I wonder how many people said - where are the Azores? when they read this.
God, I hope none.
Naval history lesson
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, Nov 06 2007 02:04 PM
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Posted 08 November 2007 - 11:53 PM
God, I hope none.
No single raindrop believes it is responsible for the flood.
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Posted 09 November 2007 - 01:17 AM
I wonder how many people said - where are the Azores? when they read this.
God, I hope none.
Ah, Walter... I know you are much smarter than that!
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Posted 09 November 2007 - 08:00 AM
Thanks to all who have enlightened me more on the rich history of our Navy and other maritime facts.
Having joined the USN a bit after the transition from sail, my knowledge of Naval History is much weaker than Ray (who was a Midshipman with John Paul Jones), Dr Bill (Ship's surgeon on the Beagle) and Walter (Bushnell's unsung and undocumented designer of "The Turtle")
Having joined the USN a bit after the transition from sail, my knowledge of Naval History is much weaker than Ray (who was a Midshipman with John Paul Jones), Dr Bill (Ship's surgeon on the Beagle) and Walter (Bushnell's unsung and undocumented designer of "The Turtle")
Edited by Capn Jack, 09 November 2007 - 08:01 AM.
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Posted 09 November 2007 - 08:41 AM
I wonder how many people said - where are the Azores? when they read this.
God, I hope none.
Ah, Walter... I know you are much smarter than that!
I said, "hope."
No single raindrop believes it is responsible for the flood.
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Posted 09 November 2007 - 09:17 AM
...where are the Azores?...
If you spell it 'asssores' it is obvious where they are !
(come on, it was funny when I heard it in 5th grade geography class!)
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Posted 09 November 2007 - 10:41 AM
I wonder how many people said - where are the Azores? when they read this.
God, I hope none.
Well......when I told many people thatI was going to be living there - I got the deer in the headlights look and had to explain exactly where they were located.
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Posted 09 November 2007 - 10:43 AM
...where are the Azores?...
If you spell it 'asssores' it is obvious where they are !
(come on, it was funny when I heard it in 5th grade geography class!)
I still had a good laugh and I'm long past the 5th grade
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Posted 09 November 2007 - 12:07 PM
Thanks to all who have enlightened me more on the rich history of our Navy and other maritime facts.
Having joined the USN a bit after the transition from sail, my knowledge of Naval History is much weaker than Ray (who was a Midshipman with John Paul Jones), Dr Bill (Ship's surgeon on the Beagle) and Walter (Bushnell's unsung and undocumented designer of "The Turtle")
Well you know what they say; It's the winners who get to write the history books, it makes a much better read when you get to leave out some of the facts!
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