[modeleng] Re: Visit to Houston

 Glad you have enjoyed your visit, John.  Wish you
 could stick around longer, at least long enough to pop
 over to Wilmington, North Carolina and see a REAL
 battleship, that is, one that has 16 inch guns--the
 USS North Carolina.

 Al Messer, the transplanted Tarheel

Yeah Al, that ragged rustbucket of an old ship at Wilmington has a lil' old 
turbine in it I betcha.  Nothing near as nice to look at as those big 4 
cylinder triples in the TEXAS.  Looking at a turbine is sort of like 
watching "diesels" run around the rails at MSLS! The USS Alabama has a 
turbine also or so I have been told and if Auntie Fern hadn't got hot 
walking the Alabama's deck one summer day,  I would have wasted my time 
going down in there to see a big round steel barrel.

I am happy that John found some nice things to look at out in Houston.  BTW: 
Fred Rorex is the one that provided me with the HALS site to send to John.

Jesse the REDNECK

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