Meh.

I'll get over it, or die from it, one or the other. I'm just shitty today. It's like I been shot at and missed, and shit at and hit.

Steak and a blowjob to Grav , stat.

Awwww. I am so chuffed for, and proud of J :) I just got an email telling me he's been promoted to Senior Lecturer.

He's been teaching there for about 3-4 years- but first couple of years was just term to term part time tutoring alongside Phd. He's only been a junior lecturer for about 18 months. He's had a really big impact on his department - students love him, he's connected them in with some of the gaming industry led student prizes and projects.

Lovely to see his hard work paying off.

Gaming industry? What's he teaching, math(s) or statistics?

Right now? I actually do not know. He sort of explained it - but I didnt understand it all. Some of it is to do with coding and some of it is to do with design for computer games - where that plugs into a wider course i don't know.

Oh, OK, he teaches electronical incantations and mechanical mayhem. :haha:

That's the stuff :P

I received the photo of my Dad's WW2 RN ship which I found on Ebay being offered by a US seller.

http://s1.postimg.org/mqszt6mgv/img086.png

The ship was used in the North African landings and on D-Day but Dad didn't join it until late in 1944.
The ship's landing craft are conspicuous by their absence and the colour scheme would indicate that the vessel was deployed in the Mediterranean at the time the photo was taken.
Dad's assumption is that the photo was used as an aid to identification.
Anyway, we're both happy with my purchase.

How many men did she usually hold?
Apologies if you said before.

The crew numbered 523 and it could accommodate up to 1000 troops.

Here's a better shot, complete with landing craft.

http://s16.postimg.org/idp8ernl1/HMS_Glenroy.jpg

She held anywhere from 800 to 1800 men, the whore (depending on the Glenroy's actual size, (Wiki link for Landing Ship, Infantry, there's no article specifically for the Glenroy (opportunity knocks, Carruthers;))).

Probably 1,800 troops. I see now that the list at the Wiki link lists it as Glenroy LSI(L), the final 'L' indicating large.

Thanks for that Mr.G. I just asked dad and he came up with 'a thousand'.
Memory plays tricks at his age, but near enough in the great scheme of things.

I'd trust Dad's memory from actually being there over what some yob wrote on the interweb.

Just found a bit more:

I suppose that it would be standing room only, under the circumstances.

D Day from the Engine Room of HMS Glenroy

That's pretty bloody amazing Carruthers!