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On Jun 24, 9:49 pm, "YukonBound" wrote:
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On Jun 24, 5:15 pm, "YukonBound" wrote:
British Prime Minister drops in on Halifax to address sailors on HMS
Ark
Royal..... Britain's Naval flagship.
Next week it's the
Queen.http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...s-british-came...
Exciting week for anyone interested in naval affairs.

CoolQ I don't know anythign about Canadian politics or prime
ministers, but I hope he has some good words of encouragement to the
crew. Same way with Lizzie. I'm suprised she can still get around.

Yes. the British Prime Minister did thank the crew for representing
Britain
at the fleet Review 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy this weekend.
I understand this Saturday is some kind of armed forces day over
there.http://halifaxifr.ca/en/home/tabid/61/default.aspx

Don, I noticed the link said:

Latest News
Ship tours schedule announced

"During the IFR several foreign and Canadian ships will be open for
tours including the HMS ARK ROYAL and USS WASP. Visit the ship tours
schedule for more info...."


You going to go take a look around?

Normally I avoid crowds...but this might be worthwhile.
If the weather is good (and the reports are favourable) I wouldn't mind
doing my own little review of the fleet in the Princecraft Yukon.

To add to interesting events this & next week..... the local 'Native
Americans' are holding the biggest Pow Wow ever held in Atlantic Canada.
They have seven giant wigwams among a large number of tents set up on the
Commons in the center of the city. This is all to celebrate the 400th
anniversary of their Great Chief's conversion to Catholicism in 1610. The
Queen will attend the festivities next week while in Halifax.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1188938.html

YukonBound wrote:


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On Jun 24, 9:49 pm, "YukonBound" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

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On Jun 24, 5:15 pm, "YukonBound" wrote:
British Prime Minister drops in on Halifax to address sailors on
HMS Ark
Royal..... Britain's Naval flagship.
Next week it's the

Queen.http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...s-british-came...

Exciting week for anyone interested in naval affairs.

CoolQ I don't know anythign about Canadian politics or prime
ministers, but I hope he has some good words of encouragement to the
crew. Same way with Lizzie. I'm suprised she can still get around.

Yes. the British Prime Minister did thank the crew for representing
Britain
at the fleet Review 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy this
weekend.
I understand this Saturday is some kind of armed forces day over
there.http://halifaxifr.ca/en/home/tabid/61/default.aspx

Don, I noticed the link said:

Latest News
Ship tours schedule announced

"During the IFR several foreign and Canadian ships will be open for
tours including the HMS ARK ROYAL and USS WASP. Visit the ship tours
schedule for more info...."


You going to go take a look around?

Normally I avoid crowds...but this might be worthwhile.
If the weather is good (and the reports are favourable) I wouldn't
mind doing my own little review of the fleet in the Princecraft Yukon.
Agoraphobic?

On 24/06/2010 4:15 PM, YukonBound wrote:
British Prime Minister drops in on Halifax to address sailors on HMS Ark
Royal..... Britain's Naval flagship.
Next week it's the Queen.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...n-halifax.html

Exciting week for anyone interested in naval affairs.

Yes to naval but two thumbs down for the queen. Americans did that
right, dump royalty and the parliamentry ruse.

--
The bigger government gets, the more it tends to rule out common sense.

"YukonBound" wrote in message
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British Prime Minister drops in on Halifax to address sailors on HMS Ark
Royal..... Britain's Naval flagship.
Next week it's the Queen.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...n-halifax.html
Exciting week for anyone interested in naval affairs.


BTW.. it isn't all play....... the fleets conducted naval exercises before
coming here to help us celebrate.
We also get to check out a couple of supply ships that we may be interested
in. USS Fort George is one example and an interesting ship from Denmark.
Ours are approaching 50 years old.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1188958.html

In article ,
says...

"YukonBound" wrote in message
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British Prime Minister drops in on Halifax to address sailors on HMS Ark
Royal..... Britain's Naval flagship.
Next week it's the Queen.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...n-halifax.html
Exciting week for anyone interested in naval affairs.


BTW.. it isn't all play....... the fleets conducted naval exercises before
coming here to help us celebrate.
We also get to check out a couple of supply ships that we may be interested
in. USS Fort George is one example and an interesting ship from Denmark.
Ours are approaching 50 years old.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1188958.html

Just don't buy any more subs from Mother England. Freaking Lucas
electrics suck.

"BAR" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

"YukonBound" wrote in message
...
British Prime Minister drops in on Halifax to address sailors on HMS
Ark
Royal..... Britain's Naval flagship.
Next week it's the Queen.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...n-halifax.html
Exciting week for anyone interested in naval affairs.


BTW.. it isn't all play....... the fleets conducted naval exercises
before
coming here to help us celebrate.
We also get to check out a couple of supply ships that we may be
interested
in. USS Fort George is one example and an interesting ship from Denmark.
Ours are approaching 50 years old.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1188958.html

Just don't buy any more subs from Mother England. Freaking Lucas
electrics suck.

We learned our lesson with those lemons.

On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:25:31 -0400, BAR wrote:

Lucas electrics suck.

Their vacuum cleaner doesn't.

Casady

On 7/2/10 10:06 AM, Richard Casady wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:25:31 -0400, wrote:

Lucas electrics suck.

Their vacuum cleaner doesn't.

Casady


What remains of "Lucas" is no more Lucas than AT&T is AT&T or Evinrude
is Evinrude. The three corporations some might remember favorably or not
died or were sold off in pieces, and the new corporations that use those
names simply bought the names.

On Jul 2, 9:16Â*am, Harry  wrote:
On 7/2/10 10:06 AM, Richard Casady wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:25:31 -0400, Â*wrote:

Lucas electrics suck.

Their vacuum cleaner doesn't.

Casady

What remains of "Lucas" is no more Lucas than AT&T is AT&T or Evinrude
is Evinrude. The three corporations some might remember favorably or not
died or were sold off in pieces, and the new corporations that use those
names simply bought the names.

Yeah, about 20 years ago, an Italian firm called Magnetti Mirelli
bought a couple of Lucas assembly plants in England. That was like
two drunks tying themselves together to see if they could stagger
straight.

Now some of Lucas has been bought out by the premium company, Nippon
Denso. That's like Rockwell Int'l buing out Briggs & Stratton. A lot
of 'Denso' products are still the same crappy Lucas design.

I'm still trying to figure that one out.

On Jul 2, 9:16Â*am, Harry  wrote:
On 7/2/10 10:06 AM, Richard Casady wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:25:31 -0400, Â*wrote:

Lucas electrics suck.

Their vacuum cleaner doesn't.

Casady

What remains of "Lucas" is no more Lucas than AT&T is AT&T or Evinrude
is Evinrude. The three corporations some might remember favorably or not
died or were sold off in pieces, and the new corporations that use those
names simply bought the names.

A few years ago, there were some late model F series U.S. fighter jets
equipped for the Navy that were grounded due to faulty guidance
systems built by Lucas Aeronautics.


The Prince of Darkness struck again!