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<blockquote data-quote="Padraic" data-source="post: 7412" data-attributes="member: 96"><p><strong>Padraic</strong></p><p></p><p>Now those are some questions that will take some time to reply to. In short, I went to sleep and woke up on a park bench in Northside Park in Norfolk. We had been involved in a rather one sided engagement with HMS Leopard and I received a slight wound, a splinter that hit me in the head and knocked me senseless for a while. I still have frequent headaches, so I wonder if there was more damage there than previously thought. The Brithsh captain took some prisoners off our ship and let us go. We came back to Norfolk to re-fit and the wounded, myself included, were taken ashore. I was lying in a bed, drifting in and out, and was briefly questioned by two suspicious looking fellows in officer's uniforms, but the memories of that are somewhat hazy. Upon waking up in the park, I thought I saw one of them waking away, but I cannot be entirely sure. Then the couple who took me in took notice of me and there ensued a brief conversation in which I was told the current date and the woman took a sympathetic bend and decided that I was someone who needed looking after.</p><p></p><p>It is hard to describe my initial reaction. I had a terrible headache and in part I must thought it was a strange dream. Just about everything was a bombardment on my senses and I had a difficult time taking it all in. The first thing I noticed was that people were dressed funny and their watches were on their wrists instead of in their pockets. Automobiles were somewhat of a shock. I almost was struck by one attempting to cross a street. I saw it some distance away, figured I had plenty of time to cross, and then it was upon me faster than I figured should be possible. No carriage had ever moved that fast before, at least not in my experience.</p><p></p><p>Biggest waste of technology. That is a loaded question and one I would have to contemplate for some time. Today's culture is extremely wasteful on the whole, which was something else that perplexed me. Everything is disposable. We have disposable plates, cutlery, cups, etc. I would say that paper plates are an extreme waste, but those are not what one would call a technological marvel. The dishwasher strikes me as somewhat wasteful, since it does something we are quite capable of doing ourselves and much more water is used to run it. We have one and I use it on occasion myself, but now and then it strikes me as something that encourages sloth. People also use their automobiles for short trips way too much. What is wrong with walking a mile or two to pick up that one item from the store? It is no wonder that more people are out of physical condition now than before. Nuclear weaponry is something else I have always thought wasteful, considering the amount of money it costs to build one and the number of times they are actually used. It seems to me a strange endeavor to manufacture ordnance that does not serve an everyday military purpose or in the act of being used will always cause undue suffering to the civilian population. I am by no means an expert on today's military, however, so perhaps some learned people in this area could school me in the need for these weapons. Since I was not around during the so called "cold war", I fear I cannot relate to what the arms race was all about. If I take more time in consideration of this question, no doubt I will come up with more, but that is what is coming to the forefront of my mind at the moment.</p><p></p><p>I did not believe the moon story at first, but after touring the Air Force museum in Dayton, I saw many other things that were somewhat difficult to grasp. By that point, I had accepted what had happened to me and that I was not having some sort of extremely vivid dream. Upon seeing the exhibits about the history of the space program and what had been done, I was fascinated that we had managed to accomplish such a feat. I am still surprised that we have not done more there since then. One would expect there to be some sort of base or settlement there by now, at least something along the lines of the "space stations" I have read about. Why did we stop going?</p><p></p><p>I had a wife then, but we were not married that long. She died in childbirth and the baby was lost as well. That is what eventually drove me to the Navy. </p><p></p><p>About five years ago, I was doing some research in a library to see if I could find any records of myself. I found a photo copy of an old muster from my ship on microfilm in an archive and the letters DD were written next to my name. That stood for discharged dead in my day. I do not know what drove them to assume that I was dead. One would think they would have listed me as missing or as deserted. The odd thing I also found was that someone else with my surname was on the ship in 1813 during the action with the Shannon. I don't know where he came from, since I was not aware of anyone else in Norfolk at the time with my last name, but perhaps he came from other parts.</p><p></p><p>Even before I came here, I have always been interested in the medieval period, so the first movie I saw here was Braveheart. I had seen television already and my adopted "father" (for lack of a better word) had tried to explain to me that there were methods of capturing moving images and being able to show them later, so by the time I went into a movie theater, the experience was not a total shock. I did enjoy the movie extremely, but it was something of an assault on the senses until I was made to understand that the battle scenes were all faked. I still marvel at how some of what I saw on that screen could be made to look so real without anyone actually being harmed. I do enjoy films and I do believe that they are a powerful medium of communication because they have the ability to completely immerse the viewer in a different world for a period of time. I have a difficult time watching ones depicting my time period, though, because of my tendency to pick at all the details that are gotten wrong. The modern perception of that time is somewhat skewed and what you will see in the history books is by no means accurate in its entirety.</p><p></p><p>Learning to use a computer was not that easy, but on the other hand it was not really that difficult either. There is still much that I do not know. I can only do the basics of the internet and email. I mostly use it for my work. The company has a web site where I can keep tabs on clients' accounts and print documents. My new "mother" taught me how to type by extreme repetition, the same method I learned my duties onboard the ship as well. I feel that the rapid advancement of computer technology was somewhat to my advantage, given that I felt like I was learning all the new things along with everyone else. It took me about two months before I got to where I could type without looking at the keys and now, some ten years later, I find that I type roughly 80 words a minute. I do not know if that is good or bad, but I feel like my fingers are positively flying. My penmanship, as a result, has declined drastically from lack of use.</p><p></p><p>I have never heard that radio show. I have heard about it, but I have never listened to it. I would have to hear it some before I could ever decide whether or not to go on there as a guest, and even then, it would take some time to consider before making a decision like that. It would have to be anonymous, since from the time I arrived here, it has been my endeavor to blend in with this world as much as I can. I figure that I am now here for the long haul and I must make the most of it. I have a good wife (who blissfully knows nothing of my past) and a good career. I would not mind having some answers to my questions. I have always wondered how I came to be here, but perhaps the answer would take me into areas that I would rather not venture into. Time will tell. </p><p></p><p>I was about to post this, but now I see the other post asking about my work. The division of Citigroup I am with is Primerica. The work is commission based, but anyone who puts in the time will earn a living at it. We are called "personal financial analyst" in the company. It's more or less the title the company gives us since what we do is analyze someone's personal situation and figure out ways to help them reach their goals. I have not yet been licensed for annuities, I am not familiar with this Elliott Wave, and I have not read any books by the other fellow you mention either. I also do not think I am familiar with anything out of Austria other than music. About projected markets, I do not have that information in front of me at the moment and I am not comfortable with venturing guesses. By the way, what is SNL? </p><p></p><p>Regards,</p><p></p><p>Padraic</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Padraic, post: 7412, member: 96"] [b]Padraic[/b] Now those are some questions that will take some time to reply to. In short, I went to sleep and woke up on a park bench in Northside Park in Norfolk. We had been involved in a rather one sided engagement with HMS Leopard and I received a slight wound, a splinter that hit me in the head and knocked me senseless for a while. I still have frequent headaches, so I wonder if there was more damage there than previously thought. The Brithsh captain took some prisoners off our ship and let us go. We came back to Norfolk to re-fit and the wounded, myself included, were taken ashore. I was lying in a bed, drifting in and out, and was briefly questioned by two suspicious looking fellows in officer's uniforms, but the memories of that are somewhat hazy. Upon waking up in the park, I thought I saw one of them waking away, but I cannot be entirely sure. Then the couple who took me in took notice of me and there ensued a brief conversation in which I was told the current date and the woman took a sympathetic bend and decided that I was someone who needed looking after. It is hard to describe my initial reaction. I had a terrible headache and in part I must thought it was a strange dream. Just about everything was a bombardment on my senses and I had a difficult time taking it all in. The first thing I noticed was that people were dressed funny and their watches were on their wrists instead of in their pockets. Automobiles were somewhat of a shock. I almost was struck by one attempting to cross a street. I saw it some distance away, figured I had plenty of time to cross, and then it was upon me faster than I figured should be possible. No carriage had ever moved that fast before, at least not in my experience. Biggest waste of technology. That is a loaded question and one I would have to contemplate for some time. Today's culture is extremely wasteful on the whole, which was something else that perplexed me. Everything is disposable. We have disposable plates, cutlery, cups, etc. I would say that paper plates are an extreme waste, but those are not what one would call a technological marvel. The dishwasher strikes me as somewhat wasteful, since it does something we are quite capable of doing ourselves and much more water is used to run it. We have one and I use it on occasion myself, but now and then it strikes me as something that encourages sloth. People also use their automobiles for short trips way too much. What is wrong with walking a mile or two to pick up that one item from the store? It is no wonder that more people are out of physical condition now than before. Nuclear weaponry is something else I have always thought wasteful, considering the amount of money it costs to build one and the number of times they are actually used. It seems to me a strange endeavor to manufacture ordnance that does not serve an everyday military purpose or in the act of being used will always cause undue suffering to the civilian population. I am by no means an expert on today's military, however, so perhaps some learned people in this area could school me in the need for these weapons. Since I was not around during the so called "cold war", I fear I cannot relate to what the arms race was all about. If I take more time in consideration of this question, no doubt I will come up with more, but that is what is coming to the forefront of my mind at the moment. I did not believe the moon story at first, but after touring the Air Force museum in Dayton, I saw many other things that were somewhat difficult to grasp. By that point, I had accepted what had happened to me and that I was not having some sort of extremely vivid dream. Upon seeing the exhibits about the history of the space program and what had been done, I was fascinated that we had managed to accomplish such a feat. I am still surprised that we have not done more there since then. One would expect there to be some sort of base or settlement there by now, at least something along the lines of the "space stations" I have read about. Why did we stop going? I had a wife then, but we were not married that long. She died in childbirth and the baby was lost as well. That is what eventually drove me to the Navy. About five years ago, I was doing some research in a library to see if I could find any records of myself. I found a photo copy of an old muster from my ship on microfilm in an archive and the letters DD were written next to my name. That stood for discharged dead in my day. I do not know what drove them to assume that I was dead. One would think they would have listed me as missing or as deserted. The odd thing I also found was that someone else with my surname was on the ship in 1813 during the action with the Shannon. I don't know where he came from, since I was not aware of anyone else in Norfolk at the time with my last name, but perhaps he came from other parts. Even before I came here, I have always been interested in the medieval period, so the first movie I saw here was Braveheart. I had seen television already and my adopted "father" (for lack of a better word) had tried to explain to me that there were methods of capturing moving images and being able to show them later, so by the time I went into a movie theater, the experience was not a total shock. I did enjoy the movie extremely, but it was something of an assault on the senses until I was made to understand that the battle scenes were all faked. I still marvel at how some of what I saw on that screen could be made to look so real without anyone actually being harmed. I do enjoy films and I do believe that they are a powerful medium of communication because they have the ability to completely immerse the viewer in a different world for a period of time. I have a difficult time watching ones depicting my time period, though, because of my tendency to pick at all the details that are gotten wrong. The modern perception of that time is somewhat skewed and what you will see in the history books is by no means accurate in its entirety. Learning to use a computer was not that easy, but on the other hand it was not really that difficult either. There is still much that I do not know. I can only do the basics of the internet and email. I mostly use it for my work. The company has a web site where I can keep tabs on clients' accounts and print documents. My new "mother" taught me how to type by extreme repetition, the same method I learned my duties onboard the ship as well. I feel that the rapid advancement of computer technology was somewhat to my advantage, given that I felt like I was learning all the new things along with everyone else. It took me about two months before I got to where I could type without looking at the keys and now, some ten years later, I find that I type roughly 80 words a minute. I do not know if that is good or bad, but I feel like my fingers are positively flying. My penmanship, as a result, has declined drastically from lack of use. I have never heard that radio show. I have heard about it, but I have never listened to it. I would have to hear it some before I could ever decide whether or not to go on there as a guest, and even then, it would take some time to consider before making a decision like that. It would have to be anonymous, since from the time I arrived here, it has been my endeavor to blend in with this world as much as I can. I figure that I am now here for the long haul and I must make the most of it. I have a good wife (who blissfully knows nothing of my past) and a good career. I would not mind having some answers to my questions. I have always wondered how I came to be here, but perhaps the answer would take me into areas that I would rather not venture into. Time will tell. I was about to post this, but now I see the other post asking about my work. The division of Citigroup I am with is Primerica. The work is commission based, but anyone who puts in the time will earn a living at it. We are called "personal financial analyst" in the company. It's more or less the title the company gives us since what we do is analyze someone's personal situation and figure out ways to help them reach their goals. I have not yet been licensed for annuities, I am not familiar with this Elliott Wave, and I have not read any books by the other fellow you mention either. I also do not think I am familiar with anything out of Austria other than music. About projected markets, I do not have that information in front of me at the moment and I am not comfortable with venturing guesses. By the way, what is SNL? Regards, Padraic [/QUOTE]
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