L. Marcus Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 WM and, I think, Skar, are both active on the FB group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Those two should never be in the same forum. They just hate each other too much not to go at it. Has anyone heard from SatinKitty? I hope she's doing okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 They're both much better now. As for Beth, I haven't hear from her in a while, but Robert is his usual droll self on FB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 I heard from Beth a few days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 I don't do face book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 You guys are making me feel old. Well, duh. Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Wasn't he supposedly ageless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 With a name like 'Old Man?' Stop being silly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 I don't do FB either, at least so far. I may end up doing it for contact with blood kin, though. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 You may run into a few Herophiles there, too. Let us know if you every make the leap, and we'll make sure you have at least a few Facebook friends with good taste...or at least a good sense of humor. (Oh, and you'll probably get me, too.) BlueCloud2k2 and Bazza 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 And I, and Bazza. Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 My wife does it, both my kids do it, and there are cousins I am aware of, not to mention many other friends. I just don't like the "whatever you post is ours forever" thing. BlueCloud2k2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 My wife does it, both my kids do it, and there are cousins I am aware of, not to mention many other friends. I just don't like the "whatever you post is ours forever" thing. You don't have to post anything, also you can unfollow anyone you don't want to see their posts, but still be friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Where is the FB group? I too tend to only lurk on FB. The ownership issue doesn't bother me as much as the everything-you-post-is-readable-by-everyone aspect. But it'd be nice to keep up with everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Where is the FB group? I too tend to only lurk on FB. The ownership issue doesn't bother me as much as the everything-you-post-is-readable-by-everyone aspect. But it'd be nice to keep up with everyone. You can set a setting to restrict things you post to just people on your friends list if you like. I have another custom list for people here so I can post stuff and only have them see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 I have absolutely no incentive to get on FB my own self. I'll leave that to the wife (and she doesn't really like getting on there her own self). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 And I, and Bazza. Lady Pariah too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Where is the FB group? I too tend to only lurk on FB. The ownership issue doesn't bother me as much as the everything-you-post-is-readable-by-everyone aspect. But it'd be nice to keep up with everyone. Here -- it's an open group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Here -- it's an open group. Open to abuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Certainly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Since I don't do Facebook either, please give Beth my regards. Much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 In a bit of synchroncity at least for a British audience Donald Sinden has passed away. He did a show with Elaine Strutch called Two's Company. She died in July. Sorry to hear that. I watched a few episodes of Two's Company (ironicallly, I was in Amsterdam at the time). I enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 He was 90. He'd been in a few films including The Cruel Sea and a couple of the 1950s Doctor series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 By 1943 the Kirishima, laid down prior to WWI, was hopelessly underarmored in terms of both thickness and metallurgy. She had just enough armor to guarantee that armor-piercing shells would detonate, without being able to resist penetration. So when the Washington opened up on her at close range with 16" guns, she didn't really stand a chance. The shells easily penetrated her armored belt, some below the waterline, detonating in critical areas. By the second salvo she was already doomed.I was told by a descendant of someone who had been in one of Washington's turrets in that engagement that one could see Kirishima down the barrel when they trained the guns before loading: there was very little elevation at that range. Also, the British "Splendid Cats" battlecruisers, of which Beatty said "There is something wrong with our bloody ships today" at Jutland, shared many design features with the Kongo-class (of which Kirishima was one), coming from a British naval architect's design at more or less the same time. The later refit and reclassification as fast battleships could not make up for the shortcomings of the whole battlecruiser concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Interestingly Kirishima didn't seem to get the same upgrades that some of her sisters did. Kongo was of the same class but was much better armored. But many of Japan's battleships during the war were really, really old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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