The Drydock - Episode 185

Does anyone know the name of Drach’s intro tune for Drydock?

looking at the etymology of "sponsor" I can imagine just one exception on your "no food or beverage sponsors" rule: sponsor (n.) 1650s, from Late Latin sponsor "sponsor in baptism," in Latin "a surety, guarantee, bondsman," from sponsus, past participle of spondere "give assurance, promise solemnly," from Proto-Italic *spondejo- "to pledge," literally "to libate many times," from PIE *spondeio- "to libate" (source also of Hittite ishpanti- "to bring a fluid sacrifice, pour;" Greek spendein "make a drink offering," spondē "libation, offering of wine;" compare spondee).

Tuizentfloot

From the FAQ pinned post: if you can read this... 2) How many questions do I get? - If you can read this post, you have 1 guaranteed question per month. You can post more than one, but I will then pick just the one to answer. :) I'm a mere $5 patreon and Drach answers one question per month on average. Just a comment regarding the shell at the end of the 185 video. It appears to taper rather than be straight sided like a naval shell. Perhaps it has been completely enclosed in both a front wind-screen and a tapered tail with fins.

You have to be a $15 patron to be able to ask questions in the Patron rewards thread. If you're in the $1/$5/$10 tiers you have to ask on the public youtube threads and just hope it gets picked up. Edit: Not to imply this is a bad thing. Good luck getting *any* other subject matter expert to spend time answering a technical question for $15.

Dubsington

Congrats on getting another sponsor-- you do great work, don't feel bad about accepting these. You deserve some compensation and your wife deserves it for letting you do all this good content for us :)

Dubsington

I read that the French Navy was known to "bury" their dead in the ballast of their ships, because of a law that wouldn't declare a woman a widow without the body. The book was about the Napoleonic era army for the most part, but implied this had been true under the monarchy as well.

Andrew Dederer

Where do I find the Patron Rewards thread?

john c driscoll

Look for the "Patron Rewards - February" thread. :)

Drachinifel