At what age did you come across your first Janes (ie like fighting ships)?

[TheWiseWino]

Originally Posted by jay5835

Wow.....................................yourself. I never heard of Janes, or Jane's, before this thread.

Wow...

Jane's Fighting Ships has been the bible for categorizing the world's naval forces since 1898 and I would have expected that anyone with the slightest interest in naval warfare would be intimately aware of its existence and utility. Now published by Jane's Information Group when reading it one has to wonder if it isn't a branch of British military intelligence.

[TheWiseWino]

Originally Posted by jay5835

Wow.....................................yourself. I never heard of Janes, or Jane's, before this thread.

Wow...

Jane's Fighting Ships has been the bible for categorizing the world's naval forces since 1898 and I would have expected that anyone with the slightest interest in naval warfare would be intimately aware of its existence and utility. Now published by Jane's Information Group when reading it one has to wonder if it isn't a branch of British military intelligence. I think that I've been glancing through Jane's from time to time since the late 60's.

[TheWiseWino]

Originally Posted by jay5835

Wow.....................................yourself. I never heard of Janes, or Jane's, before this thread.

Man, upon rereading my post it just seems awful harsh for me to have made such a statement and I apologize for it. I'm just old and just make too many assumptions of what people should know, it was arrogant and uncalled for.

Sincerely,

The Not So Wise As He Should Be Wino.

[sheena12]

Originally Posted by jay5835

Wow.....................................yourself. I never heard of Janes, or Jane's, before this thread.

Neither have I, Jay. And, I have a feeling that I want to keep it that way.

[Arktikos]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

That's not a bad idea, given the context.

Pride and Prejudice and Panzers

Sense and Sensibility and Battleships

For the OP, I came across this book as a preteen, and thought it was the coolest book of all, due to my

interest in constructing plastic models of WWII war ships.

No interest anymore, really, but I would probably take a freebie, like Felix C did.

[Stagemomma]

I'm a librarian, and daughter of a military intelligence analyst.

I know exactly what Jane's is.

Don't know why the OP would expect the average person to know it. Kinda weird, actually.

[Happy in Wyoming]

Originally Posted by TamaraSavannah

Wow............................................... ..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%2...ormation_Group

I'm not surprised that you received a hostile reception. The book forum on c-d is mostly limited to current popular fiction. I subscribe to this subforum, but I rarely find a topic of interest. I love to read and have a large library. I don't find many bibliophiles on c-d. I've found that it's best to post information on nonfiction or actual literature on other fora that deal with specific topics, e.g., history.

I didn't receive a much better response when I tried to discuss the OED II.. I learned that they don't like dictionaries either.

You deserve a rep for your effort, but I cannot yet give you one.

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by skeeter31

I'm sorry. We're supposed to know about some small little publishing company that's made a few books? I too had no idea what you were talking about. Cool the attitude a bit.

Right on.

Hey, if it makes you feel any better - I love history, I love British maritime history in particular, and I had never heard of any of this.

See Jane's Ships Run

Plain Jane Ships

Confessions of a Jane's Ships Addict

Jane's Ship Addiction

Sense and Ships

Lost in Austen's Shipyard

Miss Austen Regrets That She's Seasick

Bridget Jones's Ship

Dick and Jane Take a Cruise

Dick and Jane Join a Maritime Reenactor's Group