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Title: Titanic 100 years
Post by: Rods2 on 14 April 2012, 23:44:43
At about 11:40pm on 14th April 1912 Titanic hit the iceberg...  :'(

My next door neighbour's family have been on TV several times in the last 3 weeks where his Grandad Robert Hichens was the helmsman at the wheel when it struck the iceberg.  :-[

So this calamitous event would have been happening now.  :(
Title: Re: Titanic 100 years
Post by: albitz on 15 April 2012, 06:06:28
Tbh, Im sick and tired of hearing about the bloody thing.Cant turn on the TV or the radio at the moment but someone is rattling on about it. Belfast now has a "Titanic quarter" with all the 'dangle berries' you would expect that goes with something like that.
Meanwhile the average Belfast man in the street keeps asking why they keep making a big deal about a ship which was built there and sunk on its maiden voyage.It brings in ££££ from gullible tourists though. ::)
Title: Re: Titanic 100 years
Post by: b4ndit on 15 April 2012, 08:07:19
got to agree with you Albs starting to get on my nerves now
Title: Re: Titanic 100 years
Post by: Amigo on 16 April 2012, 20:45:42
Sympathies with you neighbours. A potentially lovely vessel. More radio needed! When the god awful film came out in 97 i was forced to pretend to enjoy the overpriced video with my then Mrs & got a proper bollocking because i fell asleep. All i remember was a chirpy little kid Caprio shouting "this way, this way when the corridoors were filling up & some silly tart singing "Will go on & on & on & on & on!" Blimey did'nt she go on?

  That said i think the real story is way more interesting than the boring movies. I know where the water got into the floatation tanks some of the rivets could'nt be fitted the "new way" due to a lack of access so two tough old navvies with sledge hammers had to stand one each side & hammer against eachother before said rivets lost temperature. Given she was built in Ireland & "delivered" to Southampton without a hitch i love the way the Irish rightfully say....

   "She was fine when she left here"!!!!
Title: Re: Titanic 100 years
Post by: TheBoy on 16 April 2012, 20:49:18
When the god awful film came out in 97...  ...because i fell asleep.
I've seen the beginning, I've seen the end. I've never seen it hit the iceberg, I always fall asleep.  I never usually fall asleep during films, but that one gets me every time...
Title: Re: Titanic 100 years
Post by: henryd on 16 April 2012, 21:08:00
When the god awful film came out in 97...  ...because i fell asleep.
I've seen the beginning, I've seen the end. I've never seen it hit the iceberg, I always fall asleep.  I never usually fall asleep during films, but that one gets me every time...

The bit with Kate Winslet with her kit off was worth a look,shame they didn't show us more of her ::)
Title: Re: Titanic 100 years
Post by: TheBoy on 16 April 2012, 21:09:57
When the god awful film came out in 97...  ...because i fell asleep.
I've seen the beginning, I've seen the end. I've never seen it hit the iceberg, I always fall asleep.  I never usually fall asleep during films, but that one gets me every time...

The bit with Kate Winslet with her kit off was worth a look,shame they didn't show us more of her ::)
Bugger, slept through that as well  :'(.  Shit, that means I have to watch it again  :(, hope its worth it ::)
Title: Re: Titanic 100 years
Post by: Vamps on 16 April 2012, 22:04:55
Tbh, Im sick and tired of hearing about the bloody thing.Cant turn on the TV or the radio at the moment but someone is rattling on about it. Belfast now has a "Titanic quarter" with all the 'dangle berries' you would expect that goes with something like that.
Meanwhile the average Belfast man in the street keeps asking why they keep making a big deal about a ship which was built there and sunk on its maiden voyage.It brings in ££££ from gullible tourists though. ::)

Not to mention the £££££'s save by substandard parts which led the the level of damage and the sinking, sub standard rivets and bulkheads that did not go to the roof..... :( :( :(
Title: Re: Titanic 100 years
Post by: PhilRich on 16 April 2012, 22:35:15
Tbh, Im sick and tired of hearing about the bloody thing.Cant turn on the TV or the radio at the moment but someone is rattling on about it. Belfast now has a "Titanic quarter" with all the 'dangle berries' you would expect that goes with something like that.
Meanwhile the average Belfast man in the street keeps asking why they keep making a big deal about a ship which was built there and sunk on its maiden voyage.It brings in ££££ from gullible tourists though. ::)

Not to mention the £££££'s save by substandard parts which led the the level of damage and the sinking, sub standard rivets and bulkheads that did not go to the roof..... :( :( :(








Roof?....ROOF!!! :o ;D ;)
Title: Re: Titanic 100 years
Post by: Vamps on 17 April 2012, 00:31:17
Tbh, Im sick and tired of hearing about the bloody thing.Cant turn on the TV or the radio at the moment but someone is rattling on about it. Belfast now has a "Titanic quarter" with all the 'dangle berries' you would expect that goes with something like that.
Meanwhile the average Belfast man in the street keeps asking why they keep making a big deal about a ship which was built there and sunk on its maiden voyage.It brings in ££££ from gullible tourists though. ::)

Not to mention the £££££'s save by substandard parts which led the the level of damage and the sinking, sub standard rivets and bulkheads that did not go to the roof..... :( :( :(








Roof?....ROOF!!! :o ;D ;)

Well, whatever it is called..... :P
Title: Re: Titanic 100 years
Post by: 05omegav6 on 17 April 2012, 01:36:22
Deckhead :P
Title: Re: Titanic 100 years
Post by: cleggy on 17 April 2012, 09:18:36
Sick of hearing about it to be honest :( I wish the bloody thing had had an uneventful passage to New York never to be heard of again ;D ;D
Title: Re: Titanic 100 years
Post by: tigers_gonads on 17 April 2012, 09:29:44
They made a good job of the swiming pool, its still full of water after all these years  ;D :y
Title: Re: Titanic 100 years
Post by: jaykay on 17 April 2012, 09:38:55
They made a good job of the swiming pool, its still full of water after all these years  ;D :y

I have not stopped laughing yet :y :y
Title: Re: Titanic 100 years
Post by: SteveAvfc. on 17 April 2012, 16:41:46
What,s happened have i missed something ?? anyways prefer Bacardi with my ice.  :y :y
Title: Re: Titanic 100 years
Post by: Rods2 on 17 April 2012, 20:49:29
What,s happened have i missed something ?? anyways prefer Bacardi with my ice.  :y :y

Yep, surprising the damage an overflowing bath can do.  ::) :o ;D ;D ;D ;D