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Breaking News: London's Cutty Sark On Fire
Sky News ^ | Monday May 21, 2007 | SkyNews

Posted on 05/20/2007 10:04:21 PM PDT by FreedomCalls

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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I feel the same way about this as I do when a classic plane is destroyed in a crash but the pilot gets out OK. Kind of sick to know there will never be another one.


21 posted on 05/20/2007 10:21:54 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Tragic...I love seeing the old sailing ships....

A few days after seeing the Cutty Sark, I got to see the Bicentennial parade of tall ships on July 4, 1976 in New York harbor from about an altitude of 15,000 feet in a red Branniff 727.

22 posted on 05/20/2007 10:23:59 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Tragic...I love seeing the old sailing ships....

A few days after seeing the Cutty Sark, I got to see the Bicentennial parade of tall ships on July 4, 1976 in New York harbor from about an altitude of 15,000 feet in a red Branniff 727.

23 posted on 05/20/2007 10:24:00 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: FreedomCalls; Slings and Arrows; Brucifer; uamadan; Ann Coulter

*ping*


24 posted on 05/20/2007 10:24:33 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Petronski

oh


25 posted on 05/20/2007 10:25:30 PM PDT by Mo1 ( http://www.gohunter08.com)
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To: FreedomCalls

I guess the one good thing is that the masts and spars had already been removed and could possibly be restored.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/6180614.stm


26 posted on 05/20/2007 10:25:44 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: Moonman62
Renovations and fires seem to go together.

When I was stationed in Sasebo, Japan the base HQ building (dating from pre-WWII Japanese Navy) was gutted by a fire during renovations. The irony was they were installing a modern sprinkler system.

Back on topic, it will be a real shame if the Cutty Sark is lost.

27 posted on 05/20/2007 10:26:20 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY (Calling illegal aliens undocumented workers is like calling drug dealers unlicensed pharmacist)
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To: FreedomCalls

But go to Mayfair and see all the muslims you can handle!


28 posted on 05/20/2007 10:30:36 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Mo1

I believe it was Samuel Clemens who called America and Britain “two nations separated by a common language.”


29 posted on 05/20/2007 10:30:50 PM PDT by Petronski (Ron Paul will never be President of the United States.)
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To: FreedomCalls
Oh, it's the ship, Cutty Sark.

For a moment there, I was afraid JimRob might have to close FR.
30 posted on 05/20/2007 10:31:13 PM PDT by George W. Bush
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To: Age of Reason
"Very sad. Beautiful ship."

Yes, very sad. The first ship model I built was of the Cutty Sark (means "Petticoat". Proably referred to the bow wave she threw up as she sliced through the water. She was one fast vessel.)

31 posted on 05/20/2007 10:31:30 PM PDT by redhead ("If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking." -- Patton)
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To: GATOR NAVY
Back on topic, it will be a real shame if the Cutty Sark is lost.

At least I know what I will be drinking if she is destroyed.

32 posted on 05/20/2007 10:32:56 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: restornu

When I saw the title the first image that popped into my mind was John Belushi after they took the bar in Animal House.


33 posted on 05/20/2007 10:34:22 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Moonman62

“...the whole gawddamned bar! Even the stuff we didn’t steal!”


34 posted on 05/20/2007 10:36:22 PM PDT by Petronski (Ron Paul will never be President of the United States.)
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To: Petronski

LOL!


35 posted on 05/20/2007 10:39:27 PM PDT by jdm
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To: Mo1
The article didn't say alright. It said alight.
36 posted on 05/20/2007 10:41:06 PM PDT by El Gran Salseron (The World-Famous, popular DJ and FReeper Canteen Certified, Equal-Opportunity, Male-Chauvinist-Pig!)
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To: FreedomCalls

Bush’s fault!


37 posted on 05/20/2007 10:41:20 PM PDT by Srirangan
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To: FreedomCalls
I used to do restoration work on antique boats.

The techniques and materials to build a ship like that correctly have been lost to history and stupidity. This is a tragic loss of an irreplaceable artifact.

38 posted on 05/20/2007 10:42:51 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (Duncan Hunter for President)
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To: El Gran Salseron
The article didn't say alright. It said alight.

It looks like somebody owes you a cookie.

39 posted on 05/20/2007 10:44:50 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: IncPen; BartMan1

ping


40 posted on 05/20/2007 10:50:14 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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