The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald In The Windy City Thread

BeerBaron

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

The Legend lives on from the message pit down to

The douchebag they call ereeper1

His obession they say, well it is very gay

As he keeps posting in this dumb thread.....


This thread is the pride of this pathetic guy

Sitting at his computer in Portland

As lame posters go, he's lamer than most

And I think his name's actually Edmund....

Riverrunner

I admire tenacity.

ereeper1

The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait

When the gales of November came slashing

When afternoon came it was freezing rain

In the face of a hurricane West Wind



Don't Call Me Edmund~

ereeper1

When supper time came the old cook came on deck

Saying fellows it's too rough to feed ya

At 7PM a main hatchway caved in

He said fellas it's been good to know ya.



Don't Call Me Edmund~

ereeper1

The Captain wired in he had water coming in

And the good ship and crew was in peril

And later that night when his lights went out of sight

Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.



Don't Call Me Edmund~

ereeper1

Does anyone know where the love of God goes

When the words turn the minutes to hours

The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay

If they'd fifteen more miles behind her.



Don't Call Me Edmund~

ereeper1

They might have split up or they might have capsized

They may have broke deep and took water

And all that remains is the faces and the names

Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.



Don't Call Me Edmund~

ereeper1

Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings

In the ruins of her ice water mansion

Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams,

The islands and bays are for sportsmen.



Don't Call Me Edmund~

ereeper1

And farther below Lake Ontario

Takes in what Lake Erie can send her

And the iron boats go as the mariners all know

With the gales of November remembered.



Don't Call Me Edmund~

ereeper1

In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed

In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral

The church bell chimed, 'til it rang 29 times

For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.



Don't Call Me Edmund~

ereeper1

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down

Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee

Superior, they say, never gives up her dead

When the gales of November come early.



Don't Call Me Edmund~

ereeper1

Timeline of Events for the Edmund Fitzgerald

1957

February 1
A contract is signed between the Great Lakes Engineering Works (GLEW) and Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company stipulating that GLEW is to design and build the largest ship on the Great Lakes.



Don't Call Me Edmund~

ereeper1

August 7
The keel of hull number 301 (the Edmund Fitzgerald) is laid in River Rouge, Michigan



Don't Call Me Edmund~

ereeper1

1958

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company officially announces they will name the ship for the recently elected chairman of the board, Mr. Edmund Fitzgerald.

ereeper1

June 8
The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald is christened, making it the largest freighter sailing on the Great Lakes.

ereeper1

September 13
Testing of the seaworthiness (sea trials) of the Edmund Fitzgerald begins. Passing these trials will allow the Edmund Fitzgerald to officially begin sailing and carrying cargo under the supervision of a crew.



Don't Call Me Edmund~

ereeper1

September 22
Operation of the ship is handed over Oglebay-Norton.



Don't Call Me Edmund~

ereeper1

September 24
The Fitzgerald takes her first voyage under Captain Bert Lambert through the Soo Locks. Upon returning, the ship breaks the record for the largest load carried through the Locks.



Don't Call Me Edmund~

helplessdancer

smoking and drinking much less is sometimes the only way to go

ereeper1

1959

The Edmund Fitzgerald is assigned a new captain: Captain Larson



Don't Call Me Edmund~

100 Pacer

THANK YOU, Sea, for moving this thread to the appropriate forum! we all appreciate it,...