then.  I'll give it a bit and if no answers I'll throw out some hints.

Sounds "military".

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Your stupid *8==>*head thread sucks stupid *8==>*head.

Close, but the judges say no.

1-5 could be position?  But it's "alpha"  in military speak instead of angels so ??

Unfortunately that's all I've got right now.

That's what I was thinking.  Planes?  "Bogey" position?   I'll have to chew on it a bit.

1)  Title of an old WWII movie about a RAF pilot.

2)  In the song The Hero's Return by Pink Floyd.  Spoiler lyrics below in case you give up.

Could you dumb it down a little?

Trying...   :sad3:

RAF radio code, how's that?

I'm sorry, but that's gotta be comment of the week

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Correct-a-mundo.  As to the latter, no idea.

Throw out a new one Fuzzy.  If anyone still wants to think about mine the answer's there in Fuzzy's spoiler.

Sweet.

Let's see.........


"Nail your colours to the mast"

As I will be retiring shortly, the "hour" allotted to mine will end at roughly 8:45 am.  8)

Take a position on something. Offer your opinion, etc.

"Angels" refers to altitude, I believe, and not other aircraft.

I think that is correct. Also, EAFDYM.

Is that your obscure trivia question?

No, just a directive.


LOL! Just kidding! Of course it's my obscure trivia question!!!

I asked a pilot friend.  He responded, "Most believe that 'angels' refers to being above ground.  In an airplane, that is usually a good thing..."

Yep.

Meaning

To display one's opinions and beliefs. Also used to mean to show one's intention to hold on to those beliefs until the end.

Origin

In nautical battles colours (flags) were lowered as a mark of submission. Nailing your colours to the mast meant you weren't intending to submit.

It is correct to use the English spelling, rather the the US 'nail one's colors to the mast', as the phrase originated in England. The practise is alluded to in Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas' The Dispatches and Letters of Lord Nelson, 1845:

"Half past 6, shot away the main and mizen-masts: saw a man nail the French ensign to the stump of the mizen-mast."

The first record of the phrase in print is from that inveterate coiner of phrases - Sir Walter Scott, in Marmion, 1808:

"Record, that Fox a Briton died... Stood for his country's glory fast, And nailed her colours to the mast."

Wow.  Learn something new everyday.

I always thought nailing colors to the mast was putting a rubber on, sort of explaining why the woman always salutes. 

She salutes you guys, too, right?

I use all sorts of obscure phrases, but unfortunately have know idea what they mean.

Damn if that don't paint the dog!

This thread is like a screen door on a battleship.

To coin a phrase.

No salutes here, just bowing................. [sm_thankyou]