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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2012 16:24:33 GMT -8
This what happens when I do it.  Mr. Awesome photos, on Flickr How do I fix it so looks normal? This is actually a good look for the Oak Bay. I know. I failed at it at first but I figured it out. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 8, 2012 20:39:15 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2012 21:54:55 GMT -8
Welcome back rain to rainy Vancouver!
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Post by Neil on Oct 19, 2012 21:16:47 GMT -8
I have a question that I haven't been able to get a handle on by a cursory exploration into Wikipedia and other online sources.
When one hears of a tide of 0.00 feet, for instance... is that mark the record low tide that has been recorded for that area, or is that just what is normal for the lowest yearly or seasonal tide?
We've had some very high tides lately; one for Comox today was 16.1 feet. Again, is that 16.1 above the record, or above the seasonal expected low?
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Post by piglet on Oct 20, 2012 8:20:31 GMT -8
Neil, I believe its based on a mean average of the low tide. I haven't had to use my charts for a few years but even the depths on the charts are based on this as well.
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Post by lmtengs on Oct 21, 2012 7:52:27 GMT -8
Neil, I believe its based on a mean average of the low tide. I haven't had to use my charts for a few years but even the depths on the charts are based on this as well. Piggy, you're right for the first bit, but depths on the chart are based on a measurement called 'chart datum', which is the lowest low tide over about 20 years. |
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Post by Freeland on Oct 30, 2012 13:59:16 GMT -8
The replica of the HMS Bounty sank during storm back east. It was in the HMS Bounty film with Brando in it. Here is movie trailer from the film. Title of web page is Movies from Hell. Being Brando was hard to get along with.  Not sure if this idea place for this topic? |
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Post by Freeland on Oct 30, 2012 14:02:58 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 3, 2012 8:57:54 GMT -8
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Post by shipyard on Nov 3, 2012 20:45:08 GMT -8
Mr. Flugal Horn, were you by chance in Chemanius today? We've never met, but there was guy who looked familiar that I just couldn't place, until I was on my way home. (I'm a seldom forget a name, usually forget a face sort of person  ) |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 3, 2012 21:06:14 GMT -8
Mr. Flugal Horn, were you by chance in Chemanius today? We've never met, but there was guy who looked familiar that I just couldn't place, until I was on my way home. (I'm a seldom forget a name, usually forget a face sort of person ) Yes. At the afternoon performance of Wingfield's Folly show at Chemainus Theatre today. Did you see me in the theatre lobby or in the seating area? - Were you the guy sitting next to my wife, centre-section row-F..... ? If so, then that's a really cool small-world moment. |
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Post by shipyard on Nov 4, 2012 8:20:25 GMT -8
Yes, wow, it certainly is! I wish I clued in earlier and said hello. I hate when you can't place someone.
Was a good show though, although living on a farm, we weren't sure whether to laugh or cry at the truthfulness of it all!
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Post by lmtengs on Nov 4, 2012 20:35:53 GMT -8
A funny ferry song uploaded to Youtube by somebody recently. I like the parking reference at the end.
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Post by mrdot on Nov 4, 2012 21:35:57 GMT -8
:)while he doesn't have the voice of Johnny Cash, the clip is quite funny! d this isn't the birthday folder, may I thank all my forum collegues for all the greetings of yesterday's date, and wish all the other November celebrants the same wishes! mrdot  |
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Post by Mike on Nov 7, 2012 14:27:10 GMT -8
How to break a locomotive in a matter of seconds.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 8, 2012 19:35:57 GMT -8
Because ship workers really know how to do trendy pop videos....
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 22, 2012 17:34:21 GMT -8
C.S. Lewis
Aldous Huxley
John F. Kennedy
- November 22, 1963.
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Post by Mike C on Nov 22, 2012 18:37:58 GMT -8
Mr. Keenleyside: you can post the URL using the forum YouTube embedding tags (sans spaces): [ youtube ] URL [/ youtube ] |
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Post by Name Omitted on Dec 7, 2012 16:37:44 GMT -8
I asked this over in the AK section, but was hoping to spread the net further to get a response.
Who generally "owns" plans for a ship after the ship is built? If a company takes possession of a ferry and then choses to modify it, going to a third party architect, do they have to get a separate as-built commissioned for the new architect to work from, or do they have rights to the original plans?
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Post by Nick on Dec 8, 2012 13:11:11 GMT -8
I asked this over in the AK section, but was hoping to spread the net further to get a response. Who generally "owns" plans for a ship after the ship is built? If a company takes possession of a ferry and then choses to modify it, going to a third party architect, do they have to get a separate as-built commissioned for the new architect to work from, or do they have rights to the original plans? Short answer: It depends. With the Coastals, BCF owns the plans. This was part of the design contract with FSG. BCF does not own the plans for the Spirit class. Going back in time, BCF bought the plans for the V-class after they built the Victoria and Vancouver. Up until then, the architect owned the rights to the vessel plans. |
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Post by Neil on Dec 13, 2012 15:19:13 GMT -8
A bit of humorous history here.
Vancouver has actually had a pretty good run of mayors... although I never voted for the right wing ones when I lived in the city, I have to admit that Jack Volrich, Gordon Campbell, and Sam Sullivan were competent, and Philip Owen is to be admired for his broad minded approach to the drug problem.
But back in the 1960s you had the old-fashioned NPA, with prehistoric lunkheads like Tom Campbell. Here is Tom Terrific in full flight, being interviewed following arrests of hippies for 'loitering' on the old courthouse grounds. Even the equally reactionary Doug Collins doesn't seem to be able to take him too seriously.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 14, 2013 17:22:53 GMT -8
Integrity personified....
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No disrespect intended to anyone who gained some hope or inspiration from part of the Lance Armstrong story.
Based on recent news reports, he's now about to come-clean. But why? Not for integrity's sake. No, it's so that he can get a shorter penalty and then be allowed to complete in trialthlons and various running races.
Here's hoping that the US Federal Government sues him for fraud, re his involvement in their US Postal sponsored cycling team.
Why do I feel strongly about this? Because I don't like "Integrity fraud". Take a look at how strongly and continually Mr. Armstrong denied using performance enhancers. And now he's only changing his story because he wants to get something out of it.
To all those who took some comfort and inspiration from a part of Lance Armstrong's life, to help them find hope concerning their's or a friend's disease, please realize that all the inspiration that you need is looking at you in the mirror and is also in the faces of the people that you know and love.
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Post by Neil on Jan 24, 2013 20:47:46 GMT -8
First of all... with regard to Mr Horn's post, above, which I missed when he posted it; who can possibly have any respect for someone who 'comes clean' only when the accusations are so overwhelmingly convincing that his deceit is no longer believable, even to the most gullible? And how does he begin his personal reclamation project? By seeking an audience with the Pope-rah. What a cynical slimer he is.
Now. On a lighter note.
For Christmas, my elder daughter gave me a book entitled 'The Sailor's Word-Book', compiled in 1867 by British admiral William Henry Smyth. It is, according to the forward, the premier collection of nautical terminology, and I can believe that, given its 744 pages. It's the kind of book you keep in the bathroom, to leaf through at your leisure. Being a bit nippy in the outhouse this time of year, I didn't take it up to Hornby with me this past visit.
So... without cheating by googling it- although I didn't find the correct definition there anyway when I tried- does anyone know what 'Jack nasty-face' refers to, in seaman's jargon?
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jan 26, 2013 10:51:40 GMT -8
So... without cheating by googling it- although I didn't find the correct definition there anyway when I tried- does anyone know what 'Jack nasty-face' refers to, in seaman's jargon? I didn`t have to cheat. We have letters from Horatio Nelson to one of our descendants. No one has been able to confirm the relationship but he calls the fellow "dear cuzin" and asks to give his love to his wife. We have assumed it was a relation by marriage. One of my Great Uncles studied the time and you had to be careful what you said or he would launch into some history or story of the time. I remember him telling me that there are letters/biography written by a Jack Nastyface who was very critical of the British Navy and particularly the conditions faced by seamen. Today we could call him a Squealer. That then became the name for the worst liked sailor or most disagreeable person on any ship, and sometimes someone who squealed on the crew to the captain. I regret today that as a kid I didn' t listen more carefully or ask more questions. Now I wish I had that chance. So at some point my Uncle picked up the term and would say to his kids or someone else, "Don't be a Jack Nastyface." I have always been interested in reading the published version but have never got around to looking for it. |
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Post by Neil on Jan 26, 2013 22:32:52 GMT -8
So... without cheating by googling it- although I didn't find the correct definition there anyway when I tried- does anyone know what 'Jack nasty-face' refers to, in seaman's jargon? I didn`t have to cheat. We have letters from Horatio Nelson to one of our descendants. No one has been able to confirm the relationship but he calls the fellow "dear cuzin" and asks to give his love to his wife. We have assumed it was a relation by marriage. One of my Great Uncles studied the time and you had to be careful what you said or he would launch into some history or story of the time. I remember him telling me that there are letters/biography written by a Jack Nastyface who was very critical of the British Navy and particularly the conditions faced by seamen. Today we could call him a Squealer. That then became the name for the worst liked sailor or most disagreeable person on any ship, and sometimes someone who squealed on the crew to the captain. I regret today that as a kid I didn' t listen more carefully or ask more questions. Now I wish I had that chance. So at some point my Uncle picked up the term and would say to his kids or someone else, "Don't be a Jack Nastyface." I have always been interested in reading the published version but have never got around to looking for it.According to Admiral Smyth, the term referred to a 'cook's assistant.' Admittedly, Vice-Admiral Nelson predated Admiral Smyth by several decades. However, pejoratives usually devolve from less derogatory connotations, more than the other way around, so I wouldn't be surprised if the cook's assistant definition pre-dated your definition. Another odd 'jack' term is 'jack in the bread-room'... the purser's steward's assistant. |
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