Graybeard wrote:Ted wrote:Bravo yet again Rick - an excellent read
+1
Thanks, Rick!
Larry,
Thanks very much--and thanks, too, for the article, which I really appreciate.
Rick F.
Graybeard wrote:Ted wrote:Bravo yet again Rick - an excellent read
+1
Thanks, Rick!
JimVonBaden wrote:Very nicew, as always Rick!
The poem:Frightened with Fools, from Plymouth sound,
To Mary-Land our Ship was bound:
Where we arriv’d in dreadful Pain,
Shock’d by the Terrours of the Main;
For full three Months our wavering Boat,
Did thro’ the surley ocean float,
And furiovs Storms and threat’ning Blasts;
Both tore our Sails and sprung our Masts.
Jim
Joints4sale wrote:It is amazing how we pass by these places on a daily basis(I live about a mile and a half from the "Dove") and don't notice the beauty of them. Thank you for reminding me to stop and smell the roses once in a while
Firebird wrote:I went to school at St. Mary's. It was fun watching some of my fellow classmates walking around in period clothing when they were working at the old city. When I went on board the Maryland Dove, when they brought it to berth, I totally forgot how short people were back then.
RocketMan wrote:Very nice spread as always.
we should put you in charge of finding and recording the history of BMWBMW....
I can see it now
"This is the first recorded photo of the first president on his 1651 R .00001 while being chased His Majesty s troops thru Lower Fairfax County" ha ha!
RM
RocketMan wrote:Unity wrote:Beautiful.
--John
(Rick, I'm beginning to suspect that you take beauty along with you and sprinkle it like pixie dust on your scenes.)
Hmmmm,
I think John just called you a fairie or something....
RM
Unity wrote:Beautiful.
--John
(Rick, I'm beginning to suspect that you take beauty along with you and sprinkle it like pixie dust on your scenes.)
Unity wrote:No, more like a magician.
--John
Rick F. wrote:JimVonBaden wrote:Very nicew, as always Rick!
The poem:Frightened with Fools, from Plymouth sound,
To Mary-Land our Ship was bound:
Where we arriv’d in dreadful Pain,
Shock’d by the Terrours of the Main;
For full three Months our wavering Boat,
Did thro’ the surley ocean float,
And furiovs Storms and threat’ning Blasts;
Both tore our Sails and sprung our Masts.
Jim
Jim,
Three cheers, you did it! Now did you actually read it backwards or did you cheat (like I did) and reverse the photo? Either way, you get the Grand Prize for being first with the correct reading (except "Frightened" should be "Freighted," I believe). Now, if I can just figure out what the Grand Prize actually is...
Rick F.
Rick F. wrote:Firebird wrote:I went to school at St. Mary's. It was fun watching some of my fellow classmates walking around in period clothing when they were working at the old city. When I went on board the Maryland Dove, when they brought it to berth, I totally forgot how short people were back then.
Dawn,
I was looking forward to going below on the Dove, but I got thrown off before I had the chance. It's had to imagine 140 people crossing the ocean on a pair of ships that size.
St. Mary's College looked like a great place to go to school, and it has a good reputation, too. Was the St. John's archeological site being excavated when you were there?
Rick F.
Rick F. wrote:RocketMan wrote:Very nice spread as always.
we should put you in charge of finding and recording the history of BMWBMW....
I can see it now
"This is the first recorded photo of the first president on his 1651 R .00001 while being chased His Majesty s troops thru Lower Fairfax County" ha ha!
RM
RM,
I like the idea! The fact that no one has yet unearthed evidence of a 1651 R .00001 is undoubtedly because BMW used lightweight, thin-cast iron and wood to build them back then, and the elements have taken their toll... It's a shame, really; historians are just dying to know which form of turn signal switches BMW used back then.
Rick F.
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