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?

On 5/24/11 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.



Wow, for someone who never makes boating posts, who has been posting
every day this year. You do know, if you want anyone, even Donnie to
believe your NEW boat story, you are going to have to give up posting
for a least a few hours every week. You are never away from your
computer, you not only posts from 5 am to 11 pm during the week, but
keeps up the same track record during each and every week. You love to
talk about how useless the dumb righties are, but they have you jumping
at each and every one of their posts. They play you like the "fish" you
pretend to catch.

In article , says...

On 5/24/11 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.



Wow, for someone who never makes boating posts, who has been posting
every day this year. You do know, if you want anyone, even Donnie to
believe your NEW boat story, you are going to have to give up posting
for a least a few hours every week. You are never away from your
computer, you not only posts from 5 am to 11 pm during the week, but
keeps up the same track record during each and every week. You love to
talk about how useless the dumb righties are, but they have you jumping
at each and every one of their posts. They play you like the "fish" you
pretend to catch.

Exactly!

On Tue, 24 May 2011 09:04:35 -0400, Harryk
sent the following message
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.

You got that right.

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.

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."

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

"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.

On May 25, 6:42*am, "True North" wrote:
"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.

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