http://thomo.coldie.net Thomo's most excellent web home - travel, cooking, military & naval history, wargaming, cheeseburgers Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:52:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://thomo.coldie.net/poetry/the-ballad-of-the-calliope-by-a-b-banjo-paterson/comment-page-1#comment-19189 thomo the lost Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:56:12 +0000 http://thomo.coldie.net/poetry/the-ballad-of-the-calliope-by-a-b-banjo-paterson/#comment-19189 No problem Cesar - and yes, the poem is really neat - if you like naval wargaming as a hobby, it really sets the mode for pre-dreadnought naval matters. I'm sure it would have made a great movie in the 1950s as well - Charlton Heston perhaps as the captain of the Trenton, David Niven as Captain Kane and perhaps Max von Sydow as the Kaptain of one of the German vessels. No problem Cesar – and yes, the poem is really neat – if you like naval wargaming as a hobby, it really sets the mode for pre-dreadnought naval matters. I’m sure it would have made a great movie in the 1950s as well – Charlton Heston perhaps as the captain of the Trenton, David Niven as Captain Kane and perhaps Max von Sydow as the Kaptain of one of the German vessels.

]]> http://thomo.coldie.net/poetry/the-ballad-of-the-calliope-by-a-b-banjo-paterson/comment-page-1#comment-19170 Cesar Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:11:14 +0000 http://thomo.coldie.net/poetry/the-ballad-of-the-calliope-by-a-b-banjo-paterson/#comment-19170 Sorry, there IS an author's name. Oh well, (embarrassment-bearing) it's a nice poem anyways. Thanks for sharing. Sorry, there IS an author’s name. Oh well, (embarrassment-bearing) it’s a nice poem anyways. Thanks for sharing.

]]> http://thomo.coldie.net/poetry/the-ballad-of-the-calliope-by-a-b-banjo-paterson/comment-page-1#comment-19169 Cesar Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:08:01 +0000 http://thomo.coldie.net/poetry/the-ballad-of-the-calliope-by-a-b-banjo-paterson/#comment-19169 Hey Ian, is this poem yours? It's pretty good. There's no author's name so I figure it's yours. Job well done. Hey Ian, is this poem yours? It’s pretty good. There’s no author’s name so I figure it’s yours. Job well done.

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