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23rd September 2010, 00:49 #1
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A mistake of "Titanic" consequence?
After all these years it would almost be a shame to find out it was a coverup.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100922/...n_titanic_book
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23rd September 2010, 07:07 #2
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Before you even got there, the biggest thing which contributed to the ship going down was a man with a red pen in an office somewhere.
Costs were cut all over the ship because White Star presumably wanted lower the immense capital costs of arguably the three most expensive ships in the world at the time.
Of her two sister ship, HMHS Britannic struck a mine and was the largest ship lost during the Great War, but RMS Olympic led a full life and was ultimately scrapped so that funds could be made available for the Queen Mary (which you can stay on as a hotel ship. I did).
I find it strangely ironic that the former offices of White Star at 1 Cockspur St, Westminster are now the Texas Embassy Steakhouse.
What was once the White Star is now the Lone Star?The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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23rd September 2010, 07:52 #3
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Originally Posted by Rollo
The Titanic was living proof man doesn't know everything circa 1910...and we would do well to learn that lesson on occasion when we figure have all the answers on a lot of things to do with nature and science..."Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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23rd September 2010, 10:17 #4
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Originally Posted by airshifterAll other opinions are wrong....
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23rd September 2010, 16:50 #5
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Originally Posted by Rollo“If everything's under control, you're going too slow.” Mario Andretti
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