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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 6/4/2016 11:33:44 AM   
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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 6/4/2016 4:20:17 PM   
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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 6/4/2016 6:58:31 PM   
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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 6/4/2016 7:06:59 PM   
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Has the Royal Navy ever been of a higher standard, in war, than in 1805?
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Impossible to say I suppose, not least because the benefits of a high standard could be masked by poor equipment and the deficiencies of a low standard could be hidden by technological superiority.


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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 6/4/2016 9:17:16 PM   
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Has the Royal Navy ever been of a higher standard, in war, than in 1805?

How were sailors recruited at the time & place? I recall reading from somewhere random men at/near harbors were arrested or otherwise rounded up and forced to join. But I forgot when that was done.

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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 6/4/2016 9:28:53 PM   
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Has the Royal Navy ever been of a higher standard, in war, than in 1805?

How were sailors recruited at the time & place? I recall reading from somewhere random men at/near harbors were arrested or otherwise rounded up and forced to join. But I forgot when that was done.
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It was called the press gang. The practice pretty much ended with the end of Napoleonic wars. I wouldn't have said that, in terms of being able to train and bring the crew up to a state of efficiency, there were that much different to conscription. Either way, chances are the poor buggers didn't want to be in the situation they found themselves in. Of course with impressment there was the added complication that there were a high number of foreigners aboard so not only were they forced into the navy, but they were not even necessarily fighting for their own "side". However I am sure the disciplinary regime - keel hauling, the lash etc, had a way of concentrating the mind and anyway, once at sea a zillion miles from shore, what are you going to do? I do not have the numbers to hand but somewhere I have a breakdown of the nationalities that served on Victory at Trafalgar. It is quite surprising.


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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 9/28/2016 2:31:07 PM   
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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 9/28/2016 4:19:31 PM   
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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 9/28/2016 5:11:34 PM   
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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 9/28/2016 9:40:18 PM   
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I share your pain Kanye.... no really I do....

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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 9/28/2016 9:46:38 PM   
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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 9/28/2016 9:59:52 PM   
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We have met the enemy and they are ours

Oliver Hazard Perry after the Battle of Lake Erie.

"We have met the enemy and he is us" Pogo, Earth Day 1970.

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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 9/28/2016 10:12:07 PM   
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We have met the enemy and they are ours

Oliver Hazard Perry after the Battle of Lake Erie.

"We have met the enemy and he is us" Pogo, Earth Day 1970.
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"We have met the enemy and..... The [Italian army in Egypt December 1940*]


*Insert country of one's choice to suit

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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 9/29/2016 11:53:22 AM   
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(although i am a lover of the works of the great philosophers, i do find this quote quite funny; Frederick the Great had some impressive writings of his own also)

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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 9/30/2016 5:13:53 PM   
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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 9/30/2016 6:01:19 PM   
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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 9/30/2016 7:20:59 PM   
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My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live. Kanye West


I share your pain Kanye.... no really I do....


Sorry, Kanye West is nothing more than boring, egotistical punk...

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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 9/30/2016 7:51:59 PM   
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My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live. Kanye West


I share your pain Kanye.... no really I do....


Sorry, Kanye West is nothing more than boring, egotistical punk...

I had no idea who he is, or was. So I had to look it up.

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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 9/30/2016 8:12:20 PM   
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My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live. Kanye West


I share your pain Kanye.... no really I do....


Sorry, Kanye West is nothing more than boring, egotistical punk...

I had no idea who he is, or was. So I had to look it up.
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Ask Taylor Swift - they speak highly of each other


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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 9/30/2016 9:06:03 PM   
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My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live. Kanye West


I share your pain Kanye.... no really I do....


Sorry, Kanye West is nothing more than boring, egotistical punk...

I had no idea who he is, or was. So I had to look it up.
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Ask Taylor Swift - they speak highly of each other


As in high-pitched voices and short words.

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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 10/2/2016 9:38:03 AM   
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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 10/11/2016 4:41:39 PM   
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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 10/13/2016 7:08:44 PM   
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A Kamikaze explodes after crashing onto the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable. Her captain, Philip Ruck-Keene signals Vice-Admiral Philip Vian

Captain Philip Ruck-Keene: "Little Yellow Bastard"
Vice-Admiral Vian: "Are you addressing me?"




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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 10/13/2016 7:10:08 PM   
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4th May 1944

A Kamikaze explodes after crashing onto the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable. Her captain, Philip Ruck-Keene signals Admiral Philip Vian

Captain Philip Ruck-Keene: "Little Yellow Bastard"
Vice-Admiral Vian: "Are you addressing me?"






Are you sure that they actually sent those signals? It sounds like a myth to me.

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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 10/13/2016 8:58:59 PM   
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4th May 1945

A Kamikaze explodes after crashing onto the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable. Her captain, Philip Ruck-Keene signals Admiral Philip Vian

Captain Philip Ruck-Keene: "Little Yellow Bastard"
Vice-Admiral Vian: "Are you addressing me?"






Are you sure that they actually sent those signals? It sounds like a myth to me.
warspite1

Maybe. Funny though.


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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 10/14/2016 7:56:44 PM   
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I recall reading from somewhere he was misheard and instead he said: "****"

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Aw nuts! This ****ty forum censors the ****!

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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 10/14/2016 9:17:09 PM   
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Aw nuts! This ****ty forum censors the ****!



I'm really kind of shocked to hear you say that...


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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 10/14/2016 9:50:31 PM   
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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 10/15/2016 1:40:47 AM   
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RE: Quotes from historical figures - 10/15/2016 3:49:38 AM   
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