re: Admiral Farragut--
No-- he was talking to David Porter--his second in command-- (since he was order not just his ship but a fleet!) and there end my knowledge of US navel history.

and as for me, i loved it when i got picked on-- i felt like i had "joined the family"-- since most almost everybody (starting with Jackie!) is unfailing polite to strangers and newbies-- but once you've been here for a while, your typo and mistakes or poorly phrased posts are fair game-- so for now, you are "company" and treated with decorum, but keep posting, and soon you'll just be a provider of fodder (as i am) or will fill the board with witty puns, neatly turned phrases, and literal inquires as to the meaning of a post!


my other obsession