Hi, John, Seriously???? Deep fried haggis???? Please...some of us have just eaten...(and, not deep fried haggis...). Just what kind of torpedoes were you trial-ing? Cheers! Horace At 02:29 PM 1/27/2012, you wrote: >When I commisioned HMCS Ojibwa in 1965, we did our workups in that >area, torpedo trials at Gaerlochhead. >The Flag Officer Submarines inspected us at Faslane. >Remember the fish and chip van that sold deep fried haggis? LOL >Yes definitely brought back memories. >John Ross >Windsor, Nova Scotia >On 27-01-2012, at 4:10 PM, David Boyce wrote: > >>Travel down to that area? Tom i LIVE in that area! I live in >>Gourock beside Greenock, and the end of my street looks right >>across to the Holy Loch. When the US naval base was there I tuned >>a piano there a couple of times, and pianos of US naval >>personnel. When were you there? >> >>Did you see the photos I posted the other day of Glencoe, where one >>half of your ancestors massacred the other half, 320 years ago this >>month? You can see them, along with some photos of this area, on >>my Facebook business Page, David Boyce Piano Services. The first >>of the 2012 Calendar pics has the mouth of the Holy Loch right in >>the middle of the shot. >> >>Kindest regards, >> >>David >><http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/>www.davidboyce.co.uk >> >> >>Hi David, >> >>Please accept my most humble apologies for even suggesting that you >>are English. Coming from a Scot heritage on both sides of my >>family (Father: Highland Campbell and Mother: MacDonald), I should >>have been more sensitive concerning the great divide in the UK >>between England and Scotland. >> >>When I was in the U.S. Navy, my submarine made a port visit to >>British Submarine Base at Faslane where I spent some time on Shore >>Patrol with the MOD. When they found out that I had descended from >>the Clans Campbell and MacDonald, both of the MODs that I was >>travelling with marveled that I was still alive! >> >> If you travel down to that area, please give my regards to >> Greenock, Dunoon and the Holy Loch, Helensburg and Glasgow. I >> remember them well. >> >> Best regards, >> >>Tom >> >>
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC