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<blockquote data-quote="KevinM" data-source="post: 458384" data-attributes="member: 2318"><p>Thank you for the history lesson, Banjo. History is most interesting, I think, when the story is told by a participant in the events, and we would be poorer without these personal accounts. Did you happen to meet Parker Blaney at Portsmouth? Parker was a "distant in-law" who worked as an engineer on The Thresher, a nuclear sub that sank in a tragic mishap. He always had some remarkable tale to tell. I had four uncles who served on subs. They all had close calls to tell about. In recognition of the family's naval service my maternal grandmother was chosen to christen the USS Scot, a tender. They kept the broken, beribboned champagne bottle she used on the mantle. She enjoyed recounting how she gave the hull a whack and nothing happened. So she hauled back and belted it again. This time it slid down the stays into the water. She refused to believe that her mighty second swing was not the direct cause of the ship's launch. Thank you again, Banjo, and best of luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KevinM, post: 458384, member: 2318"] Thank you for the history lesson, Banjo. History is most interesting, I think, when the story is told by a participant in the events, and we would be poorer without these personal accounts. Did you happen to meet Parker Blaney at Portsmouth? Parker was a "distant in-law" who worked as an engineer on The Thresher, a nuclear sub that sank in a tragic mishap. He always had some remarkable tale to tell. I had four uncles who served on subs. They all had close calls to tell about. In recognition of the family's naval service my maternal grandmother was chosen to christen the USS Scot, a tender. They kept the broken, beribboned champagne bottle she used on the mantle. She enjoyed recounting how she gave the hull a whack and nothing happened. So she hauled back and belted it again. This time it slid down the stays into the water. She refused to believe that her mighty second swing was not the direct cause of the ship's launch. Thank you again, Banjo, and best of luck. [/QUOTE]
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