CaptQuint wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 12:34 am
Bruce Bramlett with the Battleship Texas Foundation said the main reason for the move is because it doesn't have enough paid visitors to maintain the ship.
"We need to get somewhere where there's a lot of people," Bramlett said.
A bill passed unanimously in the legislature which will provide Battleship Texas $35 million for repairs before it is taken to its new home. The measure mentioned the upper Texas coast as the general region for the new home, but no specific site has been chosen, Bramlett said.
The are going to move up the coast of Texas from Houston to find more people? wtf? Port Arthur? That has to be a misprint.
I've been reading up more about the move, and the suggestion is to Galveston somewhere, which has become something of a tourist mecca. And not the practically dead ghost town of my childhood. It's probably a good move, but it's been there so long, it's kind of a shame. I used to skiff around there as a kid, saw it plenty but never actually got on it. Would be nice to move it away from the sewer that's Buffalo Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel.
Re: CQ's Military thread
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 2:43 am
by VinceBordenIII
My grandmother had 5 stars in her window. I think most were navy. One made a career out of it, retired a master mechanic. Old school navy tattoos on his Popeye arms. The bleedy kind.
CaptQuint wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 12:34 am
Bruce Bramlett with the Battleship Texas Foundation said the main reason for the move is because it doesn't have enough paid visitors to maintain the ship.
"We need to get somewhere where there's a lot of people," Bramlett said.
A bill passed unanimously in the legislature which will provide Battleship Texas $35 million for repairs before it is taken to its new home. The measure mentioned the upper Texas coast as the general region for the new home, but no specific site has been chosen, Bramlett said.
The are going to move up the coast of Texas from Houston to find more people? wtf? Port Arthur? That has to be a misprint.
I've been reading up more about the move, and the suggestion is to Galveston somewhere, which has become something of a tourist mecca. And not the practically dead ghost town of my childhood. It's probably a good move, but it's been there so long, it's kind of a shame. I used to skiff around there as a kid, saw it plenty but never actually got on it. Would be nice to move it away from the sewer that's Buffalo Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel.
Galveston was a tourist mecca before the "Free State of Galveston" ended in the 50's. Guess it's finally recovering.
Re: CQ's Military thread
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 3:37 pm
by Animal
QillerDaemon wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:31 am
I've been reading up more about the move, and the suggestion is to Galveston somewhere, which has become something of a tourist mecca. And not the practically dead ghost town of my childhood. It's probably a good move, but it's been there so long, it's kind of a shame. I used to skiff around there as a kid, saw it plenty but never actually got on it. Would be nice to move it away from the sewer that's Buffalo Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel.
well, to move a ship from houston to galveston isn't much of a move.
Re: CQ's Military thread
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 3:43 pm
by CaptQuint
It is for a 100+ year old warship with a paper thin hull
Re: CQ's Military thread
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 3:48 pm
by Animal
CaptQuint wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 3:43 pm
It is for a 100+ year old warship with a paper thin hull
I guess so, but its like 20 miles.
Re: CQ's Military thread
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:30 pm
by VinceBordenIII
Here's a question for you military aficionados: where do military units get their numbers from? You've got the 43rd mechanized, the 101st and 82nd airborne, the 11th shock army, the 47th independent mixed brigade, the...
Re: CQ's Military thread
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:50 pm
by FSchmertz
VinceBordenIII wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:30 pm
Here's a question for you military aficionados: where do military units get their numbers from? You've got the 43rd mechanized, the 101st and 82nd airborne, the 11th shock army, the 47th independent mixed brigade, the...
Some you'd have to go WAY back in history to find the origin.
Everyone loves the 82nd, but the 101st was the shit in WWII
Re: CQ's Military thread
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:06 am
by CaptQuint
Re: CQ's Military thread
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 2:56 pm
by PimpDaddy
Military wives an hour after deployment.
Re: CQ's Military thread
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 3:05 pm
by VinceBordenIII
Young woman, maybe a 5-6/10 anywhere else, is an 8-9 on a military base. Guys hitting on them 24/7. Divorced or cheating girlfriend wants her to go to the e-club while the men are deployed... misery loves company.
They're to young to be married, tbh. I can see that now.
Re: CQ's Military thread
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 3:50 pm
by FSchmertz
VinceBordenIII wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 3:05 pm
Young woman, maybe a 5-6/10 anywhere else, is an 8-9 on a military base. Guys hitting on them 24/7. Divorced or cheating girlfriend wants her to go to the e-club while the men are deployed... misery loves company.
They're to young to be married, tbh. I can see that now.
