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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #77 on: April 07, 2008, 08:11:39 AM »
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What if an explodey jihad raft went underneath and fired some sort of shaped charge or RPG straight up?
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #78 on: April 07, 2008, 09:49:39 AM »
That first pic of the beheaded Pirates. Taken May 11th, 1891 in Kowloon. May 11 is my B'day and I've been to Kowloon! What does it all mean!?!  shocked

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #79 on: April 07, 2008, 09:51:28 AM »
That first pic of the beheaded Pirates. Taken May 11th, 1891 in Kowloon. May 11 is my B'day and I've been to Kowloon! What does it all mean!?!  shocked

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #81 on: April 07, 2008, 09:58:59 AM »
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Means that you are a reincarnated pirate?
That would explain my penchant for rum early on...  laugh
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #82 on: April 07, 2008, 10:07:26 AM »
So can we have "Ride Captain Ride" as our offical song when shelling pirates?

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #83 on: April 07, 2008, 11:02:17 AM »
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/uss-kitty-hawk-big-wave/2148746610

Rrrrrr, batten down the hatches...  shocked

Remember, the flight deck is about 60 feet above the water.  grin
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #84 on: April 07, 2008, 11:56:47 AM »
Dramamine is now being served on the mess decks...  cheesy
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #85 on: April 07, 2008, 12:14:56 PM »
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/uss-kitty-hawk-big-wave/2148746610

Rrrrrr, batten down the hatches...  shocked

Remember, the flight deck is about 60 feet above the water.  grin

There was an Edwardian liner, German I believe, that got slammed pretty good by a wave it plowed into. The guy up in the crow's nest 50 feet up got nearly taken out, and the bridge was shoved backwards two feet.

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #86 on: April 07, 2008, 12:55:09 PM »
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What if an explodey jihad raft went underneath and fired some sort of shaped charge or RPG straight up?
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Seriously....are we going to let them get THAT close?......
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #87 on: April 07, 2008, 02:06:18 PM »

Oh, way off topic but, I really like how the forum software now puts a scroll bar on any post which contains a link measuring 2 or 3 pages across, instead of having to scroll the whole page back and forth to read every post.

So can we have "Ride Captain Ride" as our official song when shelling pirates?

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #88 on: April 07, 2008, 03:17:43 PM »
You guys shoulda been with me when they offloaded us in San Diego and towed us to Long Beach in heavy seas. The ship sits real high with no fuel or ammo. About 2/3 of the crew was new because we had just come back from the Western Pacific and that's what usually happens, everybody leaves and new folk come on board. Anyways, what a PUKEFEST!  laugh

It was so bad there was barf sloshing back and forth everywhere you looked.  undecided

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #89 on: April 07, 2008, 03:55:03 PM »
I'm just amazed at the shudder the Kitty does when she takes that first wave. Smaller ships will do that but I never thought a carrier would. It takes a pretty awesome amount of force to make a carrier shudder. Big as it is, it's still just a speck compared to the ocean.

My favorite saying, "You see all that water? That's only the top."  grin
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #90 on: April 07, 2008, 07:06:09 PM »
I'm just amazed at the shudder the Kitty does when she takes that first wave. Smaller ships will do that but I never thought a carrier would. It takes a pretty awesome amount of force to make a carrier shudder. Big as it is, it's still just a speck compared to the ocean.

My favorite saying, "You see all that water? That's only the top."  grin

Oncoming storms at sea make you feel like an ant no matter what size vessel you're on.



I don't get seasick, either...I think feeling the roll of the deck is fun, actually.

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #91 on: April 08, 2008, 01:13:24 AM »
"HARD TO STARBOARD!!"  laugh
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #92 on: April 08, 2008, 07:50:23 AM »
Always wanted to carrier launch a B-52H...   grin

B-25, B-52...we'll make it work.
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #93 on: April 08, 2008, 08:05:02 AM »
Always wanted to carrier launch a B-52H...   grin

B-25, B-52...we'll make it work.

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #94 on: April 08, 2008, 08:07:36 AM »
I require a Gatling gun and a daily ration of Bourbon. I will refuse to wear Navy dungarees but opt for khaki shorts and Hawaiian shirt.

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #95 on: April 08, 2008, 08:07:50 AM »
So are we doing this thing or what?  I update my signature for it even! Smiley 
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #96 on: April 08, 2008, 08:09:46 AM »
So are we doing this thing or what?  I update my signature for it even! Smiley 
Also, I join with Charby in uniform choice.

Someone needs to get Matthew Lesko's book and write a grant for our project.

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #97 on: April 08, 2008, 08:10:51 AM »
Ugh, I hate Matthew Lesko.

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #98 on: April 08, 2008, 08:11:54 AM »

Ah yes, Blues Image. cool Yes, we can call our ship the "Golden Hind".

I will not sail on a ship named after some old Limey vessel.  I vote to call our ship "The Strawberry Bitch"

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise ship
« Reply #99 on: April 08, 2008, 08:14:15 AM »
That first pic of the beheaded Pirates. Taken May 11th, 1891 in Kowloon. May 11 is my B'day and I've been to Kowloon! What does it all mean!?!  shocked

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Means that you are a reincarnated pirate? Smiley grin
Hey, wait a minute, my Mom's birthday is also May 11th! I'll have to ask her if she's ever been to Kowloon . . .  shocked

Or maybe not.

 
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