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Post by Kahloke on Nov 10, 2011 12:53:58 GMT -8
Wow! That was today? I guess we should thank Gordon Lightfoot for memorializing that event through his song and forever etching it into our brains. I saw a Discovery Channel documentary a number of years ago on the Edmund Fitzgerald. It was quite fascinating, because up until then, all I knew about the wreck was in the song.
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Post by Barnacle on Nov 10, 2011 20:50:53 GMT -8
I may have seen the same documentary... the one where they end up removing and hauling up the Fitz' bell?
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Post by FNS on Nov 11, 2011 9:27:40 GMT -8
From yesterday aboard the WENATCHEE:
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Post by Curtis on Nov 11, 2011 11:11:17 GMT -8
It is 11/11/11 at 11:11 AM. Make a Wish!
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Post by Curtis on Nov 11, 2011 11:11:52 GMT -8
...and that was post 1100!
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Post by Neil on Nov 11, 2011 11:29:56 GMT -8
It is 11/11/11 at 11:11 AM. Make a Wish! That people never forget the significance of the moment.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 11, 2011 12:17:44 GMT -8
I just got back home from a small community cenotaph service (Lantzville), complete with a fly-past by a Harvard vintage aircraft.
The usual array of veterans, cadets, brownies/cubs/sparks and even a few Shriners.
I'm at a loss to understand the significance of "make a wish", especially on a solemn day like today. So I'll echo Neil's wish, which is for people to grasp the meaning of today (it's "so that we don't forget") and has nothing to do with mustaches or wishes, or ferries even.
As for me, I won't forget. Today is a very important day for me.
Thank you to all who have served our country and to all who are serving. - in our own ferry-forum world, I thank people like Dane for their service and for Nick & Brett who are starting a career of serving their country. I do not take their service for granted.
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Post by Freeland on Nov 12, 2011 16:25:22 GMT -8
Got this You Tube in my E mail today. This is a Great storm video with music that remains me a little of the Movie "Perfect Storm." The sentence in the E-mail said this .... "Also helps us landubbers understand why marine engineers design boats like they do."www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=T4FIS1FnOQg Made me a little sea sick....
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 19, 2011 21:00:16 GMT -8
Congratulations to Mr. Bill McKay on his election tonight as a city councilor in Nanaimo.
Mr. McKay previously worked on the Albion Ferries and for Habourlynx. - now he gets to help lead my city.
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Post by dofd on Nov 25, 2011 22:10:30 GMT -8
A picture from yesterday, taken from my parents neighbour next door. This is Boundary Bay, not the strait.
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Post by Scott on Nov 26, 2011 14:50:09 GMT -8
A picture from yesterday, taken from my parents neighbour next door. This is Boundary Bay, not the strait. That's not good. And they think it might get worse today?
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Post by Mike C on Nov 27, 2011 13:43:58 GMT -8
A picture from yesterday, taken from my parents neighbour next door. This is Boundary Bay, not the strait. That is ridiculous. I take Hwy 99 hugging the north side of Boundary Bay as part of my daily commute to school, and after the wind storm you had mentioned, an overhead highway sign has blown apart and several others are twisted in weird ways. This area was likely the hardest hit in the region this past week.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 7, 2011 11:13:35 GMT -8
Tora Tora Tora
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Post by Mike C on Dec 7, 2011 12:52:36 GMT -8
70 years ago today. My grandfather still talks about it.
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Post by lmtengs on Dec 18, 2011 19:59:57 GMT -8
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Post by lmtengs on Dec 22, 2011 22:06:15 GMT -8
Does anybody here have experience bring a DSLR camera to GM Place? The Canucks site says 'no professional cameras with detaches lenses or lenses over 70mm', and there are mixed reviews over the web from people.
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Post by Nick on Dec 22, 2011 22:12:12 GMT -8
Does anybody here have experience bring a DSLR camera to GM Place? The Canucks site says 'no professional cameras with detaches lenses or lenses over 70mm', and there are mixed reviews over the web from people. I had an SLR there during the Olympics without an issue, but that wasn't an NHL game so I don't know how they would react.
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Post by Kam on Dec 23, 2011 8:49:22 GMT -8
Siitech now has a mobile version of their tracking website up!
Looks good and works great on my Blackberry :-)
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Post by Mike C on Dec 23, 2011 12:36:59 GMT -8
Siitech now has a mobile version of their tracking website up! Looks good and works great on my Blackberry :-) I just test drove it for the iPhone, works very nicely and runs smoothly, which surprised me, considering how much information is on that map. There's no specific URL for it, it looks to be a redirect.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 25, 2011 16:01:59 GMT -8
Diagram of the fair-grounds for Seattle 1962. - from my Dad's copy of the World's Fair guidebook.
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Post by deepsea on Dec 31, 2011 15:13:03 GMT -8
Does anybody here have experience bring a DSLR camera to GM Place? The Canucks site says 'no professional cameras with detaches lenses or lenses over 70mm', and there are mixed reviews over the web from people. In my experience, just don't bring anything that has either a red or a yellow stripe on your lens. I looked at the Canucks site for Rogers Arena, and it says not to bring lens that exceeds 70mm. Nothing about not bringing in a professional camera. You should be able to bring your DSLR.
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Post by Neil on Jan 5, 2012 17:23:43 GMT -8
A freighter that pumps out as much greenhouse gas as a small country? Al Gore, meet Emma Maersk.
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Post by FNS on Jan 14, 2012 11:42:57 GMT -8
For those who don't know, Husky Stadium in Seattle is undergoing a massive renovation and renewal. From a Thursday night game a season ago. Taken from the south stand. In the snow. Soon after the last game was played in 2011, the demolition of the lower bowl began. The lower bowl work is nearly complete. One last look at the south stand as we've known. Work begins on the south stand with the removal of the access ramps and getting the roof ready for collapse. The roof of the south stand was deliberately collapsed to assist in the rapid demolition. The south side. You would think the fans would have done this by their loudness and their feet stomping! ;D More of the demolition work of the south stand continues. Very noisy to say the least! Giant crane. Work continues. Almost done. DONE!Now, the work begins to slowly build the new bowl and the new south stand. I walk by this stadium almost daily.
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Post by lmtengs on Feb 5, 2012 21:33:52 GMT -8
Today I ventured out to Alexandria Suspension Bridge out past Spuzzum to get some photos and go for a short walk. I left with two new items for my Vintage Stuff collection... This glass telegraph line insulator was manufactured by Dominion in 1913 (99 years old). It's a model 42 with CD# 154. I have its wooden mounting, but I attached it to a lamp of mine and I'm liking it like that for now. The other glass insulator, also manufactured by Dominion, but in 1910 (102 years old). Also a model 42 with CD# 154. This one's still screwed onto its wooden mount and is in slightly better condition than the one attached to the lamp. The insulators are identical in size and design. These were still attached to their telegraph wires, so I spent a couple minutes untangling the two from their lines. It took a good fifteen minutes of track walking on the CP line of the West side of the Fraser Canyon at the old Alexandria Bridge to find these, but they're a neat piece of Canada's history linking the two coasts, so it was worth it. I might make a point of collecting some more of these; they make nice decorations. This model in dark cornflower blue colouring goes for $800 to $1000 dollars at collectors auctions, but in clear, no more than $5. Does anyone else here collect insulators?
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Post by Kam on Feb 6, 2012 17:24:06 GMT -8
Was just listening to the Alberni enter Departure Bay through the fog and watching her on Siitech and she appeared to do a "crash stop" just before the entrance to the bay.. Wonder what they saw....
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