tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post8317879930194502569..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Fullbore FridayCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-47147095463381193702012-01-28T02:37:29.694-05:002012-01-28T02:37:29.694-05:00I watched A Night To Remember last night. A much b...I watched A Night To Remember last night. A much better movie than James Cameron's Titanic.SCOTTtheBADGERnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-54478692606418509472012-01-27T13:57:05.859-05:002012-01-27T13:57:05.859-05:00You have to look the right picture, but there'...You have to look the right picture, but there's a freaking big ass chunk of rock stuck in the gash...about the size of your average subarban two car garage. And the rock was OUT OF THE WATER in CLEAR FREAKING SIGHT!Byronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-89058009024796265382012-01-27T13:15:08.504-05:002012-01-27T13:15:08.504-05:00And then there is a different breed of Italian...F...And then there is a different breed of Italian...Fabrizio Quattrocchi. "<i>Vi faccio vedere come muore un Italiano!</i>" - <span>"I'll show you how an Italian dies!" He was then shot in the back of the neck.</span><sup></sup><a href="" rel="nofollow"><span><span><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></span></span></a><sup></sup><a href="" rel="nofollow"><span><span><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></span></span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrizio_Quattrocchi" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrizio_Quattrocchi</a>alex wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-40821025090579318262012-01-27T13:06:33.267-05:002012-01-27T13:06:33.267-05:00A friend was onboard the Ille de France when it pi...A friend was onboard the Ille de France when it picked up passangers after the Andrea Doria/Stockholm crash. He said the first boats to arrive all had crewmembers from the AD. The Captain of the IdF refused to allow them onboard - until they jumped out of the lifeboats into the water.<br /><br />To this day my friend refuses to sail on Italian liners.andrewdbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-44451939468666108862012-01-27T08:05:07.487-05:002012-01-27T08:05:07.487-05:00Robert Copeland, Lt. Cdr, USS Samuel B. Roberts, D...Robert Copeland, Lt. Cdr, USS Samuel B. Roberts, DE-413Byronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-43499401628494326862012-01-27T08:00:52.081-05:002012-01-27T08:00:52.081-05:00Ernest Evans on JOHNSTON...Ernest Evans on JOHNSTON...bullnavnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-62352992145274640512012-01-27T04:22:13.913-05:002012-01-27T04:22:13.913-05:00For those SWOs who want to know how the hell could...For those SWOs who want to know how the hell could this have happened, go here and click on the .wmv file to get a complete minute by minute (accellerated) recreation of the ships course from just before Costa Concordia hit the rocks (which were visible above the water) till she floated (not under power, just wind and tide) on shoal water):<br /><br /><a href="http://www.qps.nl/display/qastor/2012/01/17/20120117_stranding" rel="nofollow">http://www.qps.nl/display/qastor/2012/01/17/20120117_stranding</a><br /><br />Also, unlike the statements made by the captain, this course was nothing like ones taken before to "wave at the island".Byronnoreply@blogger.com