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To: Michael Goldsberry
known as the "Mighty O"

After a fire nearly sunk her she became known as "The Torch"

4 posted on 05/17/2006 10:25:25 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Robe

"After a fire nearly sunk her she became known as "The Torch" "

Hmmmm... McCain was on this ship and the Forest fire, er, Forrestal. Maybe it's him? *kidding*


7 posted on 05/17/2006 10:34:58 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's not a war on terror... it's a war with islam.)
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To: Robe
I think very few people realize how this ship, enshrined in Gulf waters, will become a literal "seafood farm" and will benefit everyone.

Every bit of fish caught (within the legal limits) there will end up on someone's plate, no matter who it was that caught it. At today's prices, nobody throws away or wastes a red snapper or a grouper.

They put her in a good place for fishing. She's surrounded by a virtual "underwater desert" with no features on the bottom to hold fish. There is a huge "housing shortage" for fish in the Gulf. The little ones need a place to hide and the bigger ones need a place to hunt for the little ones.

When you catch a fish from one of these reefs (artificial or otherwise) his 'apartment' becomes available and the next tenant moves in. It's the closest thing to a true "win-win" situation I've ever seen.

12 posted on 05/17/2006 10:44:06 AM PDT by capt. norm (W.C. Fields: "Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.")
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To: Robe
A business associate of mine served on the USS King, and he said that THEIR nickname for her was "The Big Nothing."
26 posted on 05/17/2006 11:29:12 AM PDT by BeHoldAPaleHorse ( ~()):~)>)
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