Never heard of Cowbit, so I looked it up, it's in Lincolnshire near Spalding where many of the Pilgrim Fathers came from.

Spalding. Isn't that the place where they make American Baseballs? I always though that they were made in the States. 

All submarines look like death traps to me, especially the early ones, which in most cases they were.

All submarines look like death traps to me, especially the early ones, which in most cases they were.

They're luxury underwater villages now Mark, with every convenience possible, except for booze I believe. The Yanks have just launched one that is an underwater town

I've been on one, HMS Ocelot at the Chatham Naval Dockyard. It didn't go anywhere. They're not designed for those over 6ft that's for sure.

Bishops then weren't quite like Bishops today, some led troops into battle. 

Famous enough to be portrayed by John Wayne in one of his early Westerns, although I've never heard of him (Smith that is not The Duke).

An understandable decision under the circumstances.

I've been on one, HMS Ocelot at the Chatham Naval Dockyard. It didn't go anywhere. They're not designed for those over 6ft that's for sure.

I've been on the subs at the West Edmonton Mall, so does that count?? Thank goodness it never came off the underwater track.

The story may be more fiction than truth it seems Tommy according to the write up I just read. Well at least you didn't tell us he came over on the Mayflower like the rest of all Americans did.

Similar with HMS Ocelot, except that it's from 1962. It never moves.

Gr-r-r-r-reat Gramma was a real trooper.

I think that's where the phase "American Greed" started was on the trip over and don't insult us real Troopers because we would have swam our tanks over and not put them on a wee silly boat with a girlie name on the side of it.

We live in a strange society today in which we're preached to about "body positivity" and not being ashamed of your appearance (ie fat is OK) yet we're also told that being fat is bad for our health and are bombarded with healthy eating choices.  

Tattoos on women especially look dreadful, I'm OK with a bluebird on the upper thigh or a butterfly above the breast, but that's enough.

Another fad is to have your children's names and/or date of birth tattooed on your body. Almost as if they're saying I love my children so much I've got a permanent record on my skin.