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Titanic 100 years
« 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.  :(
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« Reply #1 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. ::)
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« Reply #2 on: 15 April 2012, 08:07:19 »
got to agree with you Albs starting to get on my nerves now
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Re: Titanic 100 years
« Reply #3 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"!!!!
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Re: Titanic 100 years
« Reply #4 on: 16 April 2012, 20:49:18 »
Quote from: Amigo on 16 April 2012, 20:45:42
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...
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Re: Titanic 100 years
« Reply #5 on: 16 April 2012, 21:08:00 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 16 April 2012, 20:49:18
Quote from: Amigo on 16 April 2012, 20:45:42
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 ::)
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Re: Titanic 100 years
« Reply #6 on: 16 April 2012, 21:09:57 »
Quote from: henryd on 16 April 2012, 21:08:00
Quote from: TheBoy on 16 April 2012, 20:49:18
Quote from: Amigo on 16 April 2012, 20:45:42
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 ::)
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Re: Titanic 100 years
« Reply #7 on: 16 April 2012, 22:04:55 »
Quote from: Albs 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. ::)

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..... :( :( :(
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Re: Titanic 100 years
« Reply #8 on: 16 April 2012, 22:35:15 »
Quote from: Vamps on 16 April 2012, 22:04:55
Quote from: Albs 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. ::)

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 ;)
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Re: Titanic 100 years
« Reply #9 on: 17 April 2012, 00:31:17 »
Quote from: PhilRich on 16 April 2012, 22:35:15
Quote from: Vamps on 16 April 2012, 22:04:55
Quote from: Albs 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. ::)

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
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« Reply #10 on: 17 April 2012, 01:36:22 »
Deckhead :P
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« Reply #11 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
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Re: Titanic 100 years
« Reply #12 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
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Re: Titanic 100 years
« Reply #13 on: 17 April 2012, 09:38:55 »
Quote from: 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

I have not stopped laughing yet :y :y
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Re: Titanic 100 years
« Reply #14 on: 17 April 2012, 16:41:46 »
What,s happened have i missed something ?? anyways prefer Bacardi with my ice.  :y :y
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