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Tape Shows Man Fell Overboard From Cruise
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| 17 May 2006
| Jennifer Kay
Posted on 05/17/2006 8:24:01 PM PDT by beezdotcom
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To: KurtZ
They are drinking out of mouthwash bottles because the ships make allot of money off the bar. And when people bring their own liqor they spend less money at the bar.
To: beezdotcom
dumb drunk...I dont feel much pity for him...tough way to die though
To: stuck_in_new_orleans
Maybe he went in search of Davey Jones' Locker.
To: LauraleeBraswell
They are drinking out of mouthwash bottles because the ships make allot of money off the bar. And when people bring their own liquor they spend less money at the bar. Ah, this had not occurred to me. Sounds like my senior class trip in high school ;p
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posted on
05/17/2006 8:56:42 PM PDT
by
KurtZ
(The walrus was Paul)
To: Purrcival
If a security camera picked that up, wasn't it being monitored? Some may disagree, but I suspect it's not a very effective use of manpower to assign a dozen or so crew members to man every single camera at every single angle 24/7 just in case some drunk decides to go overboard sometime during a cruise. "All right, crew, monitor those cameras and for God's sake, don't blink!"
To: fso301
"Which means he scraped along the length of the hull and possibly went through the screws. Chum is the word that comes to mind." Yup. Barnacles on the sides/bottom are like thousands of razor blades.
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posted on
05/17/2006 9:02:48 PM PDT
by
blam
To: Cementjungle; vox humana
Never cease to be amazed department: Whenever a young life is cut short through actions that any one of us were more than capable of when we were his age...and when his or her family is driven deep into grief by the absurd accident ...a good number of Freeper assholes rush forward to say Darwin at work, Natural selection at work, and all the rest of the unbelievably unfeeling things that are said when a soul has vanished tragically.
Do you really think you're superior, or even wiser, because you were lucky enough to survive all the stupid, reckless things you did in your day?
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posted on
05/17/2006 9:04:25 PM PDT
by
John Robertson
(Even if we disagree now, we may agree later. Or vice versa.)
To: beezdotcom
I've never been on a cruise ship. How easy is it to fall overboard?
susie
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posted on
05/17/2006 9:07:38 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
To: Larry Lucido
True enough. Another poster above noted that the thing has 15 decks and over 3,000 passengers. That would be a logistical nightmare to babysit everyone.
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posted on
05/17/2006 9:10:47 PM PDT
by
Purrcival
(Curses! Roved again!)
To: LauraleeBraswell
The cruise ships want to make money off their own liquor, it's not a safety thing. IT's a money thing. You mean there is profit in those $7 drinks? So its a profit thing.
To: fso301
OK, that's a little more detail than I wanted to visualize.
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posted on
05/17/2006 9:12:00 PM PDT
by
Purrcival
(Curses! Roved again!)
To: brytlea
I've never been on a cruise ship. How easy is it to fall overboard? There is about a 4' railing that you would have to fall over. Pretty tricky unless you are really drunk.
To: beezdotcom
Now, now! Just cuz that's what you'd be doing, doesn't mean everybody does it! :P
Sad story any way you look at it. Most people do dumb things at that age - not all of us pay with our life. Thoughts and prayers for his friends and family.
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posted on
05/17/2006 9:16:20 PM PDT
by
derllak
To: Always Right
Thanks for the info. I suppose when I go cruising, I'd better stay sober.
susie
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posted on
05/17/2006 9:28:27 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
To: boomop1
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posted on
05/17/2006 9:31:31 PM PDT
by
Free ThinkerNY
((((Truth to a Liberal, is like a crucifix to a vampire))))
To: beezdotcom
The kid might have been puking over the railing and lost his balance.
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posted on
05/17/2006 9:36:28 PM PDT
by
Rockpile
To: brytlea
I've never been on a cruise ship. How easy is it to fall overboard?
Well, it's harder for a sober person - like someone here said, he was probably puking over the railing, and got dizzy while doing it, and leaned all the way over.
To: fso301
"Which means he scraped along the length of the hull and possibly went through the screws. Chum is the word that comes to mind."
What do you do with a drunken sailor?
What do you do with a drunken sailor?
What do you do with a drunken sailor?
Earli in the morning!
Keel haul him till he's sober
Keel haul him till he's sober
Keel haul him till he's sober
Earli in the morning!
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posted on
05/17/2006 9:44:31 PM PDT
by
DocRock
To: Joan912
If he did survive the fall, he was probably the soberest he'd ever been when he came up to the surface.
What a horrible, stupid thing to do to oneself and one's loved ones.
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posted on
05/17/2006 9:46:56 PM PDT
by
skr
(We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.-- Ronald Reagan)
To: DocRock
I remember that from the Kingston Trio's "Hungry i" album...
CA....
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posted on
05/17/2006 10:14:07 PM PDT
by
Chances Are
(Whew! It seems I've once again found that silly grin!)
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