Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks. I was wondering if it was Molly Bloom inspecting the gun.... :-) Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >