John Paul Jones's flagship, upon which he uttered the famous words "I have not yet begun to fight!"

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Maybe he should have started sooner?

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

Oh, he fought against both Serapis and Countess of Scarborough as early and as often as he could, closing in and using every weapon he could muster (including the hurling of harsh language at both ships, as well as farting in their general direction ;-)

Jones and Bonhomme Richard fought against Serapis and her master, Captain Richard Pearson, in a truly memorable 3-and-a-half-hour duel. It was early in the sea battle, in fact, when it looked like Serapis had the tactical advantage, that Pearson challenged Jones to strike his ship's colors and surrender. That's when the American skipper is quoted as exclaiming "I have not yet begun to fight!" And that was also when the fighting became truly brutal. Both ships maneuvered around each other, letting fly with every cannon shot (as well as grape and other anti-personnel munitions in addition to snipers, grenades and anything else available) and broadsides as often as possible. At battle's end, American casualties were estimated to be 150 with nearly as many British warriors also either killed or wounded.

Jones' seamanship was peerless. Even knowing his ship was taking on water too quickly for damage control efforts to keep up, he deftly maneuvered his ship so that it finally gained the advantage and could have destroyed the British warship if it so desired. In effect, Jones had outlasted his adversary and once its surrender was complete, transferred his command to Serapis, which was standard practice at the time when one's own warship was threatening to take you and your men down to the depths after "winning" a battle. ;-)

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"Politics is just show business for ugly people."

Way to ruin a joke.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

Hey, I'm not happy 'til you're not happy. ;-)

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"Politics is just show business for ugly people."

C'mon now, you know Kahuna can't pass over an opportunity to deliver a well-prepared (one might almost say "plagiarized") lecture in which he educates the LR on some topic in such a manner as to simultaneously satisfy his personal need to read his own words on the screen and also induce painful eye-rolling from the rest of the posters in the thread. At least this time he didn't explicitly mention his own decorated and distinguished military service.

In case you forgot, Kahuna served in the military.


I'm plank owner on the newest USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6). It's always interesting when they find these ships or aircraft buried deep underwater. Always amazing how much remains intact or identifiable after so many years.

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Slowguy

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My son did a cruise on the Bonny Dick and I got a cool spill proof ceramic coffee mug out of it.

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Steve

From the story:

"The USS Bonhomme Richard... was sunk in Flamborough Head in 1779... Its location had been a mystery for decades."

What?

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War is god

Do you get to come home for the holidays?

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

I'll probably try to get 4 or 5 days back on the East Coast around Christmas.

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Slowguy

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You're actually one of the few people I've considered putting on ignore. All I did was recite well-known history, sir, in maybe sticking up for a sea service I was a member of long before you were, by the way.

In fact, I think I will put you on ignore. You don't seem to be a nice person.

Good day, sir.

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"Politics is just show business for ugly people."

If you're not careful, you're going to hurt my feelings.

You should thank me. I gave you an extra chance to remind everyone that you served in the Navy.

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Slowguy

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As guy I used to work with would occasionally say “you’ve hurt my feeling”. Such a stupid joke. And I would smile\chuckle every time.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?