Mainer Takes Command of Old Ironsides

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mirth

July 26, 2013, 12:39:19 PM
Being from Maine, I thought this was pretty cool. Especially since Edward Preble, an early captain of the Constitution, was also from Maine.


http://www.pressherald.com/news/Mainer-is-new-commander-of-USS-Constitution.html
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Con

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July 26, 2013, 04:11:04 PM
Did you know Maine is where they invented the toothbrush?

Anywhere else it would have been called the teethbrush ;D

Con

mirth

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July 26, 2013, 05:10:46 PM
Quote from: Con on July 26, 2013, 04:11:04 PM
Did you know Maine is where they invented the toothbrush?

Anywhere else it would have been called the teethbrush ;D

Con

Well played, sir! :P
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Martok

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July 27, 2013, 04:47:42 AM
Cool story.  Congratulations to Commander Kearns! 

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TheCommandTent

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July 27, 2013, 07:40:14 AM
Quote from: Martok on July 27, 2013, 04:47:42 AM
Cool story.  Congratulations to Commander Kearns!

Cool story indeed.
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Con

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August 01, 2013, 09:32:51 PM
Here is the USS Preble being commissioned in front of the USS Constitution the former command of her namesake almost 200 years earlier.

mirth

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August 01, 2013, 09:45:53 PM
^Awesome pic, Con!
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus
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