Posted on 04/15/2025 6:00:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
A Night to Remember.....................
In 1912, the presidente of Mexico traveled to England as part of a friendship tour...While there, he had taste of a condiment that he truly loved....He loved it so much, he thought his people needed to try it...He then, as a starter, ordered 10,000 cases of this condiment to be shipped to the US and then hauled to Mexico...
The ship the condiment was transported on happened to be the Titanic and as we all know, it hit an iceberg and sank...
The presidente felt so bad his people would not get the condiment that he declared a holiday in its memory...
The sinking of all the mayonaise is how Sinko De Mayo began....
The band on the Titanic stayed at their posts, and played as the ship went down. Heroes all.
Ah, but they were not White Star employees. The liner had contracted with another company to provide the musicians. After the sinking, that company billed the musicians’ families for the cost of the unreturned band uniforms.
How’s that for heartless?
(Public outcry forced the music company to back down.)
Not enough lifeboats and many of those that were launched were not loaded to full capacity.
Had they taken every mattress on teh ship and used them as life preservers, many more could have been saved................
My Grandfather was one of the early Amateur Radio Operators who built His own Radios and Antenna and was always trying out different kinds and types of Antenna. I ran across a few of His drawings and notes a long time ago. There were also several letters from the other Radio Operators He had made contact with including RCA, CBS, NBC & G.E. along with some of His notes and one was about hearing an SOS from the Titanic. Grandfather contacted the authorities to pass on the information. Nobody would believe Him and they said that the Titanic was “unsinkable”...
Yes! And of course one problem was that there were no lifeboat drills for the crew and passengers while at sea.
The ship had many things that could have been made into makeshift lift rafts etc.
Good observation!
Building Radio Sets is an Art Amigo !
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Loved that stuff !
I placed my hand on the Titanic once.
I own a piece of Titanic coal.
From where?................
The 3 NY bankers that could have stopped the Federal Reserve from ever being created died on that voyage.
I wish that I was a few years older so I could have known Him, there’s a picture of Him holding Me as a baby but He passed away before that.
They held drills for the crew the morning of departure at daybreak. They lowered several of the boats and rowed around and then hoisted them back up.
(I placed my hand on the Titanic once.
I own a piece of Titanic coal.)
Well what do you know, so do I. Mine is in a small glass case with a plaque with my name engraved on it as owner of Titanic coal anthracite. It comes with a certificate of authenticity. I actually purchased it from RMS Titanic LTD in 1996 after the owner, George Tulloch, obtained salvage rights to the Titanic. Mine comes from the 1994 salvage expedition. I have it on my fireplace mantel to this day.
Yuppers...
My Grandpa Jimmy took me camping in the Big Bear Mountains laying in the foundations.
The Circle of Life.
Ping
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