Patrick O'Brian

don1reed · 08-14-06, 07:53 AM

I've been reading every Patrick O'Brian "Aubrey and Maturin" novel for my summer project. EXCELLENT READs! Amen. (halfway through)

If they'd come up with a seafaring sim based on those books...we'd have a winner. I'd give up subsiming in a heart beat to play a Napoleonic sea battle. Ah...to spend a whole week maneuvering to get the weather gage on an enemy frigate...lawdy sakes!

...then to get promoted to lieutenant, you'd have to "jump down the muzzle of a 12#er and squeeze out the touch-hole"!

cheers,

08-14-06, 07:53 AM	#1
don1reed Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Valhalla: Silent Generation Posts: 1,149 Downloads: 910 Uploads: 0	Patrick O'Brian I've been reading every Patrick O'Brian "Aubrey and Maturin" novel for my summer project. EXCELLENT READs! Amen. (halfway through) If they'd come up with a seafaring sim based on those books...we'd have a winner. I'd give up subsiming in a heart beat to play a Napoleonic sea battle. Ah...to spend a whole week maneuvering to get the weather gage on an enemy frigate...lawdy sakes! ...then to get promoted to lieutenant, you'd have to "jump down the muzzle of a 12#er and squeeze out the touch-hole"! cheers, __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell Last edited by don1reed; 08-14-06 at 02:50 PM.