Dockside Gallery

[Hanibal94]

Where do we sign up?

I have a ticket to sell. How much money can you send me?

[Hanibal94]

... And the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay goes to Lieutenant Scrawl, Lord of Flowerwater, whose logbooks are so incredibly badly written that even though they are not actually screenplays, we have decided to give him the award anyway.

Thanks to Joan for this image! Sorry it took so long for me to use it, but I wanted to do it on the same weekend as the real Golden Raspberries, which were delayed this year for reasons.

Well done Joan and Hanibal!

Oh brilliant hanibal! I had forgotten about this image - great choice of date to use it, the Golden Raspberries.

'Lord of Flowerwater' ....excellent - I'm going to laugh and laugh about this one

Great choice - and I love 'Lord of Flowerwater' too. The Raspberry is well deserved ....

[Hanibal94]

OW'er wondering what to work on next after finishing the last logbook of his favorite ship.

"Portrait of Mr. Victor Hugo" by Leon Bonnat (1879), oil on canvas, part of the collection at Maison de Victor Hugo

That's how I feel when my whalers get back to San Francisco. But hey - why be glum when there are so many more ships to play with

[Hanibal94]

Kevin Wood arrives in Copenhagen on a mission to plunder borrow lots and lots of logbooks from the Danish National Archives.

Maybe he'll pop over to St. Petersburg and pick up the logs from the Russian Icebreaker Krassin!

https://forum.oldweather.org/index.php? ... #msg168769

Excellent find!!!

Hopefully Kevin has a better system on board that ship than his iPhone

Entrance to the Port of Copenhagen
Johan Christian Dahl
Date: 1830
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Christian_Dahl
https://www.wikiart.org/en/johan-christ ... hagen-1830

I wonder if Kevin wears extra quiet shoes when he's plundering borrowing?

I hope he also silences his parrot .... essential for plundering, but a bit of a give away when 'borrowing'.

[Hanibal94]

Two years ago, Kevin Wood and Joan brought forth a brand-new, much improved interface for OW Whaling.
And the OW'ers, many of whom had suffered injuries from struggling with the terrible, first interface, looked upon the interface, and saw that it was good.
And Kevin Wood and Joan looked upon the rejoicing of the OW'ers, and saw that it was good.

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According to Joan, OWW Phase 2 really got going in October 2018, but April 5th was when it first popped into existence between her and Kevin.
This is kinda similar to how the US really became a sovereign nation in September 1783, when the Revolutionary War ended, but they declared independence on July 4th, 1776, so that is treated as the actual birthday of the nation.
So that's why I'm releasing this now, and not in October. Enjoy!

Hanibal - this is brilliant - absolutely brilliant

Thank you so much!

I'll drop a note to Kevin to make sure he sees it

Great idea and great picture, Hanibal!

Another hit! You never cease to amaze us all! Great job!!

Well done, Hanibal!!! Brilliant job!!! The only problem with the image: no cats!

Quite something to come up with an OW related caption for that pic! Well done, yet again. And I'm glad to see that we expressed our gratitude in our usual understated fashion ....

[Hanibal94]

The many duties of a Zooniverse project moderator.

Ahhhhh - nice one hanibal. The moderator's monthly payoffice gear. I see we've already drawn up someone's salary- shown in the left hand

(Fabulous get-up - bizarre )

It could also be handy for encouraging social distancing.

Looks uncomfortable

You mean that only SOME people are getting paid by the moderators!!!

What did I do to get struck off the payroll?

How did you get on in the first place? I've never been on it ...

(Another great one hanibal)

I just assumed that when you joined the OW HR (Human Resources) would have done that automatically. I suppose we have to fill out a few forms.

Mind you, I suppose that we should expect that from an organization that has an HR department, because the obviously consider us as nothing more than a resource like pencils or paperclips.

I might have to look for an organization that has a VIP (Very Important People) department.

We're doing our best.
Hopefully Hanibal's catch will bring in a nice bit of cash when we manage to sell it

I just assumed that when you joined the OW HR (Human Resources) would have done that automatically. I suppose we have to fill out a few forms.

Only in triplicate - we've been reducing the paper work burden

Mind you, I suppose that we should expect that from an organization that has an HR department, because the obviously consider us as nothing more than a resource like pencils or paperclips.

Nothing so old-fashioned! You're a replacement to computers. Turned out they can't fill in HR forms for themselves, and they can't do the job anyway

I might have to look for an organization that has a VIP (Very Important People) department.

We're close - VIT (Very Important Transcriber). Puts you in a big pool of top bods here, that is to say, all of us

[Hanibal94]

"There there, dear, no need to be so upset about those few errors in your transcriptions - I'm sure Michael will be able to work out what is wrong, and fix it!"

Ah the horrors of realising you've planted a mistake in the system...I sympathise with her.
Medals all round for Michael then

(Lovely picture hanibal )

[Hanibal94]

"Confound these logkeepers, they drive me to drink!"

Another good one!

Hanibal's Saturday paintings and captions are also one of our OW rituals

So that's why liquor sales have been up 40% in the last six weeks!

Another good one hanibal

I think I detect absinthe in that glass - perhaps it's easier to read squiffy writing if you are squiffy yourself?

You are correct, Joan - the painting is The Absinthe Drinker by Manet, and it's his first work!

Oh gosh! Thanks hanibal I didn't know the picture at all. It struck me as French, and the green glow in the glass spoke of absinthe. Manet's first - that's not bad for a beginner

[Hanibal94]

In honor of the 4th anniversary of this running gag of mine (I started it on April 29th, 2016, and have somehow kept it running since!), I am proud to present a special piece:

The OW'ers Voyage



Phase 1: The newbie

Guided by a moderator, a new recruit takes his first steps into Old Weather. The moderator shows the newbie a lot of the wonderful things that one may encounter on this project, and this excites him greatly.

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Phase 2: The graduate

Having completed his training, the OW'er sets off on his own with much enthusiasm and ambition, hoping to accomplish great things.
But little does he know of the nasty surprises that can be found in some logs, traces of which can already be seen in the upper right...

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Phase 3: The veteran

Our OW'er finds himself in the middle of some very nasty logs, with bad handwriting, fifty million course changes per day, and worse.
But there is still hope, as even the worst logbook must end eventually, and one can always ask others for help.

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Phase 4: Time to go

After many long and happy decades, our OW'er has grown old and crumbly and no longer has the strength to carry out his hobby.
So with a heavy heart, he leaves the project and says goodbye to his fellow OW'ers who have come to wish him well in his final years.

Well done, Hanibal!!! This is one of your best for sure.

Wonderful! A worthy celebration of your four years of endeavour.

Magnificent !

Definitely one of your best in a long and distinguished career!

It's a beautiful picture and a wonderful sentiment hanibal. Definitely one of your best. Here's to many more glorious years of The Gallery

Excellent! Can't believe it's been 4 years.

ditto.
You have quite the talent for matching captions to pictures.

Thank you for all the compliments, everyone!

I can't believe it's been 4 years either. When I first started this, I only expected it to last one, two months at most - but I kept finding more art and ideas, and you guys kept enjoying them, so I haven't been able to stop (And I wouldn't want to)!
At the moment of this post, I have 62 images in my stockpile - enough for over a year, even without vacations, and I am confident I will find more before I even come close to running out!

Also, double thanks to Dean and Joan (and anybody else I may have forgotten) for providing me with material. I really appreciate it.

[Hanibal94]

Signs of OW Addiction #56: You actually look forward to getting up in the morning, as it means you can do OW again!

(Another great thing about these posts, they remind me it's Saturday )

Yes me too - I found myself thinking 'I wonder if there's a new picture to enjoy?' And there is ....

Me too Saturday is gallery day! Yeh!

And I like the picture - the look of glee on the chap's face is on mine right now.

Same here!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Caldecott
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_t ... Jack_Built

Me, too! Every Saturday I answer all my messages and read all the latest posts saving the Dockside Gallery to the end as my reward. And it's always a reward!

Hanibal, you continue to amaze!

Thanks for giving us something to look forward to each week! (Besides the Logs.)

[Hanibal94]

Mary and Joseph find their son in the Temple, astonishing the gathered boffinry of Jerusalem with his knowledge of science and his dedication to it.

Maybe he is also telling them to keep weather records and write legibly

Well, I'm glad to know he was rooting for us (even if mostly they ignored him ....)

Another great pic and caption, hanibal.

[Hanibal94]

OW'ers betting on how many course changes the next logbook will contain.

There's obviously some lively discussion going on as the bets are placed - another great find, hanibal. Brightens up my Saturday morning.

That must be you wearing the fancy duds, Hanibal! The suave young man hanging out with all the old dudes!

The ladies must be elsewhere, knitting up a storm.

Great picture, Hanibal!

https://worcester.emuseum.com/objects/6 ... nt-matthew
Perhaps a new transcriber has been singled out

The chap with the purse has found a compass with the coins. It's got no face and no needle. Must be from a Whaler

Nice one hanibal

[Hanibal94]

Two OW'ers go to the doctor: "As you can see, my poor poor friend has literally lost his head after encountering some really nasty awful logbooks... Can you please stick it back on?"

If anyone has any of that glue please could they pass it along to me?

And the look of horror on the transcriber's face has survived the head loss - this is serious!

Once his head is reattached, he should be given some typed logs.

Of all the things I've lost in life, I miss my mind the most.

Yes, I've got that on a fridge magnet!

[Hanibal94]

OW'er gets into character in real life: "You have used flower-water for the last time, scoundrel!"

Thanks to Dean for the image!

Excellent
Good work Dean and Hanibal!

He didn't use his sword soon enough!

Very very good Dean and Hanibal

I like the way that he's knocked over the water vase.

Excellent once again; we needed a whole squadron of men like him!

[Hanibal94]

Hanibal94 celebrating his 26th birthday with good friends, good drink and some fun games.

;D
It looks like you're having a great day - Happy Birthday!!

Great mustache! And orange is your colour!

Enjoy your birthday, but watch those dice

I say hanibal - you cut a dashing figure in your Knightly regalia!

I hope you have had a very good 26th birthday with plenty of fun (despite COVID-19!)

Belated birthday greetings - you're looking very splendid in your festive clothes!

[Hanibal94]

"For almost eight years, I have edited Royal Navy ship histories.
In this time, I have encountered many fascinating stories, places, people and more.
But now all 300+ of our RN histories are completed or almost there... Whatever shall I do now?

Wonderful picture hanibal - certainly how I felt when the RN ships ran out of first transcription phase.

What he needs is pick-me-up. Needs to set his sights on more history. Needs to use his keenly honed skills to help save the planet as he has done these past years. Needs to feed his raison d'etre.
How? HOW?!
My friends, here is the great clue:



For a life of weather-and-ice-seeking-adventure despair no more - Join a whaler today!

(All of the Navarch logs are looking for transcribers - simple work - fall in love with another bunch of ships - very little whaling happens.)

...and after that you can get a haircut

Great recruiting ad!

Good idea, Joan!!!

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Join the Coast Guard ships and rescue the whalers
You will get a haircut whether you want one or not

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Are the whalers flying the US flag upside down as a sign that they are in distress?

You didn't tell your recruits about the smell of boiling down blubber and the slippery decks with all the blood and gore.

Join the Coast Guard ships and rescue the whalers
You will get a haircut whether you want one or not

Are the whalers flying the US flag upside down as a sign that they are in distress?

Yes! That's right! (Changes the conversation quickly because, given the state of grammar and spelling in the logs, they are just as likely to have hung the thing upside down by accident.)

You didn't tell your recruits about the smell of boiling down blubber and the slippery decks with all the blood and gore.

Ummm - errrrrr - both are true unfortunately.
Oh dear - you've caught me out. Slippery decks are impossible to avoid. Nose pegs will be provided?

[Hanibal94]

Sooner or later, every OW'er experiences "The Enlightenment" - the moment where they realize how important climate science truly is, and why their contributions are so valuable!

Oh yes - so true, hanibal. The 'enlightenment' is a wonderful moment. What I didn't expect was to feel the enlightenment as often as I do. OW and the OW-ers are so inspirational.

I joined for climate science, but I stayed as much for the project itself as for science

[Hanibal94]

Michael (second from left) and Stuart demonstrate a typical day on the Concord to their fellow OW'ers.

How well I remember those days..

[Hanibal94]

USS Rodgers, Sep. 26th 1881:
Remarkable bright star light and intensely brilliant and active Aurora. The Aurora was the most brilliant and altogether the most remarkable I have yet seen, Arranged in thin consecutive area Extending from E to W across the entire heavens. It would occasionally burst into still brighter luminosity and then these arcs uniting, would form one broad belt of light heaving and tossing like the sea in a gale. The morning star seam to be affected by it in appearance, showing a bright perpendicular line drawn through its center and extending through upwards of a degree above and below.


Thanks to Kevin Wood for the image!

Thank you hanibal and Kevin! How exquisite, both the picture and the report

The log reports from the Rogers often made them sound like poets. I seem to recall that they were building a reading room on the deck at about the time that the fire struck.

Magnificent! Thank you both!

Frederic Edwin Church,
Aurora Borealis, 1865, oil on canvas,
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eleanor Blodgett, 1911.4.1

Under a dark Arctic sky, polar explorer Isaac Israel Hayes's ship, the SS United States, lies frozen in the pack ice at the base of a looming cliff. The auroras above erupt in a cascade of eerie lights, while the dogsled implies the hope of rescue from this icy prison. Hayes and Frederic Church were friends, and upon Hayes's return from the Arctic in 1861, he gave Church his sketches as inspiration for this painting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Israel_Hayes

Wow! Stunning image and how well I remember those descriptions from the Rodgers.

Brilliant work, Hanibal and Kevin.

Very nice!

[Hanibal94]

The workstation of a veteran OW'er, showing many tools of the trade.

Thanks to Dean for the image!

Perfect!! It must be the desk in Captain Kelley's room of the Lucretia about the time of the mutiny, in 1883, when he shot the chief mutineer