All golfers should live so long as to be this kind of old man!

Toward the end of the Sunday service, the Minister asked, "How many of you have forgiven your enemies?"

80% held up their hands.

The Minister then repeated his question. All responded this time, except one man, an avid golfer named Walter Barnes, who attended church only when the weather was bad.

"Mr. Barnes, it's obviously not a good morning for golf, so it's good to see you here today. Are you not willing to forgive your enemies?"

"I don't have any," he replied gruffly.

"Mr. Barnes, that is very unusual. How old are you?"

"Ninety-eight," he replied. The congregation stood up and clapped their hands.

"Oh, Mr. Barnes, would you please come down in front & tell us all how a person can live ninety-eight years & not have an enemy in the world?"

The old golfer tottered down the aisle, stopped in front of the pulpit, turned around, faced the congregation, and said simply, "I outlived all the sons of bitches."

Subject: FW: LITTLE KNOWN TIDBIT OF NAVAL HISTORY

The U. S. S... Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (i.e. fresh water distillers).

However, let it be noted that according to her ship's log, "On July 27, 1798, the U.S.S. Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 475 officers and men, 48,600 gallons of fresh water, 7,400 cannon shot, 11,600 pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum ."

Her mission: "To destroy and harass English shipping."

Making Jamaica on 6 October, she took on 826 pounds of flour and 68,300 gallons of rum.

Then she headed for the Azores , arriving there 12 November.. She provisioned with 550 pounds of beef and 64,300 gallons of Portuguese wine .

On 18 November, she set sail for England . In the ensuing days she defeated five British men-of-war and captured and scuttled 12 English merchant ships,salvaging only the rum aboard each.

By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted. Nevertheless, although unarmed she made a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in Scotland . Her landing party captured a whisky distillery and transferred 40,000 gallons of single malt Scotch aboard by dawn. Then she headed home.

The U. S. S. Constitution arrived in Boston on 20 February 1799, with no cannon shot, no food, no powder, no rum , no wine , no whisky , and 38,600 gallons of water .

GO NAVY!

FINAL words :Drunken yankees

Subject: FW: LITTLE KNOWN TIDBIT OF NAVAL HISTORY

Utter rubbish.

http://forbesontech.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/09/fun-facts-on-old-ironsides-from-the-days-before-the-us-navys-ban-on-alcohol-aboard-ships-the-uss-con.html

Another reason why the internet is 75% porn and 20% BS.

Oh how one's hopes are dashed............

from thread title to script, a short distance, but so so far

Oh how one's hopes are dashed............

from thread title to script, a short distance, but so so far

A short distance?

It's cumulatively more than a foot on my screen when I scroll down.

Not from the thread title to the script, when the script is actually contrary to the title........

Subject: FW: LITTLE KNOWN TIDBIT OF NAVAL HISTORY

The U. S. S... Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (i.e. fresh water distillers).

However, let it be noted that according to her ship's log, "On July 27, 1798, the U.S.S. Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 475 officers and men, 48,600 gallons of fresh water, 7,400 cannon shot, 11,600 pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum ."

Her mission: "To destroy and harass English shipping."

48,600 gallons over water for 475 men over a period of 6 months gives an average of 4 pints per man per day for all fresh water requirements. Sounds a bit dubious to me

Being old doesn't require any special skills. All you have to do is not die too soon.

Being old doesn't require any special skills. All you have to do is not die too soon.

:lol:

Easier said than done if you ride a motorbike in Thai traffic. There is an old saying for those that ride motorbikes... You've either had a crash on a motorbike or you are GOING to have a crash. Not many of the Thai guys and gals who ride scooters haven't got some scars of their tumbles.

Old bastard.

Being old doesn't require any special skills. All you have to do is not die too soon.

:lol:

Easier said than done if you ride a motorbike in Thai traffic. There is an old saying for those that ride motorbikes... You've either had a crash on a motorbike or you are GOING to have a crash. Not many of the Thai guys and gals who ride scooters haven't got some scars of their tumbles.

I actuallt feel safer on a scooter puttering around on Phuket.

Melbs, Syds and Auckland traffic scares the bejeebers outta me.

Being old doesn't require any special skills. All you have to do is not die too soon.

:lol:

Easier said than done if you ride a motorbike in Thai traffic. There is an old saying for those that ride motorbikes... You've either had a crash on a motorbike or you are GOING to have a crash. Not many of the Thai guys and gals who ride scooters haven't got some scars of their tumbles.

I actuallt feel safer on a scooter puttering around on Phuket.

Melbs, Syds and Auckland traffic scares the bejeebers outta me.

No wonder! Yer talkin bout Aussies there. At least the Thais have some sort of concept of where they are going.

Oh how one's hopes are dashed............

from thread title to script, a short distance, but so so far

A short distance?

It's cumulatively more than a foot on my screen when I scroll down.

Get metric, will ya. Or do you subscribe to the outdated American way of measurement?

Oh how one's hopes are dashed............

from thread title to script, a short distance, but so so far

A short distance?

It's cumulatively more than a foot on my screen when I scroll down.

Get metric, will ya. Or do you subscribe to the outdated American way of measurement?

It aint American.

Except for yankee gallon, short measure.

It is imperial measurements.

The magnitude 6.3 earthquake that devastated Christchurch was strong enough to shake 30 million tonnes of ice loose from Tasman Glacier at Aoraki Mt Cook National Park.

Passengers of two explorer boats were hit with waves of up to 3.5 metres as the ice crashed into Terminal Lake under the Tasman Glacier at the mountain.

Final word: Gluuuugug!!

The magnitude 6.3 earthquake that devastated Christchurch was strong enough to shake 30 million tonnes of ice loose from Tasman Glacier at Aoraki Mt Cook National Park.

Passengers of two explorer boats were hit with waves of up to 3.5 metres as the ice crashed into Terminal Lake under the Tasman Glacier at the mountain.

Final word: Gluuuugug!!

Apparently the waves went back and forth across the relatively small lake for more than half an hour.