#4025503 - 10/22/14 05:47 AM
October 21st
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 I know its a bit late, but I wanted to remind everyone that today was Britain's Greatest Naval Victory. The Battle of Trafalgar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar"England expects that every man will do his duty" Salute to your country! (Still glad we beat you!)
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#4025512 - 10/22/14 06:52 AM
Re: October 21st
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I knew that Tim. Thanks for remembering, and all honour to Lord Nelson and the gallant tars of the old Navee. Sorry to our French and Spanish members, but you did lose big-time...suck it up.  EDIT Actually there's two others worth mentioning...1588 the Armada, and 1916 the High Seas Fleet.
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And his ghost may be heard if you pass by that billabong
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#4025519 - 10/22/14 07:17 AM
Re: October 21st
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A fantastic victory. In 2012 I stood at the exact spot aboard the HMS Victory where Nelson was shot, at the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth. Just finished Blue At The Mizzen, the last book in the Aubrey/Maturin series, for the third time or so. An amazing series of books that everyone should read 
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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#4025561 - 10/22/14 12:18 PM
Re: October 21st
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A fantastic victory. In 2012 I stood at the exact spot aboard the HMS Victory where Nelson was shot, at the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth. Just finished Blue At The Mizzen, the last book in the Aubrey/Maturin series, for the third time or so. An amazing series of books that everyone should read Wow, 20 books in the same series from '69 until 2004. How does it all flow over such a long period of time ? Didn't want to wiki to much on it as i might start searching around for the series. Last series of books i read that kept me hooked was Amtrak Wars..amd that was a fair while back  The net killed off a lot of my reading and i've barely picked anything up in the last ten years or so.
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#4025572 - 10/22/14 12:47 PM
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Here's a little bit of trivia.
We all know that Nelson didn't survive the battle but the commanding French and Spanish admirals weren't so lucky either...
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve - On 22 April 1806, he was found dead at the Htel de la Patrie in Rennes with six stab wounds in the left lung and one in the heart:
Nasty. A verdict of suicide was recorded..that's some dedication right there. I couldn't imagine stabbing myself one time let alone seven, whew.
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#4025662 - 10/22/14 03:52 PM
Re: October 21st
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Here's a little bit of trivia.
We all know that Nelson didn't survive the battle but the commanding French and Spanish admirals weren't so lucky either...
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve - On 22 April 1806, he was found dead at the Htel de la Patrie in Rennes with six stab wounds in the left lung and one in the heart:
Nasty. A verdict of suicide was recorded..that's some dedication right there. I couldn't imagine stabbing myself one time let alone seven, whew. If that's suicide I'm the pope
Scully: Victim died of multiple stab wounds.
Mulder: *throws her a file* Ever heard of the knife alien?
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#4025664 - 10/22/14 03:55 PM
Re: October 21st
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Here's a little bit of trivia.
We all know that Nelson didn't survive the battle but the commanding French and Spanish admirals weren't so lucky either...
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve - On 22 April 1806, he was found dead at the Htel de la Patrie in Rennes with six stab wounds in the left lung and one in the heart:
Nasty. A verdict of suicide was recorded..that's some dedication right there. I couldn't imagine stabbing myself one time let alone seven, whew. If that's suicide I'm the pope Some historians believe that Napoleon personally ordered Villeneuve's murder but no evidence has been found so far.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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#4025691 - 10/22/14 04:54 PM
Re: October 21st
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Here's a little bit of trivia.
We all know that Nelson didn't survive the battle but the commanding French and Spanish admirals weren't so lucky either...
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve - On 22 April 1806, he was found dead at the Htel de la Patrie in Rennes with six stab wounds in the left lung and one in the heart:
Nasty. A verdict of suicide was recorded..that's some dedication right there. I couldn't imagine stabbing myself one time let alone seven, whew. If that's suicide I'm the pope May I talk to you about some Indulgences ?
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#4025738 - 10/22/14 06:58 PM
Re: October 21st
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Wow, 20 books in the same series from '69 until 2004. How does it all flow over such a long period of time ? Didn't want to wiki to much on it as i might start searching around for the series. Last series of books i read that kept me hooked was Amtrak Wars..amd that was a fair while back The net killed off a lot of my reading and i've barely picked anything up in the last ten years or so. You really owe it to yourself to read the books! The story is hugely engaging, the characters have great depth to them, and the underlying friendship is very well played out throughout the series. Like a reviewer said about the series: "I envy those who have yet to discover the wonderful world of Aubrey and Maturin". In fact, I wish I could "un-read" the books so I could discover them again! I visited St Paul's Cathedral a couple of weeks ago.
Nelson (and several of his Trafalgar captains) and Wellington lie in it's crypt. The view from the top was pretty special too. Can I go back down now, please. Was there in 2011. A reverential moment to be sure, seeing Nelson's tomb.
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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#4025757 - 10/22/14 07:38 PM
Re: October 21st
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A reverential moment to be sure, seeing Nelson's tomb. Definitely. You read about these people and see their portraits but to be standing there (with few others around) was pretty special.
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#4025760 - 10/22/14 07:40 PM
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Nasty.
A verdict of suicide was recorded..that's some dedication right there. I couldn't imagine stabbing myself one time let alone seven, whew.
If that's suicide I'm the pope May I talk to you about some Indulgences ? Sup brah, pop a squat in my crib and we can spill the beans. Nah, it's cool it's cool you can take your shoes off.
Scully: Victim died of multiple stab wounds.
Mulder: *throws her a file* Ever heard of the knife alien?
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Exodus
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