You can tell the old destroyer guys, because they never set their coffee mug down for fear it will go flying across the room. BTW, I did not know the RN had destroyers, I thought the RN called that class of ship a corvette?*
*Ah, looked it up a corvette seems to be what we would call a sub-chaser over here (US), quite a bit smaller than a destroyer. See, I can still learn something new, so much for that old dogs stuff. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- John Coyle wrote: > My father was in the Royal Navy during WWII, and was on destroyers in both > Atlantic and Russian convoys at one time or another. After he left the > Navy, he swore he'd never set foot on another ship in his lifetime! And he > pretty well achieved that, apart from occasional ten-minute ferry trips from > Portsmouth to Gosport (in southern England). > I travelled, in 1967, from Southampton to St.Helena on the Capetown Castle - > never could make up my mind whether that was a cruise or a voyage. Seven > months later, the ship was decommissioned, but it was still a great > experience. Oh, and the Bay of Biscay, of ill repute, was a pussy cat! > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 11:49 AM > Subject: Re: Now Virgin Bans Some Laptop Batteries! > > >> Douglas Newman wrote: >>> The North Atlantic can be a dark and stormy sea any >>> time of year... And it can also be quite pleasant if >>> you're lucky. >> I've read so many books about the "U-boat War" in the North Atlantic >> during WW2 that I've always wanted to do a winter crossing. It'd have >> to be on something the size of the QE2 or the QM2, though. No bleedin' >> way I'm doing that in something the size of a destroyer or frigate or, >> God forbid, a seagoing tug! Maybe deck crew for a supertanker or modern >> aircraft carrier or something else of similar size to decent island. >> >> I'll pass on the winter Murmansk run, though. ;-) >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> DougF (KG4LMZ) >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
