Of course with being English , I could all ways call my Imperial Britannic ! Dave. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve B." <imperial59@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 5:59 PM Subject: RE: IML: Imperial names > This is a second try on the reply for Neal Herman > > like ocean liner names because of the mystique (and I don't meant > Mercury!) and the size of our Imperials. One of my choices was obvious: > Imperator, a Hamburg-America Line competitor to Cunard's Mauretania & > Aquitania (see below) and White Star's Olympic (sister to the Titanic). > Another reason for this is the large bronze eagle figurehead on the bow. > After World War I, she became the Cunard Line's Berengaria. > > The Imperator's sister ship was the Vaterland, which has no panache. > But as part of the war reparations she was transferred to the United > States Line and became the Leviathan, a much catchier name. As the > Leviathan, she was the largest ship in the world in the 1920s. > > Neal Herman > 1959 Imperial Crown "Aquitania", for reasons aforementioned > 1966 Imperial Crown "Miss Dorothy", after my grandmother who owned a '64 > Imperial > et al. > > -----Original Message----- > From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jay King > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 12:10 PM > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: IML: Imperial names > > > (Imperial names) > > Hello, list, > > Maybe my children and I had been watching too many Kevin Smith movies > around the time I acquired my '73 LeBaron, but it is named "Silent Bob." > I don't really know why, except that my nickname is "Jay." Previous to > Silent Bob my driver was an '84 Olds 98 called "the Wide Ride." After > son Jamie was t-boned in that car I was given another '84 Olds 98 that > is known as "Ordell" after the Samuel L. Jackson character in the > "Jackie Brown" movie, who shot and killed a henchman in the trunk of a > similar car. Elsewhere in the fleet: "Baby Flattop," a 1985 Fifth Avenue > named by a co-worker who called my driveway an aircraft carrier dock, a > '93 Caravan called "Dodge Van Dam," and my daughter's '93 Grand Am, "Rob > Grand Am." Yeah, she watches wrestling. Thanks for all the stories of > Imperial names! > > Jay King > Meridian, Mississippi > <a href=mailto:j_king@xxxxxxxxx>j_king@xxxxxxxxx</a> > > Honey Gold 1973 LeBaron 4DHT > -- > ___________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm > > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This > message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To > UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > -- > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.1.0 - Release Date: 2/18/2005 > > > -- > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.1.0 - Release Date: 2/18/2005 > > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm