where is mmcomputing?

[GreyGhost]

I have changed my name and signature on our new forums to Grey Ghost, I decided to make this change as I did not want to use the club as an advertising medium for my business, Double M Computing is my business name. (plug, plug) It is against the club rules to do so and as such it would be wrong for me to flout the rules while expecting others to adhere.

So for those of you that know me as MM or mmcomputing, I'm still the same nutter just labelled differently.

I'll be signing myself in future as MGM which I think can be interpreted in many ways.

A hearty welcome to your new Forum and enjoy your stay, loads to read see and do. The 75 and ZT community is here to support you, help is always at hand.



Grey Ghost (ghost for short) AKA MGM

[Kandyman]

Oh Grey Ghost is you, WHY wasn’t i told this before I agreed to come on board ?

[GreyGhost]

I have a very special little green smiley for these occasions, pity I can't use it.

[Mike]

spammers!

[GreyGhost]

Originally Posted by Mike

spammers!

"Moderators"


Please. .

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Grey Ghost

"Moderators"


Please. .

and the difference between the two in this case is what exactly?

[Simon W]

Originally Posted by Grey Ghost

I have changed my name and signature on our new forums to Grey Ghost

MGM - did you know that The Grey Ghosts was the name given to the legendary Cunard liners RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth?

They were called this when they were used as troopships during World War II. They were painted battleship grey and were so fast that they were rarely seen by any other ship on the Atlantic - hence the 'ghost' bit. Unlike other troopships they would usually travel alone, well away from the normal convoy routes.

The two liners were equivalent to twenty ordinary troopships and carried more than two million wartime passengers. Queen Mary (now at Long Beach, California) holds the all-time record for the greatest number of people ever carried on a single ship. In July 1943, she crossed the Atlantic with 16,683 ‘souls on board’.

Amazing stuff.

[Ken]

Originally Posted by Simon W

MGM - did you know that The Grey Ghosts was the name given to the legendary Cunard liners RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth?

They were called this when they were used as troopships during World War II. They were painted battleship grey and were so fast that they were rarely seen by any other ship on the Atlantic - hence the 'ghost' bit. Unlike other troopships they would usually travel alone, well away from the normal convoy routes.

The two liners were equivalent to twenty ordinary troopships and carried more than two million wartime passengers. Queen Mary (now at Long Beach, California) holds the all-time record for the greatest number of people ever carried on a single ship. In July 1943, she crossed the Atlantic with 16,683 ‘souls on board’.

Amazing stuff.

100% correct and welcome aboard Simon :lol:

[Simon W]

Originally Posted by Ken

100% correct and welcome aboard Simon :lol:

Many thanks for the welcome Ken.

The story of these two liners is such a good one that I've been trying for ages to get one of the broadcast networks to commission a documentary on it (entitled 'The Grey Ghosts'). BBC1, BBC2, C4, C5, and WGBH Boston all turned it down. I sent them a 5-page 'taster' and they weren't interested.

PS. Did you see Russell Crowe's 'Master & Commander' last night? A tremendous film, even if the storyline was the same as one of the (much earlier) C.S. Forrester Hornblower books.

[Ken]

Originally Posted by Simon W

Many thanks for the welcome Ken.

The story of these two liners is such a good one that I've been trying for ages to get one of the broadcast networks to commission a documentary on it (entitled 'The Grey Ghosts'). BBC1, BBC2, C4, C5, and WGBH Boston all turned it down. I sent them a 5-page 'taster' and they weren't interested.

The only reason I knew it was I come from Southampton and one of my uncles served on both the Queens in the 50s. We called him a Cunard Yank.:lol: