Paul, Yoiu are right of course. I've just looked at the original and it is definitely MULCTS - the cause of the error I do not know, because I looked up the word much earlier and already knew what it meant. I suspect my MS auto-spell checker had a hand in it if it was not entirely the culprit! Bernard de Neumann --- On Wed, 11/5/11, Paul Benyon <pbenyon@pbenyon.plus.com> wrote: > From: Paul Benyon <pbenyon@pbenyon.plus.com> > Subject: Re: [MAR] Greenwich Royal Hospital School > To: "Bernard de Neumann" <de.Neumann@btinternet.com>, "Patrick" <pusserhill@ntlworld.com> > Date: Wednesday, 11 May, 2011, 13:25 > > The pennies are dropping slowly this today.  It occurs > to me that a > Commanding Officer could also impose a mulct of one day's > pay if a man > returned on board drunk. > > Paul > > On Wed, 11 May 2011 12:23:34 +0100, Paul Benyon > <pbenyon@pbenyon.plus.com> > wrote: > > >On Wed, 11 May 2011 11:53:29 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time), > "Bernard de > >Neumann" <de.Neumann@btinternet.com> > wrote: > > > >>mullets > > > >Morning Bernard and Patrick, > > > >I have a feeling that this word should probably be > mulcts ?  Was in > >use in my time to describe stoppages of pay from wages > for absence > >etc. > > > >Paul > >50° 33' N, 2° 26' W > >http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html > 50° 33' N, 2° 26' W > http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html >