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Forum: Current Events

10-02-2019, 12:11 PM

Replies: 65

Duck boat

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Posted By Diaphone Jim

I contribute about $30 a year. I get thousands...

I contribute about $30 a year.
I get thousands back in information.
Remember the Encyclopedias Americana and Britannica?
Huge and hugely expensive with updates yearly. Yearly!

I also use...

Forum: Current Events

09-23-2019, 05:47 PM

Replies: 65

Duck boat

Views: 6,532

Posted By Diaphone Jim

The ship Hyundai Glovis Golden Ray is said to...

The ship Hyundai Glovis Golden Ray is said to have developed a serious list of 80 degrees and then overturned and capsized, ending up on the bottom (in water about half its width) with a tilt of 90...

Forum: Current Events

09-09-2019, 02:01 PM

Replies: 65

Duck boat

Views: 6,532

Posted By Diaphone Jim

I assume a reply here will bring it forward for...

I assume a reply here will bring it forward for additional comment on the terms "capsize" and "overturn."

Did this vessel do either as all reports report?
...

Forum: Current Events

11-09-2018, 06:38 PM

Replies: 65

Duck boat

Views: 6,532

Posted By Diaphone Jim

One of the two "captains", the one who did the...

One of the two "captains", the one who did the water part, was indicted yesterday on 17 counts of misconduct leading to death.
My original beef was that almost all of the news stories reported that...

Forum: Current Events

08-05-2018, 06:58 PM

Replies: 65

Duck boat

Views: 6,532

Posted By Diaphone Jim

Bruce says above: "What difference does it make...

Bruce says above:
"What difference does it make if it capsized or not. The story is it sank and people died."
Of course that is the story.
This thread, however, is about the media use of the...

Forum: Current Events

08-04-2018, 11:20 AM

Replies: 65

Duck boat

Views: 6,532

Posted By Diaphone Jim

Gee, the second most active thread of all (6)...

Gee, the second most active thread of all (6) I've started.
My original point got lost, however.
I know nothing of Duckboats, but was interested in the fact that the one in Arkansas seemed to...

Forum: Current Events

07-28-2018, 12:31 PM

Replies: 65

Duck boat

Views: 6,532

Posted By Diaphone Jim

Undertoad's quote from a survivor above is the...

Undertoad's quote from a survivor above is the most telling thing I have read.
Some of the folks that made it out were saved by the release of the canopy after the boat was submerged.
That means it...

Forum: Current Events

07-25-2018, 02:37 PM

Replies: 65

Duck boat

Views: 6,532

Posted By Diaphone Jim

Not only do they use "capsizes" in the headline,...

Not only do they use "capsizes" in the headline, they say "overturned" in the text!
I should have said 99 out of 100 news stories say capsized.
The video I can't get over is one that says "Video...

Forum: Current Events

07-25-2018, 12:18 PM

Replies: 65

Duck boat

Views: 6,532

Posted By Diaphone Jim

I can't decide between how, as Bruce says,...

I can't decide between how, as Bruce says, sensational and deadly "capsize" sounds and simple ignorance of the term.

During the gulf oil spill every report for months talked about "syphoning" the...

Forum: Current Events

07-24-2018, 09:01 PM

Replies: 65

Duck boat

Views: 6,532

Posted By Diaphone Jim

Duck boat

Why do you suppose that nine out of ten news reports describe the Duckboat as capsizing when it didn't?
It plain old sank, never coming close to overturning.

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