General Social/Chatter Thread

[TacCovert4]

Bomb around dropping nuclear depth charges at coordinates provided by the helicopter? 

[The Rock Doctor]

Found reference to an intention to carry a variable depth sonar - which wouldn't do squat while hydrofoiling - and a couple of those triple lightweight ASW torpedo carriages.

[Desertfox]

Id assume it would work kinda like a helicopter.

[TacCovert4]

I guess it'd be hard for a torpedo to hit....if the torpedo is trying to find a ship that's not in the water

[Desertfox]

Its doable, just have the torpedo explode underneath the hydrofoil, the blast will likely break the foils and do serious damage, the problem is hitting a ship capable of doing 45kts.

[TacCovert4]

ASW Jet Ski...Wheeeeee

[Kaiser Kirk]

BTW I have returned home from Scotland,
so we're on course to ring the turn bell this Friday.

Back to the rat race !

[TacCovert4]

BTW I have returned home from Scotland,
so we're on course to ring the turn bell this Friday.

Back to the rat race !

So, enjoyed your little foray into Roman Britannia?

[Kaiser Kirk]

I did indeed,
got to see a wide swath of the country,
the major cities and castles/arch sites/etc.

Did make it down to Northumbria
to see part of Hadrians Wall - an excavated
Roman fort from the times of Roman Britannia.

[Jefgte]

Do you have Scottish ancestry?

;)

[Kaiser Kirk]

A fraction, yes.

My Great Grandfather and Grandmother were from there.
We don't know the exact locations, they seem to have met in Glasgow.

His family name places him in the Borders, but no specific location other than the Liddle water.  So Toured there and saw Heritage Castle - the home of the Laird of Liddlesvale.
Her clan name places her outside Aberdeen, so went to Fraser Castle, which should be the clan seat.

For Great Grandpa, after he came to the US, served in the USMC during the time of the Boxer Rebellion.
We have a picture of him on a US Warship (can't ID it), Corporal's stripes and a Krag-Jorgenson rifle.
His USMC belt has a listing of ports of call, US Asiatic Station.

Very different than going back to Ireland where I can still meet family members and
visit the homeplaces folks came from.

Meanwhile, as a bonus prize I seem to have gotten a mild case of Covid on my return trip,
which basically means my nose is plugged and I'm sleeping a lot.  So not terribly active.

[The Rock Doctor]

Hopefully the covid stays mild.

[Kaiser Kirk]

so far mainly just really tired and a stuffed nose.
Mostly sleeping. 
Just popping o to post mostly done ships :)

[The Rock Doctor]

So I'm on the road for vacation tomorrow night through to Tuesday the 26th.  I'll probably check in at night, here and there, for my own amusement, but will not have my laptop and will not be posting in a substantive way until afterward.

The important thing is that the World Tour will finally end without undue drama and I can post a couple of lessons-learned pieces afterward.

[Jefgte]

so far mainly just really tired and a stuffed nose.
Mostly sleeping.

My wife and I had covid in May. also great fatigue and muscle pain. It lasted 7/10 days. Today, no more sequels.

Be patient.

;)