tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post2063902857270482044..comments2024-03-29T04:46:01.420-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: HMS BELFASTOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-67537306769929703322019-05-18T03:34:28.493-04:002019-05-18T03:34:28.493-04:00What I've never been able to get my mind aroun...What I've never been able to get my mind around is how far the big guns could shoot. Twelve miles! And how did they know when to press the trigger in rolling seas? In heavy swells you could shoot yourself in the rudder or lob shells like a mortar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-59896499171745055602019-05-18T03:28:48.141-04:002019-05-18T03:28:48.141-04:00"Haggling over Haggis," the perfect titl..."Haggling over Haggis," the perfect title for the book I see coming here....<br /><br />For some reason the photos reminded me of the way I felt the first time I visited the "War Rooms" close by Parliament. I couldn't believe how small the rooms were for a place that played so large in the war. Thanks for the visit...Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-324596028114947102019-05-17T15:55:41.211-04:002019-05-17T15:55:41.211-04:00Would love to have flown one. Only flew float plan...Would love to have flown one. Only flew float planes a few times, but not one that landed on the fuselage. My mother flew in a Short Sunderland flying boat from South Africa to Egypt just after WWII - Lake Victoria, the Nile, etc. I've always been envious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-50777685172475669342019-05-17T15:49:21.478-04:002019-05-17T15:49:21.478-04:00yeah he would have liked it.. and subjected us to ...yeah he would have liked it.. and subjected us to all kinds of talk of turbines, propellers and differentials. What did you think of the wee planes, they were rather nifty!<br /> Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-7139117872573713362019-05-17T15:35:02.114-04:002019-05-17T15:35:02.114-04:00How sad that your dad didn't get to see it.How sad that your dad didn't get to see it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com