Random Picture Thread

Awesome pics here . . . . :idea:​

Cheers,
Angel

 

Thanks again, Angel.

 

Last year I visited my brother and family in Cornwall, UK. They took me for a scenic drive and I recall seeing several boats with the same kind of rig as the pic in Jolly's post on the previous page. As elsewhere the fish stocks declined due to overfishing but with good mangement the stocks are apparently recovering. From what I have read, the catch increased dramatically when seiners were introduced, peaked during the 19th century but plumetted before the end of the century. Nothing unusual about that, rampant technology bites the hand it once fed . . .

 

Back in High School, my buddies and I "restored" this old life boat that came off a ship in Galveston. With the lug rig sail and without much keel or a dagger board it was hard to sail up wind. So, the four oars came in handy when trying to get home. Not much wind on Galveston Bay on this day so we did not get far.

 

After the prototype,The production model

 

Those red sails really set it off. Did you ever find the windows for which you were searching?

 

Wow, Hoyt thats over 2 years ago, Tempus Fuget. Still, no Luck on the wheelhouse windows,however I did get a good deal on two deck hatches at the -- ? -- Island Marina Yearly Used Marine Parts Flea Market.(Close to Cocoa Beach) Those plus a good selection of other items made that drive worth while. The visits to Sailermans, Fort Pierce Marine Liquidators and St. Pete's Boat Salvage outlets were all very disappointing price wise and none had what I was looking for. As you can see from my prev. post it's a struggle to locate these used. On that particular build, proper factory units would have looked better but they were just too expensive so I reverted to Lexan. Because they are generally custom built to suit the particular craft, new is very costly and used very limited. On my present build, Paul's magic touch on the wheelhouse will be complimented with nothing but the proper factory units to suit. Hey we only get one kick at this can and the toes in my shoes are getting rather worn.
On Another Note-- we had many guests from Zephyrhills this year. The first ones ever as far as I can recall. What is going on ? Are you Promoting ??? Commission cheques to be made out to, Hoyt's Travel Service
6:30AM Photo from my house/dock last week -- two Halman Nordica 20's, one 18ft. Surf Dory. All available for use -- Like Ice cream on a hot day ---Maybe next year --Ha Ha

 

Nova Scotians[sic?] have been such nice guests in Zephyrhills it was time for some of our locals to return the favor. They found you without my help to be honest.

 

Now lisen ere boy it wasn't the Novies day came to see it was dis ere Newfoundlander dat talks wit da funny English/Irish hackcent ---

 

I say old chap, there's absolutely no such thing as an English/Irish accent and if there were it wouldn't be funny!

 

When I was in Japan, I met a family whose members had learned English in the UK. You haven't truly lived, until you've heard a British accent overlaying a Japanese accent....

 

New Caledonia accent sounds nothing like the Nova Scotia accent, yet they are both named after Scotland, which itself has a population which almost speaks English. I speak English and they say the Queen does, but we don't sound anything alike so does she really?

 

Troy, I haven't been to Japan for many years, loved the people BTW, and I certainly haven't forgotten the accent, or what it did to my name. I still have a Japanese (Katakana) business card someplace, I decoded it and it explained a lot. everyone called me Haines-san so the fact that my first name is a girl's name in Japan didn't cause embarrassment.

Hoyt: Scots is regarded as a separate language by many, probably because the Scots themselves are a proud, crusty bunch and they just want it that way. It's not particularly difficult for an Englishman to decode, no more so than the English spoken in darkest Yorkshire or parts of the Midlands, so I persist in calling it a regional accent despite the efforts of Scottish Bard Rabbie Burrrrrrrrns to promote it as a separate language from English.

No doubt if this gets around the web hordes of outraged scotsmen will be out on the streets in protest against my english insensitivity, but it won't do much good since nobody else will understand a word they're shouting . . .

 

Critically speaking English is really a form of German as is the name England itself. "Angle Land" from the invading Angles. The term American (American English) is often used now to describe our language on this side of the pond. The driving factor being the dominant U.S. population. Accents and "sayings"are an embellishment to any language otherwise we'd all sound like speaking computers. Dull Dull.

 

American English has been influenced by Italian, Polish and Yiddish. What we call Olde English was Germanic only because of the over-riding influence of the Saxon culture at that time but before that were Celtic and Latin, and then Norse, and French. More recently there has been considerable Irish influence on the culture bringing with it perhaps some Spanish from the survivors of the Armada that perished on the wild Irish shores. The tendency of the English to adopt foreign words for their own purposes has caused it to diverge from its roots more than most languages. Not much left of the original Germanic toungue, pronounciation and grammar have changed, the old language sources are preserved to some extent by the habit of lazy Englishmen of retaining original spelling.

As a former Englishman - as if that sort of thing can ever be changed - I recall living in a highly uniform culture. That has changed dramatically, dress, skin colour, smells and so forth have all changed to the point where the country is almost unrecognizable in places from the habits and appearance of its inhabitants, but the language and its pronounciation is indistructible. when I am in London I only have to close my eyes and listen and I am home again . . . cor blimey!

I have to say though that accents vary considerably in the US, more than on the Canadian mainland, but not even close to the UK . . .