Well, today I was supposed to be sailing to the Carribean with my family, unfortunatly...THIS happend: http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2210556

 

 

Now, because the ship had to spend 2 days 'recovering' in Florida, my family and I will leave on Saturday, and get a 50% refund.

lol titanic

At least they're giving a partial refund.

And you still get to go to the Carribean. Bummer about losing a couple days tho.

At least it didn't happen while you were on it.

Exactly. Kind of a lucky escape, maybe?

 

The article says the ship was already tilting when it left port. What could have caused this, but wouldn't have immediately signalled the need to stay in dry dock?

Edited July 21, 200619 yr by SteveThaiBinh

At least it didn't happen while you were on it.

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That was my first thought.

 

Actually, myfirst thought was I hope that neither of those two passengers were either of your parents.

If you were taking Royal Carribean, this never would have happened.

That does suck.

Woah, that was a close call, reminded me slightly of the film Poseidon.

 

Good to hear you weren't on it though, sounds like a scary experience.

Of course he wasn't on the Poseidon! He's not a film star ...

The article says the ship was already tilting when it left port.   What could have caused this, but wouldn't have immediately signalled the need to stay in dry dock?

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Too many fat people moving to that side of the ship?

When I first heard this story it was only a 15 degree tilt, now its a 30 degree tilt?

 

Not one damn person on the boat or reporting the news took geometry?

Yeah, because if they had taken a geometry class, they would have been able to tell the exact degree that it tilted while they were on the ship.

Wow, he's almost as bad as the regular Hades.

My thoughts exactly Pixies, My thoughts exactly.

Darth Hades is his alt. you guys didn't know?

I wouldn't get on that ship even if it was for free. Its jinxed now.

I wouldn't get on that ship if you were on that ship. It'd be jinxed then.

I'd try to get on that ship to add spice to my life.

Run, Gabs. Run before Calax's boy-like love for comic book superheros and Superman/Lois Lane roleplays catches you!

I bet Captain Jack Sparrow would have fixed it.

Run, Gabs. Run before Calax's boy-like love for comic book superheros and Superman/Lois Lane roleplays catches you!

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supes and lois are having... marrige troubles recently. (most significantly the fact lois found a pair of lanas panties in clarks apartment after she got shot while in another country)

Powerful men often think it is their right to have a mistress in addition to "number one wife". I'm thinking particularly of one who had two complete families (wives and children) completely ignorant of each other. (Getty?)

Yeah, because if they had taken a geometry class, they would have been able to tell the exact degree that it tilted while they were on the ship.

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"Not one damn person on the boat or reporting the news took geometry?"

 

Not to mention the captains deck has instruments that tell your how level the ship is and what angle it[']s at.

Edited July 22, 200619 yr by metadigital

Hah, mister textual analysis is on a roll!

 

Wait till the mods see that.