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I reached way back into old messages to reply — I think that poll was
announced around 2003, I just wanted to get on record on that old
thread. Not too late for others to answer too!On 5/1/2013 10:40 AM, vivdodd456@btinternet.com wrote:
> I missed the notice of a poll for favourite character aswell – how
> come?No wonder there was less than 50% turnout?
>
>My favorite character?Leonora Biddulph! I'd rather have her around than any of the others. Brave, determined, resourceful, aggressive, cares nothing for convention. James was foolish not to marry her for purely selfish reasons when she offered to take care of Charlotte. Given how hard she worked for him, think how much happier she would have been if she were getting what she wanted! I don't think she had unrealistic expectations about what a cold fish he is, but if she were disappointed and left, he'd be no worse off.
The ships! Taking advantage of free wind and currents to cross the ocean, if you know how to select the vectors and measure the stars to figure out where you are. I built a big model of the Cutty Sark, and read Richard Henry Dana's _Two Years Before the Mast_. It's hard to imagine the contempt in which sailors were held, maybe that was necessary to give them such dangerous work aloft. I still can't believe many captains would sail thousands of miles, around Cape Horn, with no prospect for a cargo except the word of a frightened pantryman (S2N4 Fetch and Carry).
Anne, I didn't think the series could continue without her.
James. And later, Elizabeth. Ayn Rand would love those two, I wonder if she ever commented.
— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "Diana" <moonroll@…> wrote:
>
> Thanks to everyone who voted for their fav character.
>
> 11 people voted out of 35 members so a little disappointing that we
> didn't make 50% but there was certainly a lot of activity last week.
>
> The winner of favourite character, just pipping James, is ELIZABETH
>
>
> I will set up another poll later this week – assuming everyone wants
> to continue.
>
> Diana
>OK, I understand NOT to attempt putting Running Tides in the file area.
I've used dropbox to retrieve files, but to upload them I think I have
to first download a 30 meg install, not practical here. Mega does not
require any download I think, that might work but I'm not going to try
it immediately.And with the captchas I was thinking about (~500KB videos to get people
to decipher unclear words for me) so far every one I've tried to put in
shape for uploading — I figure it out in the process! Probably more
practical, if I can't figure something out, is to ask here with Series-
Number min:sec coordinates.On 4/25/2013 12:32 AM, LambuLambu@aol.com wrote:
> Another place to try is Dropbox. When you upload there you just provide
> the link for the file to anyone you want to download it.
>
> Trying to upload a file that size to the Yahoo! Group would probably
> fill all available space in the Files section!
>
> Dino.
>
> —–Original Message—–
> From: Bill <william.whittaker1@ntlworld.com
> <mailto:william.whittaker1%40ntlworld.com>>
> To: shiponedingroup <shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:shiponedingroup%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Wed, Apr 24, 2013 8:14 pm
> Subject: Re: [shiponedingroup] Onedin captcha #1
>
> This might be of interest.
>
> https://mega.co.nz/
>
> Offers 50 GB of free storage space with good up/down speed.
>
> Uploaded files are encrypted and only the user holds the decryption
> keys. No
> one else including mega knows what the files are.
>
> The unique encripted key which is only present on your computer can be sent
> to anyone anywhere in the world with an internet connection so they can
> download your file(s)
>
> I have not tried the service myself yet but have heard good thing about it
> from some people on various boards.
>
> Bill
>
> —– Original Message —–
> From: "Lee Bonnifield" <lee78@localnet.com <mailto:lee78%40localnet.com>>
> To: <shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:shiponedingroup%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 12:46 AM
> Subject: [shiponedingroup] Onedin captcha #1
>
>> afraid this didn't work — twice it appeared to be uploading fine but in
>> the middle the browser screen went blank except for "Server Hangup".
>> I'll try again with a faster connection.
>>
>>
>> It isn't cheating to use your subtitles but to make it harder I won't
>> say episode/time where this came from. I don't have subtitles, I really
>> don't know what is being said in several places, and I bet you will tell
>> me. I know what Elizabeth says, what does MacCaulay say? See files
>> section Onedin captcha #1.
>>
>>
>>
>> ————————————
>>
>> Website about the Onedin Line
>>http://www.sound-research.co.uk/onedin_line.htm Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>afraid this didn't work — twice it appeared to be uploading fine but in
the middle the browser screen went blank except for "Server Hangup".
I'll try again with a faster connection.It isn't cheating to use your subtitles but to make it harder I won't
say episode/time where this came from. I don't have subtitles, I really
don't know what is being said in several places, and I bet you will tell
me. I know what Elizabeth says, what does MacCaulay say? See files
section Onedin captcha #1.Thanks for searching! What you found is surely the right "Running
Tide". I don't understand the format, being only 55 minutes and 7 titles
— surely they could have fit all 15 titles on one VHS. I'm guessing
there are 15 in all because PBS used a different one after each of the
Onedin Lines in Series 1, then for series 2 they repeated from the same 15.Without objection I'm going to try to upload the Running Tide about
crimping. It followed S1N5 "Catch as Can" where Callon tried to crimp
Baines. Technically this one is of mediocre quality, I have some
better, some worse. The topic is surprising history to me.But not tonight, I'll need to borrow a neighbor's broadband for that 46
meg upload. To test that I know how to put a file into the files area
I'll put up an Onedin Line captcha tonight.On 4/24/2013 1:19 AM, LambuLambu@aol.com wrote:
> Well, after plowing the net with every combination of the words I could
> think of, I finally found this:
> http://www.worldcat.org/title/running-tide/oclc/36057253. Don't know if
> that will be of much help as it's a VHS format, and only 55 minutes
> (which may cover the first 5 installments), and VHS players are hard to
> come by these days.
>
> Anyone else have any luck finding something? (No luck on Amazon or
> ebay… yet.)
>
> Dino.
>
> —–Original Message—–
> From: leebonnifield <lee78@localnet.com <mailto:lee78%40localnet.com>>
> To: shiponedingroup <shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:shiponedingroup%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Tue, Apr 23, 2013 7:53 pm
> Subject: [shiponedingroup] The Running Tide 10 minute filler after 1977
> PBS broadcast of OL
>
> (thread was "I'm new here")
> On 4/23/2013 12:34 PM, LambuLambu@aol.com <mailto:LambuLambu%40aol.com>
> wrote:
>> Wow! No PBS channel I could get aired 'The Onedin Line', much less 'The
>> Running Tide' (which sounds like some episodes I'd love to get copies
>> of!).
>
> I have retrieved 8 of them so far from the old 6-hour VHS copies of the
> older reel-to-reel recordings.
>
> The Running Tide 1 sails & ships.wmv 56,617,094
> The Running Tide 2 navigation.wmv 52,264,818
> The Running Tide 3 superstition.wmv 48,952,614
> The Running Tide 4 arts.wmv 44,848,350
> The Running Tide 5 crimping.wmv 46,112,428
> The Running Tide 6 steam.wmv 49,912,668
> The Running Tide 7 railroads.wmv 34,575,726
> The Running Tide 8 women.wmv 36,975,870
> 9 piracy
> 10 luxury steamers
> 11 seamens' duties
> 12 slave trade
> 13 medicine
> 14 US Civil War
> 15 sea chanties
>
> They are pretty poor technically, some with two sorts of tracking noise
> and muffled audio, #9 may be too jittery to bother with. # 10-15 I
> haven't attempted yet. For #1-8 I've made 640×480 WMVs, about 45 meg
> each for 10 minutes. The narration is the important part, the video is
> mostly pans and zooms of drawings. A few of my copies came out good. I
> have not searched to see if they are available in a DVD format, no doubt
> that would be better quality than my 3rd gen copies. There are no titles
> except "…the Running tide…" and end credits say only
>
> Produced by WYES New Orleans
> for SECA
> Southern Educational Communications Association
>
> I do recommend their content. Please say so if anybody finds
> commercially available copies. I probably could upload the ones I have.
>(thread was "I'm new here")On 4/23/2013 12:34 PM, LambuLambu@aol.com wrote:
> And I do have a question that no one has been able to answer yet: maybe
> I missed it when watching my way through the entire Series, but at some
> point in Series 7 or 8, it's mentioned that James Onedin has no
> steamships, yet I can't remember any mention in a previous series where
> there's mention of him permanently selling the Anne Onedin.I saw this thread question from you and was watching closely as I started again with Series 3, I'm almost up to Series 5. I think you're right, we don't know what happened.
> I know he lost her when Jack Frazer sold her and she was renamed Scotch
> Lass, but then James regained possession of her (in "A Proposal of
> Marriage" via salvage rights) and renamed her Anne Onedin again. Then he
> sold her for 5,000 pounds (I forget the episode's title), used that
> money to buy several small schooners, then turned around and sold the
> schooners during the coal miners' strike making 10 thousand pounds on
> the deal, and bought back the Anne Onedin for only 2,000 pounds.
> That was the last I knew of James doing any selling of her,That was in S4N2 "A Cold Wind Blowing". She's part of the plot in S4N3 "Not Wanted on Voyage" but in S4N5 "Quarantine" James makes a contract requiring 3 steamers and Elizabeth says he has none, and there is no mention that the Anne Onedin is busy doing other trade.
> and he still
> had her at the end of Series 6. So, was there something I missed that
> left him without the Anne Onedin in Series 7 and 8?I'll keep watching & update if I see more references.
Also the Anne Onedin has sails, but the Golden Nugget was designed by Albert NOT to carry sail, the two masts just for hoisting cargo S2N?. The model he showed in series 2 also shows up on the table at the launching ceremony of the Anne Onedin in S3N1 but we only see the hull of the actual ship during the launching so it isn't obvious until later episodes that the actual ship is different from Albert's design and the model.
> —– Original Message —–
> From: "galacticprobe" <LambuLambu@…>
> To: <shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 7:32 AM
> Subject: [shiponedingroup] Steamship Anne Onedin
>
> > Greetings, All,
> >
> > I've been slowly catching myself up on the 'Onedin Line' episodes. I'm
> > just getting into Series 7 and James Onedin is having difficulties
> > because – as mentioned in the dialogue several times – he "has no
> > steamships".
> >
> > Have I missed something in a previous series? In Series 5 he still has the
> > Anne Onedin. (He sells her in one episode for 5,000 pounds, then buys
> > several small schooners with the money. Then later in the same episode he
> > sells the schooners to pocket 10,000 pounds, and buys the Anne Onedin back
> > for a measly 2,000 because of a coal miner's strike.)
> >
> > I thought he still had her during Series 6. I don't remember any mention
> > of him selling her or anything happening to her, or was there, and I just
> > missed it? And if I have, if anyone knows the episode title please let me
> > know so I can watch it again (and this time pay closer attention).
> >
> > Dino.
