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08-14-23, 06:19 AM | #2416 |
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USS Constellation - a visit with my old mum in June '82
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08-14-23, 01:32 PM | #2417 |
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/\ Talk about "learning the ropes"!
...both gazing fondly on the 'Merican copy of the Scottish designed Carronade "pounder"; used with great effect on the spardeck for murderous close up carnage work to augment the 18 or 24 pounder broadside from the main gundeck below. With less recoil distance than a main wheeled-carriage seven-man cannon, the sled-mounted carronade only required a four-man crew. Generally outclassed by the greater weight-of-metal and longer range of an American frigate's broadside, the English frigates were inclined to avoid a one-on-one encounter...as the USS Constitution amply demonstrated...3 times! and approx. 15% of the original still remains afloat, commissioned, and occasionally firing thru a gunport!
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"Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe" Last edited by Aktungbby; 08-14-23 at 03:49 PM. Reason: a picture is worth 10,000 words |
02-10-24, 02:52 PM | #2418 |
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One year later, my old mum's back yard
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02-16-24, 09:16 PM | #2419 |
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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Name: Bigeagle (seriously, it's a somewhat stupid nickname that stuck even irl; fun fact: it started as a pilot name for the game 'raptor - call of the shadows')
Age: mid 30 About: Well, i just reactivated this account since i thought i'd give SH4 another try and looked for some mods. Not much to find outside of here and no downloads without an account. While i was wondering why there are no torrents for quasi no-cost distribution i saw that those are apparently banned here? I get that 'no pirates' part but why is that distribution tech linked with that? i got almost all linux images and other foss software that way. Anyway, that explains the problem with costs for providing downloads. Also the account is already nearly 13 years old and it seems like this is the first post. Probably same procedure back then. Silent hunter 4, looking for mods, none to find except for here and wondering why. I played mostly Silent Hunter 3. It was my first intensive contact with submarine sim. Switched to LSH3 and still playing that from time to time. Hindered by the need to play a patrol in more or less 1-2 sessions with basically nothing running in the background that may disturb the easily scared unicorn that is SH3. At some point i also got SH4 and it looked really well in the beginning but i remember some nasty bugs that broke the game experience for me. So in the end in 2024 i'd still plug in a dvd drive to install an almost 20 years old game to get my submarine experience. Seems to be a bit weird but maybe i just missed the more recent games in the area. On the other hand SH3 may have been a bit outdated in terms of game technology (fixed resolution in 2005? a subsim where you shouldn't dare to save under water?) but it aged quite well in my opinion. Especially the game concept still works well without feeling awkward. Just a bit clunky graphics and simpler than necessary simulation (we got multicores now and loads of ram) Bonus confusion: when i try to edit my profile or options i get a message that the server has reached it's capacity. So it probably needs to stay 'classified' for now |
02-16-24, 11:36 PM | #2420 |
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Hello Bigeagle, holy cow, you waited a long time to make your 1rst post.
Welcome aboard!
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02-16-24, 11:45 PM | #2421 |
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Welcome aboard!
Bigeagle!...finally surfaced. after a long 'silent run'!
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02-17-24, 08:40 AM | #2422 |
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Better late than never shipmate...welcome aboard
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02-21-24, 09:14 PM | #2423 |
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Welcome to SUBSIM Bigeagle
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02-25-24, 10:44 AM | #2424 |
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Welcome aboard!
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02-27-24, 10:43 AM | #2425 |
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Squirrelus Maximus carrying the Standard?
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02-27-24, 11:00 AM | #2426 |
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/\ Roman' Around By the Light of the Squirrelly Moon!
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03-19-24, 08:13 AM | #2427 |
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The Secret of a Happy Marriage:-
Last night:-
Moira: "You're an idiot" Me: "You're right"
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03-19-24, 09:29 AM | #2428 |
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...she truely nose her man!
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06-18-24, 02:03 PM | #2429 |
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I've been scanning and cleaning up some old slides made by Moira's dad Bill back in the 1960s. Here he is with a monster he probably caught from Leybourne Lakes in Kent. He went on to become a water bailiff and manager of a trout farm near Plaxtol
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08-10-24, 01:37 PM | #2430 |
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Congratulations and Best Wishes to Vinnie and his lady on their recent anniversary - with apologies for missing it owing to enforced changes which continue to keep me away from Subsim oftentimes - it was our own 38th anniversary yesterday, celebrated lavishly with pizza and a bottle of wine
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