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Joe Love

they thought about it, but then shifting the damn thing 15 degrees to the North would have had to wait until the morning, 'cause this was at night, and only the day-shift does any shifting...

posted by Nautikos on January 10, 2007 at 6:10 AM | link to this | reply

Nautikos

That is hilarious--a confrontation between an aircraft carrier and a lighthouse!!  LOLOL  I wonder if the lighthouse yielded to the almighty U.S military???  LOL

posted by Joe_Love on January 6, 2007 at 6:49 AM | link to this | reply

Xeno

the 'dam general', a.k.a Major General Sir Isaac Brock was killed in the battle of Queenston, Ontario, during the War of 1812, as he led his troops up the Queenston Heights to capture the American positions. He lost his life, but won the battle. Earlier he had defeated an American force at Detroit. Later in that war, Canadian forces pushed south, captured Washington, D.C., and burned it.

That was the last time anybody ever messed with us...

posted by Nautikos on January 4, 2007 at 5:26 PM | link to this | reply

so what did the dam general do?

posted by Xeno-x on January 4, 2007 at 1:32 PM | link to this | reply

Corbin

I know the old General well (actually, he wasn't very old when  he died that day). And especially in the fall I frequently take a drive to Niagara on the Lake and the wine country, very pleasant way to spend a weekend...

posted by Nautikos on January 3, 2007 at 7:55 PM | link to this | reply

Justi,

I agree with you that early on he should have been and could have been silent. But, being somewhat familar with a sailor's ways, I can pretty well guarantee that after that last message from the lighthouse it would have been impossible for him to be silent, though the radio transmitter was probably turned off...

posted by Nautikos on January 3, 2007 at 7:50 PM | link to this | reply

Yes...Naut.....

I have to see the statue of General Issac Brock.....every time I take a group from Niagara Falls to the wine country near Niagara on the Lake.......But as I pass I still ask myself the question...."What If?"

posted by Corbin_Dallas on January 3, 2007 at 6:13 PM | link to this | reply

Nautikos

I hope it was silence which should have come a mite earlier. HNY

posted by Justi on January 3, 2007 at 5:56 PM | link to this | reply

Xeno,

if that carrier had run into the rocks, doing maybe, say, 20 knots, you would have one very messed up carrier, sunk of course, a lot of dead sailors, including the captain who, in the time-honored tradition of the sea would have had to shoot himself, and it would not be pretty! But it would not have damaged any of our rocks, and we would most certainly not have what in the press and in diplomatic circles is referred to as an 'international incident'...

posted by Nautikos on January 3, 2007 at 2:41 PM | link to this | reply

Pat B

yeah, on the East Coast as well. Of course, I don't think it was necessary to mobilize a carrier group for that...

And it's nice you got the Rilke...

posted by Nautikos on January 3, 2007 at 2:34 PM | link to this | reply

AND IF THE CARRIER HAD COLLIDED WITH CANADIAN SOIL

in the way of a rocky coast,

would the U.S. have blamed Canada for the damage

would there have been an international incident

?

 

posted by Xeno-x on January 3, 2007 at 2:25 PM | link to this | reply

I saw the movie

CANADIAN BACON

just have to be careful up there.

posted by Xeno-x on January 3, 2007 at 2:24 PM | link to this | reply

strat

yep, smart cookie, that skipper...

posted by Nautikos on January 3, 2007 at 2:22 PM | link to this | reply

OFFBEATS

I bet you his first word started either with an 'f' or an 's'..., possibly preceded by an 'oh'.... The next thing would have been 'Change the f****** course 15 degrees SOUTH!

posted by Nautikos on January 3, 2007 at 2:21 PM | link to this | reply

bel

you know, I can just hear the roar of laughter around the North Atlantic...

posted by Nautikos on January 3, 2007 at 2:15 PM | link to this | reply

OneTimeAgain

thanks for visiting!

posted by Nautikos on January 3, 2007 at 2:12 PM | link to this | reply

Jane

I don't know if the skipper was ever able to live this down! I bet you he just had his eyes on the radar screen, with not a thought given to the charts! And no one else on the bridge caught it either, obviously! (Or else they hated their skipper and just gave him some rope...)

posted by Nautikos on January 3, 2007 at 2:11 PM | link to this | reply

Corbin

and a good thing, too. You'll remember what happened almost 193 years ago...

posted by Nautikos on January 3, 2007 at 2:06 PM | link to this | reply

Too funny! and too true... The Canadians & Americans quibble about

fishing rights from time to time, in the areas between Alaska & Seattle. 

Thanks for visiting my Rilke post -- & the spell check.  Excerpts from the notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge are in this same volume. I'm guessing its a textbook. I found it on the free table at the library, books donated to the used bookstore that have water damage or defects but too good to put in the recycling bin.

posted by Pat_B on January 3, 2007 at 10:03 AM | link to this | reply

I do remember that transmission.

And as I recall, the captain wisely chose not to stay the course...

posted by strat on January 3, 2007 at 9:03 AM | link to this | reply

ROFLMAO

I would love to hear what the Captain had to say next...Too funny!

posted by Offy on January 3, 2007 at 6:39 AM | link to this | reply

LOLOLOL!

posted by bel_1965 on January 2, 2007 at 7:30 PM | link to this | reply

I've heard a similar story -- didn't realize that took place between

US and Canada.  Too funny. 

posted by JanesOpinion on January 2, 2007 at 6:32 PM | link to this | reply

posted by Blue_feathers on January 2, 2007 at 6:31 AM | link to this | reply

Two Days.......

And still no Canadian War........

posted by Corbin_Dallas on January 2, 2007 at 5:12 AM | link to this | reply

Wiley,

Well, when you came out with the funny flying stuff, I thought I'd better redress the balance and get us back, if not to the ground, at least to the water...

posted by Nautikos on January 2, 2007 at 5:08 AM | link to this | reply

bandanafish

I hope there'll be a few more occasions...

posted by Nautikos on January 2, 2007 at 5:03 AM | link to this | reply

I-R-William

Yes, indeed! I wonder what this has done to the skipper's career, though...

posted by Nautikos on January 2, 2007 at 5:02 AM | link to this | reply

TAPS

What better way to start the year, eh?

posted by Nautikos on January 2, 2007 at 5:00 AM | link to this | reply

Ariel

Tilting at lighthouses?

posted by Nautikos on January 2, 2007 at 4:59 AM | link to this | reply

Thanks, afzal

posted by Nautikos on January 2, 2007 at 4:58 AM | link to this | reply

Corbin

I actually tried to find out the name of the skipper, but no luck so far. Maybe that's 'classified' information...

posted by Nautikos on January 2, 2007 at 4:57 AM | link to this | reply

Nautikos

Only a guy with the name Nautikos is allowed to tell such a funny story like that. lol

posted by WileyJohn on January 1, 2007 at 7:45 PM | link to this | reply

Hahaha. This is the funniest joke I've heard ALL YEAR (2007)!

posted by bandanafish on January 1, 2007 at 1:54 PM | link to this | reply

LOL, Nautikos, Thanks for the laugh...What makes it worse is all

the ships and people listening to the call..LOL. Toast of the fleet

posted by I-R-William on January 1, 2007 at 9:41 AM | link to this | reply

Nautikos

A great laugh for the first day of the new year.   

posted by TAPS. on January 1, 2007 at 8:41 AM | link to this | reply

Naut

 

Wasn't that the USS Don Quijote? ( Spanish spelling, see?)

Happy New Year(s)

el Tel

posted by ariel70 on January 1, 2007 at 8:36 AM | link to this | reply

Nice read .

posted by afzal50 on January 1, 2007 at 8:33 AM | link to this | reply

Hmmmmm?

Was the Commander in charge of the task force named McHale???   Funny stuff!

posted by Corbin_Dallas on January 1, 2007 at 7:14 AM | link to this | reply