Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ireland has recently got delivery of three Navy ships for coastal patrol, and they are called after famous Irish writers - James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and W. B. Yeats. You could say "a terrible beauty is born" :-) I driving back from my swim in Sandycove, and saw that the L.E. James Joyce was moored in Dun Laoghaire, so I went down to it. As I walked down to the pier, I met a young female officer and asked her could people go aboard. She said no, and asked me was I interested in the armed forces. Between the jigs and the reels, I persuaded her that I was not a terrorist, and she took me up the gangway, and signed me in. Although, I had little time I had the run of the ship which was quite interesting. There had been a medal ceremony on board earlier and the only other civilians there were members of the crew's families. I'll post more photos of the ship later. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: James Joyce Gun Folk > How is it a James Joyce gun? > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 4:39 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > >> Inspection of weapon. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Dun+Laoghaire/ >> Boats_Ships/James+Joyce/James+Joyce+Gun+Folk.jpg.html >> >> Fuji X100S. See Large. >> >> Douglas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >