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RIP Titanic

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100 years ago today, 1,500 people lost their lives when an iceberg gouged a 200 foot long hole in the hull of the Titanic. The ship stayed afloat for only 2 hours and 40 minutes. The panic to get on the lifeboats as the ship was fast going down was intense. There were clubbings and even shootings on board. Those lucky to get on the small craft were rowed away and watched the stern's rise and fall - and the sudden sinking sucked some of the boats back towards the scene. They then had to endure, on a flat calm night, the terrified agonising screams of the men, women and children freezing to death and crying for help in the icy waters. That haunted the survivors until they died. The word "disaster" is overused nowadays. That truly was such. RIP.
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We all saw the movie.
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For an interesting bit of information on "why" the lookouts didn't see the iceberg until about thirty seconds before they ran into it watch the program on the National Geographic Channel. Hint: cold water mirage.
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Whats the big deal? Its just a movie.
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I'm pretty sure Billy Zane's career hit an iceberg
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That happened when I was in university - no way that it happened 100 years ago.

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nafod wrote:I'm pretty sure Billy Zane's career hit an iceberg
If his contract included points he may not care.
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Terry B. wrote:This thread is a disaster.
=D> =D> =D>
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Lik dis if u cry evertim
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Elk wrote:We all saw the movie.
And that's the real tragedy.
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Gorbachev wrote:
Terry B. wrote:This thread is a disaster.
=D> =D> =D>
V. good, Mrs B.
Easy to see who's who here.
WildGorillaMan wrote:Enthusiasm combined with no skill whatsoever can sometimes carry the day.
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Testiclaw wrote:Lik dis if u cry evertim
=D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
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Kraj jumps in to say he ran the icebergs ancestry.com report and that it's Jewish in 5..4..3..
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Jezebel Jones wrote:Kraj jumps in to say he ran the icebergs ancestry.com report and that it's Jewish in 5..4..3..
I don't know the captain's name but am fairly sure he is Jewish.
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Terry B. wrote:
Jezebel Jones wrote:Kraj jumps in to say he ran the icebergs ancestry.com report and that it's Jewish in 5..4..3..
I don't know the captain's name but am fairly sure he is Jewish.
Captain Smith. Fairly sure his mother's maiden name was Blechmann.
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baffled wrote:
Terry B. wrote:
Jezebel Jones wrote:Kraj jumps in to say he ran the icebergs ancestry.com report and that it's Jewish in 5..4..3..
I don't know the captain's name but am fairly sure he is Jewish.
Captain Smith. Fairly sure his mother's maiden name was Blechmann.
I hear that he isn't even in jail.
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Shapecharge wrote:For an interesting bit of information on "why" the lookouts didn't see the iceberg until about thirty seconds before they ran into it watch the program on the National Geographic Channel. Hint: cold water mirage.
That isn't intereseting at all.
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Jezebel Jones wrote:Kraj jumps in to say he ran the icebergs ancestry.com report and that it's Jewish in 5..4..3..
You mean jgmack, he was the loser taking the time to look up Zimmerman on ancestry.com
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I love Discovery Channel. Looking forward to their special tonight on mysterious Nazi shark tank battles on the Titanic.
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Terry B. wrote:
baffled wrote:
Terry B. wrote:
Jezebel Jones wrote:Kraj jumps in to say he ran the icebergs ancestry.com report and that it's Jewish in 5..4..3..
I don't know the captain's name but am fairly sure he is Jewish.
Captain Smith. Fairly sure his mother's maiden name was Blechmann.
I hear that he isn't even in jail.
Booked it to Argentina.
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