Ships, More Ships and Great Ships
My interest in ships and the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic dates back to childhood. I remember a grade school reader containing a story
called "Iceberg, Right Ahead!" I read the story over and over. I was hooked.
Titanic became an obsession. I decorated my livingroom then office with framed prints of her and collected more books than can
comfortably be contained on a coffee table, or even in a bookcase.
My titanic Titanic obsession has faded over time and an appreciation for steamships in general has grown in its place. Sometime in
1998, I started collecting ship postcards.
(I'm "EJ_Smith" on channel #Titanic on the DALnet IRC network. I also run a mailing list for those who
enjoy talking about the ship. Subscribe at majordomo@listbox.com. Just enter "subscribe titanic"
as the body of the message.)
What about trinkets, you ask? Well, I don't go after too much of the Titanic memorabilia out there.
I have a White Star Line fork, a commemorative dinner bell, a statuette of Captain E.J. Smith, a piece
of recovered coal, and my prize... some rust from a Titanic hull plate. TITANIC METAL!
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