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[Andyopey]

Dual purpose stores for life-boats? (5,8) water,?i?c?i??

[cupid04]

water biscuits?

[Lie-in King]

Water biscuits (?)

[vakayu]

Have seen yhid answered before as water biscuits.

[vakayu]

apologies don't know why typos ^^^this

[bookbinder]

I don't get it.

[pixie373]

Neither do i

[vakayu]

All I can think of is that two necessities on board would be water and biscuits as rations being dual stores,but it is very iffy.

[sandyRoe]

Did 'biscuit' used to mean a float? I think we used them years ago when learning to swim

[pixie373]

Yes, true, although can't see where"life -boats" come in?

[bookbinder]

'Dual purpose' implies that you can use the 'stores' for more than one - er - purpose. What can you do with biscuits except eat them?

[sandyRoe]

The biscuit I was thinking of was a buoyancy aid.

[pixie373]

Andy, what gave you "water" as the first word?

[boxtops]

Perhaps it's a play on words. I am sure they keep things like ship's biscuits in a lifeboat, together with fresh water, in case they pick up people who need them.

[vakayu]

I seem to remember something like that as well sandyroe.