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Edmund Fitzgerald sank 36 years ago, 29 died
Bemidji Pioneer ^
| 11-10-11
| By: Tom Siemers
Posted on 11/10/2011 7:22:43 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB
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The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they called 'Gitche Gumee' ...
To: WOBBLY BOB
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posted on
11/10/2011 7:23:29 AM PST
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
Well now we’ll all have that dreary song stuck in our heads all day.
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posted on
11/10/2011 7:24:08 AM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: Genoa
“Was”? He’s still with us.
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posted on
11/10/2011 7:24:08 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(I stand with Herman Cain.)
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posted on
11/10/2011 7:24:57 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The enemy of my enemy is my candidate.<sup>®</sup>)
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posted on
11/10/2011 7:25:53 AM PST
by
BipolarBob
(I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in.)
To: Genoa
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posted on
11/10/2011 7:25:55 AM PST
by
WOBBLY BOB
(See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
To: ElkGroveDan
I never listened to that whole song (it is so....... repetitious....) until I forced myself to, in the car a couple of years ago.
Was it really 45 minutes long?
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posted on
11/10/2011 7:27:23 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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posted on
11/10/2011 7:27:33 AM PST
by
KC_Lion
(I will NEVER vote for Romney! The GOP will go the way of the Whigs if they nominate him.)
To: dfwgator
Well, yeah, but a little past his prime.
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posted on
11/10/2011 7:27:59 AM PST
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: Izzy Dunne
Was it really 45 minutes long? No, that was Free Bird.
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posted on
11/10/2011 7:28:44 AM PST
by
InvisibleChurch
( go in peace , serve the Lord)
To: WOBBLY BOB
Theories abound as to what happened to the Fitzgerald – including possible UFO involvement. Yeah, UFO's hate Great Lakes ore-carriers.
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posted on
11/10/2011 7:28:59 AM PST
by
PGR88
(I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
To: WOBBLY BOB
I had no idea we were on the anniversary - but at our dinner table last night we were talking about how this song came up in one of our trivia games - Pictionary or one of those type games.
How much payload did the Edmund Fitzgerald carry?
“...with a load of iron ore 26 thousand pound more than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty......”
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posted on
11/10/2011 7:29:05 AM PST
by
C. Edmund Wright
(Moderator of Florida Tea Party Convention Presidential Debate)
To: Genoa
I heard on one of the XM radio stations recently that this song is the most requested by truck drivers...feeling of kinship I suppose.
To: WOBBLY BOB
The ship was named after the CEO of Northwestern Insurance, which owned it.
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posted on
11/10/2011 7:30:51 AM PST
by
WOBBLY BOB
(See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
To: WOBBLY BOB
I worked on Great Lakes ore carriers from 1972 to 1976 (did not sail in 1975-the year the Fitzgerald sank). Have spoken
to US Coast Guard officials and they still are not certain what caused her to sink. Several good explanations but not proven definitively. After the sinking, survial suits became required on the ore carriers, but the Fitzgerald sank
in something like 30 seconds or so-not enough time to put on the suits.
To: Izzy Dunne
To: Izzy Dunne
There’s no bridge to the song that’s why it’s so repetitious. It’s sad, because the lyrics are poetic.
To: WOBBLY BOB
The pilot house ar the bottom of Lake Superior.
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