| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Captain Petersburgh |
Posted - 04/09/2002 : 5:21:09 PM
ok while i was diggin' through the bowles of my room the other day i happened upon this little red pice of plastic with one word inscribed on it.............FLUFFY. i cary it w/ me now everywhare i go.
ye can swab the deck...but please don't write onit. |
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| Fluffy |
Posted - 04/15/2002 : 5:00:25 PM
The abbreviations don't bother me so much, hell I even use them sometimes, but it is the actual misspellings that blow me away. Like misspelling HERE when it was right next to him as a reference point. That is so funny. Sorry it gets you down so much, roll with the flow. I am sure Teri knows just how you feel. I have seen here get downright ornery at spelling errors. Afterall, she was a spelling bee champ!!
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy          |
| Jay |
Posted - 04/15/2002 : 4:38:43 PM
I am so damn frustrated at Mike's misspelling. Especailly when he spells you as U, and any as NE. It agrivates me. I guess we know who wasn't paying attention in second grade spelling!!!! Jeez louise! Horrible.
Hear hear! Here Here! You! You there! In the tree! Get down from there! Poo!
Jay
My last name is confusing...It is Spelled Wiegand but is pronounced Weegend...another insult to the English language... |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 04/15/2002 : 3:48:54 PM
Hey Jay, Teri would be proud of you in here absence. You and the Cpt. are cracking me up. Or should I say, You are with your constant corrections of his spelling. I can almost HEAR the frustration in your typing of the posts. HEHE keep up the good work. I really like the one where he misspelled the word that was correctly spelled right next to it. I feel sorry for Cpt Petersburgh when Teri returns, there will be hell to pay.
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy |
| Jay |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 6:45:32 PM
and you can't spell
Jay
My last name is confusing...It is Spelled Wiegand but is pronounced Weegend...another insult to the English language... |
| Captain Petersburgh |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 5:18:55 PM
heh heh. looks like u were proved wrong, jay, ye landlubber. u can find tht info on the web.
ye can swab the deck...but please don't write onit. |
| Jay |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 3:25:46 PM
ill be god damned!!!!!!!
Jay
My last name is confusing...It is Spelled Wiegand but is pronounced Weegend...another insult to the English language... |
| My_Bad_Side |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 3:24:32 PM
JAMES H. REED
Other names : none
Official no. : 77589
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1903, Detroit Shipbuilding, Wyandotte, MI hull# 154
Specs : 448x52x29, 5598g 4125n
Date of loss : 1944, Apr 27
Place of loss : 20 mi N of Conneaut, OH, off Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 12
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Bound Superior, WI, for Erie, PA, she was rammed broadside dead amidships by the 550-foot steel freighter ASHCROFT and sank quickly. She was later dynamited to level her wreckage.
Some information provided in 1999 by Doyle C. Rogers, who was a 17 year-old crewman aboard REED.
Sources: do2,mv,sol,sagl,h,ledc,mpl,dcr
http://www.boatnerd.com/swayze/shipwreck/r.htm
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| Jay |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 3:10:54 PM
Ok, ill tell you guys. YOu won't find this info on the internet, so ill tell ya!
James H. Reed
Type: Propeller
Power: Quadruple expansion engine
Owner(s): Interlake Steamship Company, Cleveland, Ohio
Built: 1903, Detroit Shipbuilding Company, Wyandotte, Michigan
Dimensions: 455'2"x52'2"x24'9"
Date of loss: Thursday, April 27, 1944
Location: 26 miles north of Ashtabula, Ohio
Coordinates: TD: 44278.0 58139.6
Lies: Bow Southeast
Cause of loss: Collision
Site #: 111
Official #: 77589
Tonnage: 5625 gross 4205 net
Cargo: iron ore
Depth: 70'
Her History:
Typical of the iron ore and grain trade steel freighters of her day, the James H. Reed was originally owned by the Provident Steamship Company. In 1913, the Reed was one of over a dozen ships purchased from various fleets to form the Interlake Steamship Company. With the onset of WWII, the need for iron ore to fire the steel plants required early spring runs for maximum tonnage in support of the war effort. One of these runs, in April 1944, was the Reed's last.
Description of Loss:
Downbound from Escanaba, Michigan, the Reed carried iron ore for Buffalo, New York. A heavy fog had enveloped Lake Erie and the Reed And the Canadian propeller Ashcroft had been blowing fog signals every minute as they proceeded through the dense fog. These signals were distorte by the fog and the two vessels collided off Ashtabula Harbor.
As the two ships were locked together, many of the Reed's crew lept to the safety of the Ashcroft. However, five died of injuries suffered in the collision and seven others drowned. Many of the 24 recued seamen were taken by the Ashcroft to Ashtabula where they were treated for hypothermia.
On the same day on fog shrouded Lake Erie, the Frank E. Vigor (second biggest wreck in Lake Erie)was rammed by the Phillip Minch. The Vigor sank, but all were rescued from the icy lake.
The Wreck Today:
The wreck was dynamited in November, 1944 to provide 45 feet of shipping clearence. As a result, her remains are spread across a large area.
Jay
My last name is confusing...It is Spelled Wiegand but is pronounced Weegend...another insult to the English language... |
| My_Bad_Side |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 2:59:21 PM
Well, there have been 196, I can tell you that.
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| My_Bad_Side |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 2:55:31 PM
No wait, that was Superior.
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| My_Bad_Side |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 2:55:07 PM
Which one was the song written aboot? The Edmund Fitzgerald?
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| Jay |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 2:46:49 PM
yes, that is correct! Now onto the shipwrecks....Capt., this was NOT yer question. Pcb is right, doesn't matter how he got the answer, but he did!!!!!
Jay
My last name is confusing...It is Spelled Wiegand but is pronounced Weegend...another insult to the English language... |
| My_Bad_Side |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 2:41:22 PM
I'll give you half credit. Half off, cause you asked Jeeves.
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| pcbTIM |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 2:25:25 PM
oh yeah!!!
http://www.ask.com/main/followup.asp?qcat=geog&ask=How+deep+is+Lake+Erie&qsrc=0&o=0&snp=jeeves&qid=8B7A68A2CBDDB343B9C5652631EFF4DA&dt=020414110513&back=ask%3DHow%2Bdeep%2Bis%2BLake%2BErie%26o%3D0%26fmt%3D%26x%3D17%26y%3D18&qcatid=12&score=1&aj_ques=snapshot%3DJeeves%26kbid%3D1121857%26item1%3D1048790-1049148&aj_logid=8B7A68A2CBDDB343B9C5652631EFF4DA&aj_rank=1&aj_score=1&aj_list1=1048790-1049148
go about a third of the way down the page to where it says overview.
"Life is what you make of it, not what you take from it." |
| My_Bad_Side |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 2:16:30 PM
quote:
GO LOWER MAN!!!!!!!!
oooooooooooyeeeeaaahhhhhhhhhh
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| Captain Petersburgh |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 2:11:23 PM
GO LOWER MAN!!!!!!!!
ye can swab the deck...but please don't write onit. |
| pcbTIM |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 2:07:24 PM
210 feet
"Life is what you make of it, not what you take from it." |
| Captain Petersburgh |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 1:55:20 PM
all right. (sorry guys, i tryed)
ye can swab the deck...but please don't write onit. |
| Jay |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 1:42:39 PM
hell no!!!!
Jay
My last name is confusing...It is Spelled Wiegand but is pronounced Weegend...another insult to the English language... |
| Captain Petersburgh |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 1:38:06 PM
arr. that be mighty tought question if ye don't kno the answer. jay, might it be alright if i gve them a wee little hint?
ye can swab the deck...but please don't write onit. |
| Jay |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 12:47:03 PM
yes, i know it is......do YOU have any answers?
Jay
My last name is confusing...It is Spelled Wiegand but is pronounced Weegend...another insult to the English language... |
| pcbTIM |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 12:44:02 PM
Isn't that two questions?
"Life is what you make of it, not what you take from it." |
| Jay |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 12:10:35 PM
it is a very interesting diamond shaped piece of p-lastic! It is see-thru. It is red.
That dog tag thing sounds pretty cool. A friend of mine once made a dog tag that said,
" To evacuate, pull chain." on one side, and on the other side,
" Ty Shot, backscratching extrordinair."
it was a huge piece of metal. It was really cool looking, but sorta heavy.
Question of the day! (Captain Petersburgh excempt) What is the maximum depth of Lake Erie, adn what is the largest ship ever the sink in Lake Erie?
Jay
My last name is confusing...It is Spelled Wiegand but is pronounced Weegend...another insult to the English language... |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 04/14/2002 : 07:56:05 AM
I have a purple dogtag that I wear everywhere I go, it says "Fluffy: Trapped in a World He Never Made!" on the front and has a picture of a buffalo and the words "Lost and Lonely" on the back. Sounds like I need to get me one of those red piEces of plastic. Sounds pretty KEWL!!
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy |
| Silky The Pimp |
Posted - 04/09/2002 : 8:34:15 PM
I dunno... but if I were Fluffy, somehow I doubt that would make me feel any better. Superglue adds, "And when I'm feeling really sassy I like to keep it in my underwear so it can be closer to my loins."
-J
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