tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post4131404845348314922..comments2024-03-29T15:08:18.547+10:30Comments on Drifting through life: g....is forRiverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-6676765829331670092013-02-19T20:35:51.957+10:302013-02-19T20:35:51.957+10:30Mimsie; perhaps you could find a similar print onl...Mimsie; perhaps you could find a similar print online and have it enlarged at a print shop. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-79213022839746578092013-02-18T22:48:51.771+10:302013-02-18T22:48:51.771+10:30Oh I absolutely adore sailing ships of all kind. ...Oh I absolutely adore sailing ships of all kind. I had a beautiful large print of one that I gave my son years ago 'cos he liked it so much. I have regretted that since as have not seen him for over 11 years now. Had thought I'd see it when I visited his home but he doesn't want to see us so no more sailing ship. Sad!!Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-75157293454528751552013-02-17T14:46:46.236+10:302013-02-17T14:46:46.236+10:30Tempo; you've been diving wrecks? I'm impr...Tempo; you've been diving wrecks? I'm impressed. I don't imagine there'd be treasure on WW2 wrecks, but any artefacts that could be returned to grieving families would be regarded as treasure by them. <br /><br />Andrew; I don't remember sailing ships on cereal packets, but that may be because I always had my face buried in a book while eating. And because my brother usually got to the packets first.<br />I thought a galleon was called so because they carried gallon kegs of rum along with their other supplies which may also have been in gallon kegs. <br /><br />JahTeh; I would probably have a covered chamber pot in my cabin and a lackey to empty it. I thought that perhaps one of the portholes was actually a chute connected to a seat for ladies, but maybe ladies didn't travel by galleon, they just waited at home for the chests of jewels to arrive. <br /><br />Delores; I was going to say the poem is called "The Highwayman", but Red down below beat me to it. I remember reading it in high school.<br /><br />Joanne; my high school math teacher was a Black Irish with the most amazing blue eyes. He also taught science. <br /><br />Red Nomad; you're right, the name galleon has a lot to do with the romance. "Big wooden ship" just doesn't sound as good. <br />Thanks for the poem link, I'll use it to look up A Bush Christening, I can only remember a few words of the beginning of that. <br />"On the outer Barcoo, where the houses are few, and men of religion are scanty...."<br /><br />Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-31701475673400048552013-02-17T10:40:51.998+10:302013-02-17T10:40:51.998+10:30Even the name 'galleon' sounds mysteriousl...Even the name 'galleon' sounds mysteriously romantic - and the poem mybabyjohn/Delores refers to is one of my favourites! It's called 'The Highwayman' and it's a ripper!<br /><br />Here's a link if you are interested: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-highwayman/Red Nomad OZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020668094026661054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-83633924810040474482013-02-17T01:46:47.612+10:302013-02-17T01:46:47.612+10:30My father was an Irishman with black hair. They w...My father was an Irishman with black hair. They were called black Irish. From the great Spanish armada breaking up off the northern coast of Ireland and sailors who didn't go back right away. Or ever.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-45383116868510059182013-02-16T23:07:35.310+10:302013-02-16T23:07:35.310+10:30Galleons....the word reminds me of a poem we learn...Galleons....the word reminds me of a poem we learned in grade school and of which I can only remember the first line..."The moon was a ghostly galleon, tossed upon cloudy seas, when the the highwayman came riding..." A word from a more romantic and dangerous time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-42599329339813209592013-02-16T22:55:09.270+10:302013-02-16T22:55:09.270+10:30I hate rain on your parade but do you think you co...I hate rain on your parade but do you think you could manage toileting off the end of a plank, in a howling wind and a rising sea and no paper. Not so different to being on a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-31786122183627265732013-02-16T21:44:37.767+10:302013-02-16T21:44:37.767+10:30Now was it corn flake cereal packets? Various sail...Now was it corn flake cereal packets? Various sailing ships were shown on the cereal packets, for collecting, and I did. Wish I had kept them. I recall one was a galleon.<br /><br />Do you know why a particular ship is called a galleon? I don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-12072634705918405152013-02-16T20:38:01.206+10:302013-02-16T20:38:01.206+10:30Great photos and nice thoughts of diving the wreck...Great photos and nice thoughts of diving the wrecks of old. Ive dived PNG a couple of lifetimes ago and the pics of WW2 wrecks, planes and even skulls is on my Flickr site. Didnt find any treasure though...<br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/28816913@N08/page1/Tempohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023337124226272532noreply@blogger.com