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[Waterways]

I was doing the Canadian Rockies along the Ice Field Parkway around the Athabasca Glacier on my way from Banf to Jasper.

An American tourist said to me `What a fantastic sight`.
I said `Yes but the view is spoiled by those mountains, if they wern`t there we could have a better view.`
The American looked at me and said, `What are you ? some kinda nut?`

I guess he didnt have too much of a sense of humour.

He must have been from the mid-west. Irony passed them by. Irony has a lot to do with salt air.

[az_gila]

Ha, Yanks just don't understand.

...he didn't call it quaint...

[az_gila]

Ha, Yanks just don't understand.

He must have been from the mid-west. Irony passed them by. Irony has a lot to do with salt air.

...as flat as a pancake (the Mid-West)

Gil A. ...living at 3000 ft only 10 miles from a 10,000 ft mountain....

[dazza]

Irony has a lot to do with salt air.

Would Iron-y be more corrosive in salt-air?

[pablo42]

Most of the Mid West is dry. No alcohol. That explains a lot.

[az_gila]

Most of the Mid West is dry. No alcohol. That explains a lot.

...that would just be Utah and some Southern states.

Heck... the beer is brewed in Wisconsin...

[Bernie]

It is dry where I live, 5 dry counties together. It can be put on the ballot but in the 'Bible Belt' it never gets changed.
It does have its advantages, no rivers of puke and pee in the streets on Saturday nights and a way lower crime rate than in areas which sell booze.
I enjoy a drink now and again so I go to Missouri to buy mine. The state line is only 20 miles from me.

[pablo42]

It is dry where I live, 5 dry counties together. It can be put on the ballot but in the 'Bible Belt' it never gets changed.
It does have its advantages, no rivers of puke and pee in the streets on Saturday nights and a way lower crime rate than in areas which sell booze.
I enjoy a drink now and again so I go to Missouri to buy mine. The state line is only 20 miles from me.

Ha, only 20 miles away. Couldn't make it there Bernie. Love me pubs.

[brian daley]

The passenger liner Kaisar-I-Hind was built in 1914 by Caird& Co. of Greenock for the Bombay service of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. It was the second succesive vessel of the company to bear that name,which derives from the Sanskrit for Empress of India. During the First World War she survived no fewer than 5 attacks by submarine torpedo,one of which struck her but actually failed to explode and, following abrief charter to Cunard Line in 1921 under the name Emperor of India,she returned to P&O service until 1938 ,when she was sold for breaking up at Blyth.
The painting is another one of Charles Dixons,you can see that masterly touch.



P.S. I loved the pictures from Canada,and the ensuing discussion but can we try and keep this thread for pictures of ships,
thanks,
BrianD

[pablo42]

Nice one Brian. Sorry for that, it's usually me that goes off thread. Gotta mind that skips and jumps. I shall try my utmost to discipline meself in the future.

[captain kong]

In 2001 I went to Ascension Island and in a small cove, Comfortless Cove. A small entrance over the volcanic rocks was a small clearance of only a few yards surrounded by black lava flows. In there was a dozen or so graves of Royal Navy sailors. They had died at Ascension from diseases from the West Coast of Africa around 1823 to around 1858. The place was clean and tidy and the grave markers appeared to have had a recent coat of paint.
A sad and lonely place

[knowhowe]

P.S. I loved the pictures from Canada,and the ensuing discussion but can we try and keep this thread for pictures of ships,
thanks,
BrianD

That's me told. Wasn't sure where else to put 'em however...

[Jeff Glasser]

Sorry Brian,

[pablo42]

In 2001 I went to Ascension Island and in a small cove, Comfortless Cove. A small entrance over the volcanic rocks was a small clearance of only a few yards surrounded by black lava flows. In there was a dozen or so graves of Royal Navy sailors. They had died at Ascension from diseases from the West Coast of Africa around 1823 to around 1858. The place was clean and tidy and the grave markers appeared to have had a recent coat of paint.
A sad and lonely place

Nice one Captain. I think I seen these. They were looked after when I seen them.

[captain kong]

I was in Punta Arenas, Chile in the Magellan Straits in 2006 when I found a Trawler from the UK.
She was the Boston Beverley once registered in Grimsby now same name but registered in Valparaiso, Chile. Fishing 10,000 miles away from home.