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Posted on 07/14/2005 3:23:55 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
ok, found it on the map, southern part of California. Not very close! : (
Southern Calif. I'm guessing but it's probably 16-18 hours from here.
Heh! As a favor once I flew to a distance airport to pick up and bring a newlywed couple home from their honeymoon trip. Well, everything was great until we had a run-in with a small thunderstorm on the way back. After landing and parking the airplane, the bride kissed the ground lovingly and promised to never again leave it....... : )
I think Deaconjim was stationed in San Diego a while back.
LOL! : )
He told me the name of his ship but I can't remember. Kennedy? Dunno.
San Diego is in California. :-) She's nearer to it then you and I are! :-)
I agree, had my experience with that too. : (
Was the engine running when it caught on fire?
The ferry was the Blue Nose. It was horrible. The boat pitched and rolled so much that nothing would stay on shelves or tables, swinging doors wouldn't stay shut, and it was a considerable effort just to get anywhere without falling down. After that we took the Scotia prince, which was also a cruise liner. That was much, much better and far more comfortable.
She still had her bottle of champagne in her hands but it was well shaken by then..........
Isnt it strange how we change when we get older? I used to LOVE all the fairgound rides, upside down, spinning, didnt faze me one bit! I loved to do parascending, rock climbing, handgliding, windsailing.....now the thought of most of those turns my stomach, just riding up amd down the hills in the Ozarks made me queazy! LOL
I dont care for champagne, but none the less, it would have been empty had I been holding it! LOL
Seems like it died and I tried to start it and it flamed. The workers pushed it off .
It has been said that you can go to the very front of the boat and look at the far horizon will help. Anyway, it seemed to work for me.
Even worse, we used to make fun of all the old fogeys......
Now look at us. : )
Best I can remember she also had a champagne glass in her hand too. Wish I had made a picture. : )
You are lucky that the fire did not do much damage. Onboard a ferry is a bad place to have an engine fire.
Well, YEAH! I'd love to have one too, but those darned things cost as much as a car! And knowing me, I'd mow the fence down with it. You'd have to have a 40 acre field just to turn it around, but boy would you get through mowing in a hurry.
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