And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Lost the captain and one of the mates. Poor judgment in getting underway with a known storm brewing. Poor workmanship reported including using household caulking during a patch up yard period resulting in water rushing through the hull seams as she worked in the storm.
HMS Bounty(movie repro.) about 15 min. before sinking.--Ray
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ReplyDeleteRound bottomed coal carrier. Rockin' rollin' riding. Only thing that sends my stomach into Urp mode. Just looking at this picture make me queasy.
ReplyDeleteLost the captain and one of the mates. Poor judgment in getting underway with a known storm brewing. Poor workmanship reported including using household caulking during a patch up yard period resulting in water rushing through the hull seams as she worked in the storm.
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