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His Royal Hiney |
I'm thinking '77 - '78. I remember we spent some time in the eye of the storm also and it was very calm.  "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
Meh - nothing a 21-point tie down for all aircraft while transiting through something similar on the USS Ranger (toward Desert Storm) wasn't able to handle. As in, two days below deck for all hands with the exception of those who were required to be top side to inspect tie downs and even then; we had to be tie off to another person for safety reasons. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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Standing in the gear pit on the blunt end with the flight deck about eye level, it was fun watching the planes going off the pointy end on cat 1 or cat 2. We held our breath when the plane disappeared below the flight deck as the bow came up with the swells. Hard to imagine the plane being between the flight deck and the water. Then as the bow came back down we could breathe a little easier as the plane went on its merry way. | |||
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I'm Fine |
So. Do they charge you less if your containers are stashed near the very front ? Looks like those containers were getting soaked bigtime. Not sure how watertight the average sealand box is... I would want my boxes nearer the back of the deck and in the center. ------------------ SBrooks | |||
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One of our favorites when we had Midshipmen on board for their training cruise.  | |||
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Character, above all else |
Yeah, lots of fun watching the Heads Up Display (HUD) waterline symbol go uuuuup and dooooown while taxiing uphill and downhill into the shuttle at night. You just prayed the shooters timed it right and you hit the end of the cat stroke with the bow up. After each launch into conditions like that I always had a quick thought about how much more exciting the landing was going to be. Part of me misses all that, but a larger part of me doesn't. "The Truth, when first uttered, is always considered heresy." | |||
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I wonder if this is what caused the Edmund Fitzgerald to sink. The inability to flex like we see here. | |||
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The Edmund Fitzgerald was able to flex, having been built with mild steel. I think the most probable explanation that I read was water getting into one of the cargo holds. SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>>  | |||
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I know there are two theories, one being the front of the ship rode a huge wave and was not supported by the water while the rear of the ship was, causing it to break in half. The other is as you said the top side cargo hatches were not locked down causing water to get in to the cargo hold. I was wondering if they constructed ships back then from very rigid steel preventing the flex. | |||
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