Re: Twenty Nine Bells

On Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:01:18 -0700, Snidely <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Sunday, Boron Elgar observed:
>> On Mon, 11 May 2026 19:23:28 -0700, Snidely <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We're about midway between the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the 
>>> Edmund Fitzgerald and the release of Gordon Lightfoot's song about it.
>>> 
>>> One of the yewtewb channels I follow, and which I think does a good 
>>> jobe on its streams, is Oceanliner Designs [1].   They have marked the 
>>> annivesary with a video comparing some of the theories of why it sank.. 
>>> I think this is quite a cogent analysis, and I think they came up with 
>>> an appropriate end of the video.
>>> 
>>> To be found at
>>> <URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXR2h_ZjOgU&pp=0gcJCQQLAYcqIYzv>
>>> 
>>> The wikiparticle on the song is at
>>> <URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wreck_of_the_Edmund_Fitzgerald>
>>> The official audio of the song is at
>>> <URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzTkGyxkYI>
>>> 
>>> [1] For those who are curious, this is why I think this is a good 
>>> channel. [2]
>>> 
>>> There's quite a few videos on their list about the Titanic, including a 
>>> look at the engineering of the hull and separately of the engines, and 
>>> a couple criticizing other videos's coverage of the subject.  The 
>>> channel also has examined many other shipwrecks ... Lusitania, 
>>> Olympic,the SS Eastland, the Bismark.  There is also a video examining 
>>> a series of ships that broke in half in the '40s and '50s, and that is 
>>> relevant to the Fitz's story.
>>> 
>>> There are also engineering studies of the Titanic, the Normandie, the 
>>> SS United States, and the QEII.  And some 3D modeling, including a tour 
>>> of the Bismark.  And a tribute to tugboats.
>>> 
>>> [2] "And a great man once wrote, 'all that remains is the faces and the 
>>> names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.'"
>>> 
>>> /dps
>>
>>
>> Cheers to you, sir. Hope all is well.

>
>TY
>
>Still have my bow above water.
>
>-d

Makes it easier to play the fiddle.....