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Aktungbby · 03-07-21, 05:15 PM

from the old trip to India during the Raj etc P.O.S.H. ie: "Portside out; Starboard home" referred to cabin arrangement on the vessel to and from India and Britain...generally first class passengers in the era before air conditioning was invented. Reportedly, it was marked on the steamship ticket in large letters. It was important in those days to avoid tanning in the sun-very not Pukka Sahib!.

03-07-21, 05:15 PM	#195
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,894 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	from the old trip to India during the Raj etc P.O.S.H. ie: "Portside out; Starboard home" referred to cabin arrangement on the vessel to and from India and Britain...generally first class passengers in the era before air conditioning was invented. Reportedly, it was marked on the steamship ticket in large letters. It was important in those days to avoid tanning in the sun-very not Pukka Sahib!. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe" Last edited by Aktungbby; 03-07-21 at 05:34 PM.