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Re: HES Valhalla
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lugnet.pirates
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Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:51:21 GMT
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"Franklin W. Cain" wrote:
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> I've not had my internet access for most of the weekend;
> I just got it back (no explanation, it's just back...) :-P
What'd you do, accidentally format your hard drive or some other such
embarrassing misteak? You must not be paying the great Lar enough
homage...
> Anyway...
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> This is something that has been bothering me (to a small degree)
> for a while now.
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> I would say that ".general" would be a good default newsgroup
> for such, or ".build"; one of the two should be the "follow-up" group.
> I would say that ".boats" and ".pirates" would be OK
> for the _initial_ post, but I really don't want to see the follow-up posts
> for industrial-age warships (1850s+) in ".pirates".
I think it's a tricky line. Richard Parson's modern and futuristic
creations are all part of his Port Block story line which to me is very
piraty. I also think that .pirates is where the folks who are most
deeply into naval history hang out. If .pirates had an overwhelming post
volume, I would probably have a different opinion, but I for one want to
see Richard's and Lindsay's posts to stay here (in fact, I got somewhat
annoyed one time when Lindsay did direct the discussion out to .boats -
it made it annoying to follow in the news reader).
Now someone just showing off their latest W.W.II carrier or whatever may
not belong here.
> Wooden hulls, cutlasses, and black powder do _not_ have a chance
> against ironclads, Maxim (or Gatling) guns, and smokeless powder. ;-)
> Also, you do _not_ see these in the same literature or movies, do you?
> ;-) I mean, really, what chance would Captain Blood (Errol Flynn) have
> against the Nazis and the Guns of Navarronne? ;-)
Actually he might have done just dandy... I'm not sure how a tall ship
shows up on radar, but it might be a pretty stealthy way to approach a
shore installation like that.
Just my little opinion.
Frank
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