January 20, 2012: Italian Cruise Ship
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This is a satellite pic of the Italian Cruise Ship that capsized recently. Take a look at the full pic
here to get a sense of scale.
Looks like you can almost step right across to the rocks without getting your feet wet.
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Shopped.
Nice pic. That sucker is huge. Maybe scale it down a bit the next time.:right:
When did it become the 20th? :-)
what's up with that tapeworm?
When did it become the 20th? :-)
He's part Samoan.
What a huge load of ship!
what's up with that tapeworm?
It's a paramecium.
I didn't realize it was vertical. That is frightening!
Look at the tiny hull.
New cruise ships are like the man who built his house on sand.
Is he related to the man who bought a dog and walked it all at once?
I guess this is the rock that jumped out at him.
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A wanton act of aggression on the part of that rock!
Will those Somalians stop at nothing?
Wonton? They had the wreck catered?
Parts of that hull look like it's made out of plastic.
When I first saw that picture I thought it was a giant shark with a rock in its mouth.
Go look again.
When I first saw that picture I thought it was a giant shark with a rock in its mouth.
Go look again.
So I was looking at the first picture and thinking 'huh what?'
But you're right, the other picture is definitely a shark eating a rock!
We're going to need a bigger boat!
During an interview on Triple M radio in Adelaide this morning, Mr Abbott [Leader of the Federal opposition, who has repeatedly campaigned on a paranoid STOP THE BOATS!!! anti-refugee platform; ZG] made light of the situation.
"This is a bit from left field mate, the captain of the Costa Concordia wants to know if you need any help with your boat policy?" the Triple M announcer said.
"Well, that was one boat that did get stopped, wasn't it," Mr Abbot replied, to laughter.
It's a paramecium.
Um.. No. You have it wrong. It's a Euglena.
What a huge load of ship!
Like the scumbag captain's Ego!
And that rock? No, not the one that bit it. That's a local one the ship landed on. The fatal blow occurred about a mile away.
Um.. No. You have it wrong. It's a Euglena.
OMG you're right. How embarrassing, after I proclaimed my eternal love for Euglena in the Favorite One-celled Organism thread. I'm so cilia. Someone should flagellate me. :p:
:D But IM, for two in one sentence you must stand in the Pun Corner for 10 min.
I LOVE the pun corner!
(rushes to corner)
:)
:D But IM, for two in one sentence you must stand in the Pun Corner for 10 min.
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But LL, for not knowing how to count, you must stand in the math corner for ten minutes. After that, another ten minutes in the basic sentence structure corner.
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But LL, for not knowing how to count, you must stand in the math corner for ten minutes. After that, another ten minutes in the basic sentence structure corner.
So that's, like, what, 30 minutes altogether?
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But LL, for not knowing how to count, you must stand in the math corner for ten minutes. After that, another ten minutes in the basic sentence structure corner.
Now now, there are enough corners for us all. All four of us. :rolleyes:
The rest of them can go *#&#% themselves in Perfectland, where every room is perfectly round.
And they go around the squirrel.
:lol:
I slay me.
So that's, like, what, 30 minutes altogether?
around that...
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Shopped.
Nice pic. That sucker is huge. Maybe scale it down a bit the next time.:right:
So.....is the pic 'shopped or not?
So.....is the pic 'shopped or not?
No! Not shopped at all.
Unless you have as much bread as Bill Gates and such, you cannot shop this ship :)
Ship Facts
Lenght: 290 .00 m
Beam: 36.00 m
Draft: 8.00 m
Gross Tonnage : 114,500 m.t.
Passengers: 3,700
Crew: 1,100
Decks: 17
Engine: Wartsila, 12-cylinder
Power: 12,000 kW
Speed: 23.0 kn
Built: 2006
Shipyard: Fincantieri Yards
Price: [COLOR="Red"]600 [/COLOR]millions USD
Some of those numbers need updating...
Unless you have as much bread as Bill Gates and such, you cannot shop this ship :)
Ship Facts
Length: 290 .00 m
[strike]Beam[/strike] height: 36.00 m
Draft: [strike]8.00 m[/strike] more than we thought
Gross Tonnage : 114,500 m.t.
Passengers: [strike]3,700[/strike] Don't go there
Crew: [strike]1,100[/strike] Ditto
[strike]Decks[/strike] canyons: 17
Engine: Wartsila, 12-cylinder
Power: [strike]12,000 kW[/strike] Not a lot
Speed: [strike]23.0 kn[/strike] Even less
Built: 2006
Shipyard: Fincantieri Yards
Price: [COLOR="Red"]600 [/COLOR]millions USD
Thanks Zen, I just woke everyone up with my laughing
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more than we thought
Lotsa pics.
#16 made me think of the expression 'rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic'.
I think this is a case where the problem comes down to top management.
#16 made me think of the expression 'rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic'.
'rearranging deck chairs on the starboard walls of each room on the Titanic'.
Thanks Zen, I just woke everyone up with my laughing
height
more than we thought
WHS :lol:
"There are three things I like about being on an Italian cruise ship. First, their cuisine is unsurpassed. Second, their service is superb. And then, in time of emergency, there is none of this nonsense about women and children first."
– Winston Churchill
Probably an urban legend, but two people in my choir say that the music playing on the cruise ship when it hit the rock was "My Heart Will Go On".
Ironic if true, but probably not.
Nah. For one thing, a ship that big has got several clubs and/or ballrooms per deck, which would each have different music playing.
What they meant to say was they wished Celine Dion had been steering, as she'd have no doubt done a better job.
- and corporations do not die
Please explain in the context of Kodak, Borders Books, Mervyns, and Northwest Airlines.
Please explain in the context of Kodak, Borders Books, Mervyns, and Northwest Airlines.
Reincarnation.:rolleyes:
A pic from inside:
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Pretty creepy.. It's amazing a whole lot more people didn't cash it in.
The captain of the Costa Concordia started his new job today.
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The Costa Concordia is stuck on rocks. The only reason why it has not slipped into a 200 foot undersea canyon. A major rescue operation has been ongoing for almost two years. This should be months or less from righting and floating the Concordia from its crash site.
The ship must be righted and raised from existing rocks without sliding sideways into deeper water. Otherwise the wreck can become an ecological disaster to a sensitive and protected reserve.
This engineering feat is so significant that is should be reported live.
Who is the insurance agent who sold them the policy?
He's dead. He was lost overboard on a subsequent cruise.
I should begin in hours (on Monday).
Washington Post
9/15/13
Shipwrecked Concordia wrested off Italian reef yet operation slowed by delays and cable glitch
GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy — Using a vast system of steel cables and pulleys,
maritime engineers on Monday gingerly winched the massive hull of the Costa Concordia
off the reef where the cruise ship capsized near an Italian island in January 2012.
But progress in pulling the heavily listing luxury liner to an upright position
was going much slower than expected. Delays meant the delicate operation
— originally scheduled from dawn to dusk Monday —
was not expected to be completed before Tuesday morning.<snip>
Engineers used remote controls to guide a synchronized system of pulleys,
counterweights and huge chains that were looped under the Concordia’s carcass
to delicately nudge the ship free from its rocky seabed. A few hours into the operation,
four of those cables became slack and threatened to become entangled with other cables,
forcing the winching to halt for an hour while workers fixed the problem,
Costa engineer Franco Porcellacchia said.
Later in the rotation process, a series of tanks on the exposed side
of the hull will be filled with water to help pull it down.
That phase should rotate the ship faster than the winching, Porcellacchia said.
As the hull is moved upright, it will come to rest on an underwater platform:
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Yes. Here is the ship NEW and NOW
Looks like some of the 'new' rubbed off.
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