The first posts were made to this forum nearly 10 years ago and the early days had some great posts! Some of my favorite were just the simple roasts between regulars like @anchorman and @Capt_Lee . Old timers and those good with the search tool… link to your favorite hidden gem posts! Here’s a few…

What about the one with the guy that was running for president and was criticizing the ship that actually saved him and his wife out at sea with out launching their lifeboats (I think that was the title of the thread, “Using Lifeboats as a Platform for Rescue” or something like that, but it got a li…

[image] cchick001: You didn’t delete that one entirely, did you? I don’t remember that one so, no, I didn’t delete it.

[image] cchick001: “Using Lifeboats as a Platform for Rescue” You mean this one?: [image] Lifeboat As Rescue Platform? Professional Mariner Forum If you had read the SailNet discussion completely, (which I FULLY understand not doing), you would have also read more s…

This thread had possibilities till the coffee snobs ruined it. Coffee in the CFR’s

That’s the one! Pure gold. A gCaptain group effort if there ever was one. Thanks!

My all time favorite. [image] U.S.C.G. Letter of Commendation Scuttlebutt Deleted by User

Maybe on my first visit to the gCaptain forums I found the following exchange which took place in 2010 and copied it. I absolutely loved the correct use of grammar and the innovative use of the puctuation by both the contributors while they were basically having a go at each other. In the intervenin…

[image] Gryhpe: . In the intervening eight years we have become so PC that maybe it would be deleted today – or maybe it’s going to be! More likely this stuff is not seen because the GOM slowed down. I can’t seen anything there that could be considered non-PC. Whatever PC means, everything an…

Anything posted by @albertpachino

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My all time favorite.

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