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Love Boat makes its final run to Turkish scrap heap
The Chicago Tribune ^ | August 7, 2013 | Reuters

Posted on 08/08/2013 4:22:31 PM PDT by re_tail20

The MS Pacific, a cruise ship made famous by the popular U.S. 1970s television show "The Love Boat," has sailed its final voyage to a ship-breaking yard on Turkey's Aegean Sea coast, a shipping group said on Wednesday.

Called the Pacific Princess when it was on the long-running comedy, the iconic 13,500-tonne, 171-m-long (561-foot-long) vessel will be stripped for its metal and parts, said Ersin Ceviker of the Ship Recyclers' Association of Turkey.

Aaron Spelling's "The Love Boat," starring Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain, ran on the U.S. television network ABC from 1977 to 1986. The show was set on board the Pacific Princess, which mainly sailed from California to the Mexican Riveria.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: loveboat; loveexcitingandnew
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To: GreyFriar

Thanks for the Love Boat ping.


21 posted on 08/08/2013 8:41:56 PM PDT by zot
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To: re_tail20
My POS second wife loved that idiot show, which I ridiculed at great length.

No, we were not very compatible..........

22 posted on 08/08/2013 10:40:52 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: re_tail20

23 posted on 08/09/2013 4:43:31 AM PDT by FlJoePa ("Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good")
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To: re_tail20

What was the deal with those pastel-ly wrinkle free, skin tones and set colors in those 70s TV shows? Everything looked like various flavors of sherbet.


24 posted on 08/09/2013 5:03:50 AM PDT by Drawsing
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To: boop

I was thinking those “washed up” stars were a helluva lot more talented and interesting than the crap that passes for celebrity today.


25 posted on 08/09/2013 5:52:44 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: dsrtsage; Impy; Perdogg; GOPsterinMA
She was adorable in 1977, I had a crush on her as a little kid...

But, alas, this was her in 2010...


26 posted on 08/09/2013 5:59:45 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; Perdogg; GOPsterinMA; sickoflibs

Your image from 2010 must have been so hideous that the website removed it to protect itself!

What a shame, for her.

As for the boat I would have thought that would be valuable to some rich collector of memorabilia.


27 posted on 08/09/2013 6:14:56 AM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; dsrtsage; Impy; Perdogg; GOPsterinMA
This says it all

Then

more recently:

28 posted on 08/09/2013 6:21:37 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US Citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: sickoflibs

Dear lord, why did FR defenses break down when you posted it?! ;)


29 posted on 08/09/2013 6:28:10 AM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: Impy

Did you check the link you posted? Perhaps the picture is pulled or you made a typo.


30 posted on 08/09/2013 6:35:01 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US Citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: Impy

FR wouldnt disable the picture if it was offensive, they would delete the comment.


31 posted on 08/09/2013 6:36:34 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US Citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: Impy

It’s actually her profile picture on IMDb. It should be showing, just right-click “show picture” again. It’s not awful, given her former drug habit, but sadly what happens to attractive women regardless... the horror known as “aging.”


32 posted on 08/09/2013 6:36:34 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: chronicles

My family took the Pacific Princess from Anchorage, Ak through British Columbia to Vancouver in the 90’s. The nice part about PP as compared to the larger cruise ships was that she could cruise deep into the fjords in and around Glacier Bay. She had maneuvering motors below the waterline that allowed her to 360 in spot. We got much closer to glaciers and we were able to experience ice calves up close. Food as good as any cruise line. The exercise room was a bit cramped.


33 posted on 08/09/2013 6:41:55 AM PDT by Magnum44 (I have had just about enough)
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To: sickoflibs; fieldmarshaldj

LOL I know, I was kidding. I was razzing DJ for posting what I assumed was a bad link.

However the address is correct and the pic shows up when I go to to it so I don’t know why it doesn’t show up here (for me at least).


34 posted on 08/09/2013 7:01:22 AM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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