For the handful still interested in boating...
 

On Tue, 24 May 2011 09:46:47 -0400, Sour Krause sent the
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naled24511
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True North wrote:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1244983.html


Thanks. Boating related posts, as you know, are of little
interest here.
There's probably only a handful of us regulars here who have
boats or
are even interested in boats.


Then why are you here, Harry?

He has been an on and off boater for a while now. But mostly he's
here to see how many people he can irritate. Even a harmless old
marshmallow like Krause can be dangerous when you put a gun in his
hand. My advice would be, don't turn your back on him.

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On Tue, 24 May 2011 10:53:12 -0300, "True North"
sent the following message
"Harryk" wrote in message
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True North wrote:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1244983.html




Thanks. Boating related posts, as you know, are of little interest
here.
There's probably only a handful of us regulars here who have boats
or
are even interested in boats.








Yup... way to many dopers and wannabe dopers infest this
newsgroup.
Tomorrow is my big switchover day to another provider.
Got tired of paying too much for phone, cable and internet service
so I
finally made a decision to 'bundle' with a local cable company.
For the 1st six months the savings will be around $55.00 per...and
after
that about $35.00 per month.
I forgot to ask the guy if this newsgroup service will be available
to me
with the new provider.
It would be a real shame to miss out on the rantings and ravings of
the
hopelessly insane. ;-)

You can always use google groups.

For the handful still interested in boating...
 

On May 24, 9:04*am, Harryk wrote:
True North wrote:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1244983.html

Thanks. Boating related posts, as you know, are of little interest here.
There's probably only a handful of us regulars here who have boats or
are even interested in boats.

Quite eveident by Herrings latest ****stain.

For the handful still interested in boating...
 

Percy wrote:
On Tue, 24 May 2011 10:53:12 -0300, "True North"
sent the following message
"Harryk" wrote in message
m...


True North wrote:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1244983.html




Thanks. Boating related posts, as you know, are of little interest
here.
There's probably only a handful of us regulars here who have boats
or
are even interested in boats.








Yup... way to many dopers and wannabe dopers infest this
newsgroup.
Tomorrow is my big switchover day to another provider.
Got tired of paying too much for phone, cable and internet service
so I
finally made a decision to 'bundle' with a local cable company.
For the 1st six months the savings will be around $55.00 per...and
after
that about $35.00 per month.
I forgot to ask the guy if this newsgroup service will be available
to me
with the new provider.
It would be a real shame to miss out on the rantings and ravings of
the
hopelessly insane. ;-)

You can always use google groups.
He's too dumb for that. Really.

For the handful still interested in boating...
 

On May 24, 8:01*am, "True North" wrote:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1244983.html

Wow. Simply Wow!!!

"The Franklin saga plays out like a Gothic horror story, written
across the landscape of the barren Canadian Arctic," Harris says. "You
had the Royal Navy with its steam equipment and new technologies, very
high-tech ships for their day, pitting their will against the savagery
of Mother Nature and, horrifically, they lost."

In 1850, Investigator set sail on a route around South America and
north into the western Arctic. All lived through that first winter,
and the next year they survived running aground. But those waters that
seemed like a refuge — named, in gratitude, God’s Mercy Bay — would
soon imprison them for nearly three years.

Supplies and food ran low. Men became sick. McClure made a decision
that would haunt his accomplishments: He divided the weakest into two
teams and ordered them to walk in different directions to find help.
He and the others would stay behind to free the ship if the ice ever
cleared.

Harris says the orders surely would have been a death sentence for the
men sent off the ship. But with their departure imminent, there was
reprieve when HMS Resolute found Investigator in June 1853.
Investigator was abandoned, and the men walked overland to join
Resolute.

Resolute, too, was also eventually abandoned in ice, and both crews
marched to meet yet another ship. Four years after the adventure
began, Investigator’s survivors were back in England.

"Even though it wasn’t done on ship, wholly, the crew of HMS
Investigator managed to transit the Northwest Passage for the first
time, going west to east, in completely the opposite direction to what
had been envisioned," Harris says.

"Also, in doing so, they were the first to circumnavigate all of South
and North America."

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On 5/24/11 8:24 PM, L G wrote:
Percy wrote:
On Tue, 24 May 2011 10:53:12 -0300, "True North"

hopelessly insane. ;-)

You can always use google groups.
He's too dumb for that. Really.

He really is dumb, what does a interesting historical newspaper article
have to do with rec.boats?

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On May 24, 8:01*am, "True North" wrote:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1244983.html

Speaking of....

I did a little digging (not much) on the HMS Resolute and found this.
It's a rather neat article.

http://www.jmstringergallery.com/jm_Lane.html

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"Tim" wrote in message
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On May 24, 8:01 am, "True North" wrote:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1244983.html

Speaking of....

I did a little digging (not much) on the HMS Resolute and found this.
It's a rather neat article.

http://www.jmstringergallery.com/jm_Lane.html



Great story...the restoration of HMS Resolute and then the desk gift is a
nice touch.

For the handful still interested in boating...
 

On May 25, 6:42*am, "True North" wrote:
"Tim" *wrote in message

...

On May 24, 8:01 am, "True North" wrote:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1244983.html

Speaking of....

I did a little digging (not much) on the HMS Resolute and found this.
It's a rather neat article.

http://www.jmstringergallery.com/jm_Lane.html

Great story...the restoration of HMS Resolute *and then the desk gift is a
nice touch.

i thought so, too. and the wood made quite a desk.