Today: what made the Royal Navy great.

@Flashman:

I say vote them out!

It’s been done, at least in the world of fiction:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen_and_I_(novel)

After a People’s Republican Party government is elected by the British people, who were influenced by subliminal messages sent through their TV sets by members of the television technicians union manipulated by Jack Barker, the Royal Family has to leave Buckingham Palace and must move to a council house estate. Barker, as the new Prime Minister, transforms Britain into a republic and dismantles the monarchy.

One up Wittmann and CWO Marc very nice reading!

@wittmann:

I try my best to use gargantuan as much as possible these days.
I know it means so much to all of us.

sounds like a gargantuanish plan to me wittmann… :-)

He gave Barron an advantage, knowing his eyesight was not good: he did not take the usual number of steps, so making himself a bigger target.
Probably cost him his life and the US a great Naval Officer.
Who knows: could he have been as good as Nelson?
He seemed to fight like him.

@wittmann:

Does it matter?(And would you want to be able to follow all of Garg’s mental connections?)

Good point ;) But at the same time his connections can be interesting/funny to follow :)

Congratulations all of this rare event that happens once in a hundred years!

@Janus1:

no, thats actually not true zooey, thats one of many myths. the real origin is unknown, go to snopes.com and look it up

There’s apparently an answer.

http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/articles/2006/04/20/features/12847.html

Maybe you’ve heard about that by now…

Thanks, it’s good to see you still around too. :)
But yeah, I believe I sided with the Missouri too. The last great battleships to ever be made.