To: lbryce
Well the DANG sure don’t build `em like they used to.
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2 posted on
09/07/2015 4:45:06 PM PDT by
TLI
( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
To: TLI
"Well the DANG sure don’t build `em like they used to."
I know what you mean I first thought was they had raise and old Confederate Iron Clad.
9 posted on
09/07/2015 4:50:30 PM PDT by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: TLI
Nor as quickly: it seems to take us about as long to build and try out a new ship as it took us to win the whole Second World war.
I just hope it performs as well as expected-- I didn't close-in defense systems listed in the armament.
14 posted on
09/07/2015 4:56:22 PM PDT by
pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
To: TLI
The cannonballs will bounce right off the hull!
19 posted on
09/07/2015 4:59:31 PM PDT by
Ken522
To: TLI
Ain’t that the truth? It hurt this old RM’s feelings when Radioman disappeared as a rating. Then the BDUs made sailors look like soldiers. And now, a destroyer that could pass for an iceberg. I have outlived my era.
45 posted on
09/07/2015 5:29:41 PM PDT by
sparklite2
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