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34 years ago the Edmund Fitzgerald went down with all hands
- Thread starter bdahunter
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Why can't you see it, Mikie? It's not restricted.
As a point of interest, Gordon Lightfoot used to live in my neighbour's house when he was just starting out in his career, apparently he penned a lot of his early work in the basement of the house next door to mine.
The song 'The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' isn't popular with mariners. A friend of mine was an officer on the bridge of a Royal Canadian Navy frigate off the Grand Banks, there was a pretty bad gale blowing and the frigate was bucking like a bronco at the Calgary Stampede. The comm officer had the radio going, listening to a station out of Halifax and what song should come on but 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' by Gordie Lightfoot, all eyes on the bridge turned to the comm officer who went red faced and quickly changed the station.
As a point of interest, Gordon Lightfoot used to live in my neighbour's house when he was just starting out in his career, apparently he penned a lot of his early work in the basement of the house next door to mine.
The song 'The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' isn't popular with mariners. A friend of mine was an officer on the bridge of a Royal Canadian Navy frigate off the Grand Banks, there was a pretty bad gale blowing and the frigate was bucking like a bronco at the Calgary Stampede. The comm officer had the radio going, listening to a station out of Halifax and what song should come on but 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' by Gordie Lightfoot, all eyes on the bridge turned to the comm officer who went red faced and quickly changed the station.
True that, Mate. I used to sail on Lake Ontario in a 26 foot sailboat and even that smaller Great Lake can get very rough, very fast. I remember getting caught in a squall off of Hamilton once, waterspouts suddenly appeared and sheared off the mast of the sailboat sailing off our starboard beam, it all happened in a matter of minutes. One moment blue skies with a bit of clouds in the distance and the next all hell broke loose.