USS Ronald Reagan

Subaman · Post by **Subaman** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:14 am

Anyone know what time it is due to leave Brisbane today?

Fang · Post by **Fang** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:30 am

I think its in the process of leaving now.

MUDRAT · Post by **MUDRAT** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:38 pm

Does anyone else find it slightly disturbing that one of the most expensive weapons in human history is named after a B-grade Hollywood actor?

fredsub · Post by **fredsub** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:21 pm

MUDRAT wrote:Does anyone else find it slightly disturbing that one of the most expensive weapons in human history is named after a B-grade Hollywood actor?

NO not at all! better an amateurish polititician,popular with the people, rather than a professional in the family; ambitious,cheating sob type, like that is there now...
I believe RR made a great difference, started the end of the soviet empire by outspending them,how simple? and it worked. RR was the weapon. Of course when the spending was no longer needed, made a few detractors. Probably why they invented alqueda, alot of people have their powerful jobs again, like before when it was the evil soviet empire.......how things change...yet they don't

MUDRAT · Post by **MUDRAT** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:56 pm

Many interesting yet deeply disturbing points.

I'm waiting till the USS Arnie comes to visit.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:58 pm

(LOL) USS Arnie. I wonder if they will have a USS McBain

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:19 pm

I'd be more afraid of the USS George Dubaya Bush, keeps bumping into things, tripping over itself, making a general arse of itself but be hailed by the americans as the greatest thing to ever happen to them.

/end slanted point of view

Jordan.

MY_STI · Post by **MY_STI** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:54 pm

uss little Johnie could be more scary

BRUMBERTY · Post by **BRUMBERTY** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:58 am

They can bloody well take their rubbish with them when they leave!

Bags of TRASH as american rubbish is called are washing up all over Moreton Bay!

Over the side, out of mind, not our problem..

Bloody typical.

I have seen it first hand as well.
June 1997.
Sailing from Singapore to Hong Kong on a Yacht delivery and we were overtaken (42knots versus 8 ish) by an aircraft carrier (USS Carl Vincent)

We were amazed and impressed with its size and speed until they threw TRASH over the side in front of us.
Bag after bag after bag.
PLASTIC BAGS!

Continual lifelong rant.

Fang · Post by **Fang** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:08 pm

What is it they used to say about Americans in Australia during the 1940s..?

Over paid,
Over fed,
Over sexed,

and Over here!

dwayneb · Post by **dwayneb** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:25 pm

Atleast Queensland has a new reef to dive on. One of their FA18's had to ditch after an aborted landing. Pilot escaped.

BRUMBERTY · Post by **BRUMBERTY** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:29 pm

$30 million US each!
Boy would I love 5% salvage title on that!
Serves them right.
Karma is not just for individuals!
I am glad the pilot was ok though.

And leaving a plane there is STILL LITTERING!

It is just very expensive litter!

TiAgMY84 · Post by **TiAgMY84** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:30 pm

Yeah Baby... A 35 million dollar start to a new morton bay reef and we didn't fork out a cent, well not yet anyway.

Goes to show just how much money is tied up in that carrier when it carries 80 odd different planes all worth about the same dollars give or take a few mill

and thats just planes..... 8O

John.

32ford · Post by **32ford** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:27 am

The USS Ronald Regan was stopped by jellyfish you would think that a country with as much technical no how would no how to avoid sucking in jellyfish. perhaps a piece of mesh ?

BRUMBERTY · Post by **BRUMBERTY** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:05 pm

It happens, they still block the mesh.

It may have more to do with how much sea water they are sucking up and spitting out to cool those big REACTORS down.

Where do you think they get all that steam from to power the catapaults??

It's made of good Aussie Sea water!