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A new exhibit joins the Titanic

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Inky_Wretch, Jun 19, 2023.

  1. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    You couldn’t pay me to dive in this thing. Yet they got billionaires to pay them to do it.

     
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  2. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

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  3. SixToe

    SixToe Well-Known Member

    Some people with money are dumber than a bag of rocks.

    (which also would sink two miles into the ocean)
     
  4. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    Don't ever read or watch anything about the Confederate submarine Hunley. It gives me the shivers to think about being one of those guys in that thing. If I ride in a multi-passenger van, I have to sit by the door, or I start getting anxious.
     
  5. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    They need a hatch. And a squirming hatch blower.

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  6. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    When I was a kid going to Boys Club summer camp, we had a song about the Titanic that we sang on the bus. I can still remember it about 60 years later.

    Oh, they built the ship Titanic, to sail the ocean blue.
    And they thought they had a ship that water wouldn't go through.
    But the good Lord raised his hand, said the ship would never land,
    It was sad when the great ship went down.

    It was sad, so sad.
    It was sad, so sad.
    It was sad when the great ship went down (to the bottom of the....)
    Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives,
    It was sad when the great ship went down.

    Of course, kids being kids, there was an alternate line to the "husbands and wives."

    Uncles and aunts, little children lost their pants.

     
  7. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    The last sentence is total bullshit.
     
  8. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

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  9. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

  10. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    If you're in Belfast, go see the Titanic museum. I thought it'd be a bunch of pap, but it was in-depth and well done. Not sure it's worth the $40, but it's a lot better than I expected.
     
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  11. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    When we were in Belfast we opted for a black cab tour of the city instead of Titanic. The tour was fascinating but the others on our bus who went to Titanic thought it was great.
     
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  12. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    Fair enough. However, there was a thorough investigation and Grissom was exonerated of wrongdoing. Philip Kaufman's depiction in the film version of The Right Stuff is terrible history.
     
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