I scanned this sometime ago, so here is the ship in question for those who have never seen it before
http://members.rogers.com/ghenwood/Fitzgerald2.jpg |
I scanned this sometime ago, so here is the ship in question for those who have never seen it before
http://members.rogers.com/ghenwood/Fitzgerald2.jpg |
Thanks for posting the picture, Gord. I remember seeing many "iron boats" similar to the Edmund Fitzgerald in the harbor at Duluth in the early 70's! Also, if you stand on the shores of Lake Superior, you can sometimes see the ships far out on the horizon...really neat!
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Thanks for posting the picture, Gord. I remember seeing many "iron boats" similar to the Edmund Fitzgerald in the harbor at Duluth in the early 70's! Also, if you stand on the shores of Lake Superior, you can sometimes see the ships far out on the horizon...really neat!
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Gosh,no wonder it sank. It may have been made of steel but it looks like a single Kit Kat bar that you can easily break in two. I'm sure the ship was as sturdy as they could make it,unlike the Titanic. I wonder why no one ever made this into a movie? Of course,I think it's too late for that given the success of the film Titanic. Great picture! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Borderstone,outta here and Alberta Bound.
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Border: That's actually a pretty good analogy that you've come up with. In many respects the big iron ore freighters ARE Kit Kat bars that you can snap in two..."when the skies of November turn gloomy." That's why they make for shore-usually!
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Actually there is a movie being made of the sinking. I read a good article on one of the many "edmund fitzgerald" web sites. I think they may have had some production problems but...
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The Edmund Fitzgerald movie has been in the works for litteraly years.....I'll be suprised if it even makes it on film. The producer was having problems getting the financing to make the movie.
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The Edmund Fitzgerald movie has been in the works for litteraly years.....I'll be suprised if it even makes it on film. The producer was having problems getting the financing to make the movie.
------------------ Work hard, keep your mouth shut, and good things will happen ! |
There is an excellent photo of the EF on the sheet music of the song. If I had the knowhow I would post it http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif
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There is an excellent photo of the EF on the sheet music of the song. If I had the knowhow I would post it http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif
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Your welcome, haven't heard much from me lately cuz I have been hoping my own board will fly, guess not. It might have an early death.
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Your welcome, haven't heard much from me lately cuz I have been hoping my own board will fly, guess not. It might have an early death.
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In reference not only to the picture but the song and actual event itself...Do you remember ever hearingabout the actual event on the news at all? I know I don't because I was too young then. When the song came out I was 8 but never heard it until the early '80s. Anyone out there read about or see on the news back in '75 about this? If you did,tell us all about it and of course,what you thought of the song when it debuted in '76. It still gives me chills,even after having heard it for over 20 years. Well,gotta go. Catch ya on the flipside of Sundown! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif
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Well Brink,sometimes having a good memory like I do,I tend to forget that others may not be the same way. I tell you though,sometimes it gets very annoying being able to remember so many things and so many years back in my life. I was 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 in 1971 and that's as far back as I can recall things. Like the way I recall hearing Sundown in '74 on a top 40 station out of Erie,PA. Or even seeing "Laugh*In" on network TV! Must have been the last season. I think you recalled pretty well yourself. Well,it's been me and I'll catch ya on the flipside of Sundown! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif
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aaawwww, shucks http://www.corfid.com/ubb/redface.gif
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aaawwww, shucks http://www.corfid.com/ubb/redface.gif
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quote:Originally posted by Borderstone:
Gosh,no wonder it sank. It may have been made of steel but it looks like a single Kit Kat bar that you can easily break in two. I'm sure the ship was as sturdy as they could make it,unlike the Titanic. I wonder why no one ever made this into a movie? Of course,I think it's too late for that given the success of the film Titanic. Great picture! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Borderstone,outta here and Alberta Bound. I agree that this would make a great movie. But it all depends on what kind of a person does it. If they ever make a movie out of this I think it will either be an awesome movie or it will be the worst and most boring film you've ever seen. There has to be more of a story behind it. You wouldn't want to come out with a film like The Perfect Storm. |
quote:Originally posted by Borderstone:
Gosh,no wonder it sank. It may have been made of steel but it looks like a single Kit Kat bar that you can easily break in two. I'm sure the ship was as sturdy as they could make it,unlike the Titanic. I wonder why no one ever made this into a movie? Of course,I think it's too late for that given the success of the film Titanic. Great picture! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Borderstone,outta here and Alberta Bound. I agree that this would make a great movie. But it all depends on what kind of a person does it. If they ever make a movie out of this I think it will either be an awesome movie or it will be the worst and most boring film you've ever seen. There has to be more of a story behind it. You wouldn't want to come out with a film like The Perfect Storm. |
Edna Clouds: It seems that just about everyone that tries that fails.
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Edna Clouds: It seems that just about everyone that tries that fails.
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How do you add photos to this site? I have a bunch of Edmund Fitz photos including some underwater ones showing it broken up etc.
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Watchman? Watchman? Help! Hey PTTS, have you ever been to Fathom Five? I would love to get picture from out there again. I gues I will just have to make the trip again.
Hey, you know it's funny that Gord never wrote anything about that area and it's just in his own backyard too. The wrecks there did not entice him because of how long ago they sank. Too bad, I have read so many books about the ships in that narrow area and that area in general. Well, another day, huh? Brink, did you see the post for you in the small talk section? Bye GSS |
Watchman? Watchman? Help! Hey PTTS, have you ever been to Fathom Five? I would love to get picture from out there again. I gues I will just have to make the trip again.
Hey, you know it's funny that Gord never wrote anything about that area and it's just in his own backyard too. The wrecks there did not entice him because of how long ago they sank. Too bad, I have read so many books about the ships in that narrow area and that area in general. Well, another day, huh? Brink, did you see the post for you in the small talk section? Bye GSS |
paddletothesea,
You have to have the pics uploaded on the internet to post them on a forum. If it's easier for you, email them to me and I can post them for you. |
quote:Originally posted by Edna Clouds:
aaawwww, shucks http://www.corfid.com/ubb/redface.gif Edna I rather think that the site location you were trying to link to for the wreck sheet music pic has become inaccessible But there is a nice scan of the Sheet Music cover at:- http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/store/smp_inside.html?cart=82300272254&sku=WB.VS073 6&page=cover they are offering the sheet music for $3.95 the same price as printed on it ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited August 23, 2003).] |
quote:Originally posted by Edna Clouds:
aaawwww, shucks http://www.corfid.com/ubb/redface.gif Edna I rather think that the site location you were trying to link to for the wreck sheet music pic has become inaccessible But there is a nice scan of the Sheet Music cover at:- http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/store/smp_inside.html?cart=82300272254&sku=WB.VS073 6&page=cover they are offering the sheet music for $3.95 the same price as printed on it ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited August 23, 2003).] |
Thanks for the info John, that may have been the website I attempted to reproduce the pic from.
I do have the sheet music. I purchased it some years ago from 'Music Pro'? I think from somewhere in Canada, $5.95. It is my pride and joy (Apart from my D18GL) as Gordon has signed it for me. With dedication. [This message has been edited by Edna Clouds (edited August 24, 2003).] |
Thanks for the info John, that may have been the website I attempted to reproduce the pic from.
I do have the sheet music. I purchased it some years ago from 'Music Pro'? I think from somewhere in Canada, $5.95. It is my pride and joy (Apart from my D18GL) as Gordon has signed it for me. With dedication. [This message has been edited by Edna Clouds (edited August 24, 2003).] |
OK so far so good but nobody has yet answered the oft-asked question "how to post a picture on this bulletin board" I tried several times before I succeeded last week in making a my picture of a CNR diesel in Jasper Alberta stick
So for the benefit of "Edna with her head in the clouds" and others I thought a short tutorial would help those members of the great unwashed public who are not as gifted as Al the Watchman!!! No insult intended or implied to any of the fine people reading this!!! As this is really off topic I will start a new topic on the “Small Talk" forum under the title “how to include a picture in your message” but meanwhile here is an interesting picture I discovered on the a site with some good reading (maps) etc on the Fitz http://www.uoguelph.ca/~dtyszler/Image4.gif ]http://www.uoguelph.ca/~dtyszler/Image4.gif[/img][/URL] linked to the actual picture on the site http://www.uoguelph.ca/~dtyszler/EdFitzWeb.htm of course as you will see in my tutorial how to include a picture in your message Although there are several outdated links on that site to Newsgrouper Tony Wesley’s comprehensive Fitz page these links should now be to :- http://tonywesley.com/edm-fitz.html [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited August 24, 2003).] |
OK so far so good but nobody has yet answered the oft-asked question "how to post a picture on this bulletin board" I tried several times before I succeeded last week in making a my picture of a CNR diesel in Jasper Alberta stick
So for the benefit of "Edna with her head in the clouds" and others I thought a short tutorial would help those members of the great unwashed public who are not as gifted as Al the Watchman!!! No insult intended or implied to any of the fine people reading this!!! As this is really off topic I will start a new topic on the “Small Talk" forum under the title “how to include a picture in your message” but meanwhile here is an interesting picture I discovered on the a site with some good reading (maps) etc on the Fitz http://www.uoguelph.ca/~dtyszler/Image4.gif ]http://www.uoguelph.ca/~dtyszler/Image4.gif[/img][/URL] linked to the actual picture on the site http://www.uoguelph.ca/~dtyszler/EdFitzWeb.htm of course as you will see in my tutorial how to include a picture in your message Although there are several outdated links on that site to Newsgrouper Tony Wesley’s comprehensive Fitz page these links should now be to :- http://tonywesley.com/edm-fitz.html [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited August 24, 2003).] |
Thank you John for this neat picture and your explanation in Small Talk.
Actually it is Ed Naclouds. But I never did learn to type. |
Thank you John for this neat picture and your explanation in Small Talk.
Actually it is Ed Naclouds. But I never did learn to type. |
quote:Originally posted by paddletothesea:
How do you add photos to this site? I have a bunch of Edmund Fitz photos including some underwater ones showing it broken up etc. If you ever learn to post pictures on here, PLEASE SEND THEM!!! By the way, does anyone know of where I might could get an Edmund Fitz shirt with a photo or picture of the ship broken in 2 on the front or back?? I doubt there are any but please let me know. Also, are there any Fitz shirts with a picture of the ship on the front or back with lyrics of the song written above it? |
quote:Originally posted by paddletothesea:
How do you add photos to this site? I have a bunch of Edmund Fitz photos including some underwater ones showing it broken up etc. If you ever learn to post pictures on here, PLEASE SEND THEM!!! By the way, does anyone know of where I might could get an Edmund Fitz shirt with a photo or picture of the ship broken in 2 on the front or back?? I doubt there are any but please let me know. Also, are there any Fitz shirts with a picture of the ship on the front or back with lyrics of the song written above it? |
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DMD3 enquired By the way, does anyone know of where I might could get an Edmund Fitz shirt with a photo or picture of the ship broken in 2 on the front or back?? I doubt there are any but please let me know. Also, are there any Fitz shirts with a picture of the ship on the front or back with lyrics of the song written above it? DMD I expect to get such a tee will require you to select the pictures and wording you desire then take it to a local tee shirt printer or find out how to do it using an ink-jet colour printer However and after a modicum of Googling for "edmund fitgerald" then searching within the results for "tee shirts" I found http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/glb...p_id=1&catid=1 who already have a fitz tee for $17.95 during this and other searches I found a wealth of other interesting fitz sites including in particular:- http://www.lakersphotography.com/fitz/bigfitz_dec01.htm which shows a fine model under construction and the site by seventeen year-old webmaster Timothy C. McCall http://www.ssefo.com which sets out to be in its latest revised format "the all new S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald Online, the most comprehensive and informative website about the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald anywhere on the internet!" Whilst replying the site where I found the very nice sunset painting that I originally linked to in my tutorial on putting picures on this forum is:- http://pet-portraits.net/edmund_fitz...artprints.html which also features a feast of fitz desktop wallpaper pictures at http://www.pet-portraits.net/edmund_...wallpaper.html If you search long enough you will undoubtedly find the sort of pictures you want to sport on your tee shirt I should have mentioned before that the gentleman posing in front of his namessake in the photo I linked to earlier is the president of the insurance company that originally financed construction of the fitz ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited August 25, 2003).] [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited August 25, 2003).] |
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DMD3 enquired By the way, does anyone know of where I might could get an Edmund Fitz shirt with a photo or picture of the ship broken in 2 on the front or back?? I doubt there are any but please let me know. Also, are there any Fitz shirts with a picture of the ship on the front or back with lyrics of the song written above it? DMD I expect to get such a tee will require you to select the pictures and wording you desire then take it to a local tee shirt printer or find out how to do it using an ink-jet colour printer However and after a modicum of Googling for "edmund fitgerald" then searching within the results for "tee shirts" I found http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/glb...p_id=1&catid=1 who already have a fitz tee for $17.95 during this and other searches I found a wealth of other interesting fitz sites including in particular:- http://www.lakersphotography.com/fitz/bigfitz_dec01.htm which shows a fine model under construction and the site by seventeen year-old webmaster Timothy C. McCall http://www.ssefo.com which sets out to be in its latest revised format "the all new S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald Online, the most comprehensive and informative website about the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald anywhere on the internet!" Whilst replying the site where I found the very nice sunset painting that I originally linked to in my tutorial on putting picures on this forum is:- http://pet-portraits.net/edmund_fitz...artprints.html which also features a feast of fitz desktop wallpaper pictures at http://www.pet-portraits.net/edmund_...wallpaper.html If you search long enough you will undoubtedly find the sort of pictures you want to sport on your tee shirt I should have mentioned before that the gentleman posing in front of his namessake in the photo I linked to earlier is the president of the insurance company that originally financed construction of the fitz ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited August 25, 2003).] [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited August 25, 2003).] |
I find that interesting John, also, I wonder if thegrestlakesbrewingcompany is the one in Cleveland?
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