Posted on 08/04/2016 8:29:35 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie
While there is no doubt that Harvey Milk died in the service of his country, his contribution to American history pales in comparison to the Silverback magnificence that was Harambe. Harambe who gave his life in a volley of friendly fire. Harambe.
It also offers a strategic advantage: the name Harambe — even whispered — will demand respect, obeisance, and awe. A USS Harambe will strike fear in the hearts of our enemies in a way that the name "Milk” never could. USS Harambe will remind the world that America never forgets its heroes.
USS Harambe, this who we are.
I like the cut of your jib but that’s too long to paint on the taffrail.
Name the ship father a real warrior...Lakota chief Crazy Horse
If Harambe was described as being “of African descent” and that he was “killed by authorities” stupid liberals would be all in favor!
Boaty McBoatface is still available.
My secretary is voting for the meteor. Sigh.
My son painted the Toyota “T” on his grille red. His fiance called it Trucky McClown Face.
He painted the grille and “T” emblem black. He now calls it Trucky McMurder Face.
Thought you’d like to know. :o)
I’m fortunate to own a ships chart of “The Sea Of the English Empire” originally published in 1684 on a Guttenburg type press. It covers the East Coast from Merrimack River, now in Southern New Hampshire, to the south of the James River in northern Virginia.
Actually, my map is dated 1690, as the author modified the copper plate original to include Philadelphia, incorporated in 1687, and to show boundaries of “East New Iersay”, from “West New Iersay.”
Interestingly, the entrance to New York harbor was almost totally blocked by sand bars two to six feet under the surface. The only entry was to hug the New Jersey shoreline south of Sandy Hook and work your way north.
The chart also shows the fort at the lower end of Manhatten Island, where one of the old wooden walls is now “Wall Street”.
Anyway, the chart shows a scale of latitude (north/south), yet because an accurate sea-going clock (chronometer) had not yet been developed, the chart omits any longitude (east/west) references.
To the point of celestial navigation, I’ve plotted the GPS coordinates from a spot in Virginia and to Boston and overlayed it on my 1690 chart. Interpolating the scale (accounting for the differential in scale of latitude, I find my celestial bearings, coupled with dead reckoning chart to be accurate to GPS: nine miles east to west; eleven miles north to south.
I Find That Incredible Accuracy for over four century’s ago!
I certainly hope the Services continue to teach technologies proven over centuries!
(And, Common Core tells students to use a calculator to solve a division problem? We’re screwed!)
Better watch that boy. ;)
That sounds like a really cool map.
you should post photos!
If you actually own a physical map that was drawn up in 1690, I hope you have it insured, and keep it a secret. If it is a copy, there is still much intrinsic value, in admiring the Olde World methods of display and printing.
You are one who can appreciate the sublime perfection of that navigation method. I’ll bet you there are young men even in today’s Pokemon World who enjoy history, and would get a kick out of hearing you explain the way it has worked for so many hundreds of years.
LOL. Never take an eye off that one. He’s become an engineerr, just like daddy.
It’s, um ...
Never mind.
He can’t spell either. Genetics ...
Thanks T-Bone
I’ll try haiku (but have no idea what the parameters are)
My map’s fully proper
It’s a keeper
Maybe send a picture
Please tell me the outlines of haiku (as you are able to come up with amazing, yet total disgusting (in the eye of the receiver) great LOL stuff!
This one’s a definite “Boaty McBoatFace”...
The one in the middle is the RFA Wave Knight, a fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
USS Donald J Trump and the USS Donald J Trump 2
Lee, i was preparing a response as the Apple Gods took over!
Yes the map is insured, but the big time credentialed NY map dealer valued it, and in the next sentence told m that he’d buy it for eighty percent of his value - yet his drool was showing!
So I continue to believe that it’s worth a hell of a lot more than a Michael Jackson glove or sweaty Madonna bra!
L
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