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Historic SS United States is ordered out of its berth in Philadelphia. Can it find new shores?
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| June 17, 2024
Posted on 06/17/2024 2:59:26 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin
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So no back rent is due, but the ship must find a new berth. We have money for all kinds of government waste, but none to refurbish a national treasure as a floating hotel.
To: Dr. Franklin
Yes where are all the wealthy liberal grandstanders when we really need one?
To: Dr. Franklin
From the article: “On that voyage, the ship crossed the Atlantic in three days, 10 hours and 40 minutes, besting the RMS Queen Mary’s time by 10 hours. To this day, the SS United States holds the transatlantic speed record for an ocean liner.”
But just wait until they make the EV version!
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posted on
06/17/2024 3:05:55 PM PDT
by
Stosh
To: Dr. Franklin
Pay the rent, or out you go. Before Covid, it was that way everywhere.
To: Dr. Franklin
Oh, that is just another piece of Americana and therefore needs to be cancelled.
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posted on
06/17/2024 3:06:28 PM PDT
by
odawg
To: Dr. Franklin
Need to scrap it. It’s not the Titanic. And it’s not “cool” like an aircraft carrier.
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posted on
06/17/2024 3:10:45 PM PDT
by
lightman
(I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
To: Dr. Franklin
Always have loved the SS US. Never sailed aboard her, but I built the Revell model when I was nine or ten, c. 1959.
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posted on
06/17/2024 3:11:09 PM PDT
by
Hebrews 11:6
("The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed." Romans 8:19)
To: MinorityRepublican
Need to scrap it. It’s not the Titanic. And it’s not “cool” like an aircraft carrier.
It still floats, so it's definately not the Titanic. It would make a cool floating hotel. They just never got the funding to get the job done.
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posted on
06/17/2024 3:11:16 PM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Hebrews 11:6
Always have loved the SS US. Never sailed aboard her, but I built the Revell model when I was nine or ten, c. 1959.
I will miss driving by it on I-95 when it leaves the pier.
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posted on
06/17/2024 3:12:32 PM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Dr. Franklin
We are forcing someone who does not want to pay for something to pay for it by making them continue to have a non-paying renter occupy something they could be making money from. That is theft. The judge is wrong for not forcing the renter to pay.
And, sorry. If no one wants to pay the freight, it’s just so much scrap metal. The owners are deadbeat renters.
I would have kept every car I ever owned if I could. But I wouldn’t force someone else to pay for storage. That’s criminal. Say someone buys a “historic building” to use the land for something else. Then, along comes the public and sues them to force them to keep the outdated, unusable building because it’s “historic.” If they felt so strongly, why didn’t they buy it with their own money? Again, using the courts to steal from someone.
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posted on
06/17/2024 3:12:44 PM PDT
by
Gen.Blather
(Wait! I said that out loud? )
To: Dr. Franklin
So there’s no demand for it.
To: Dr. Franklin
Used to be berthed in Norfolk, VA. Used to see it every time we came back from deployment. Impressive ship. The two stacks were very distinctive. We watched from our front yard in Hampton, VA in 1196 when she was being towed to Philly.
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posted on
06/17/2024 3:16:04 PM PDT
by
P8riot
(You will never know Jesus Christ as a reality in your life until you know Him as a necessity.)
To: P8riot
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posted on
06/17/2024 3:18:04 PM PDT
by
P8riot
(You will never know Jesus Christ as a reality in your life until you know Him as a necessity.)
To: Dr. Franklin
Indeed. I used to see it all the time on the way home from Rolling Thunder.
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posted on
06/17/2024 3:19:52 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(For what is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed ...to be brought out. Mk 4:22)
To: Dr. Franklin
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posted on
06/17/2024 3:19:56 PM PDT
by
laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
To: Gen.Blather
We are forcing someone who does not want to pay for something to pay for it by making them continue to have a non-paying renter occupy something they could be making money from. That is theft. The judge is wrong for not forcing the renter to pay.
They are paying rent, but not a rent increase. It could be moored in the river until they find a new home.
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posted on
06/17/2024 3:20:26 PM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Dr. Franklin
Move it to Martha’s Vineyard and get a contract to house illegals, with a floating Biden-pier to all the tenants access to the shopping areas in town. They can hang laundry between the distinctive stacks.
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posted on
06/17/2024 3:21:09 PM PDT
by
Bernard
(“God's cruelest punishment is to let you reap what you sow.”)
To: Dr. Franklin
So no back rent is due, but the ship must find a new berth. We have money for all kinds of government waste, but none to refurbish a national treasure as a floating hotel. Don't give up hope; there's always the chance Ukraine might want it.
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posted on
06/17/2024 3:21:18 PM PDT
by
Captain Walker
("It is infinitely better to have a few good Men, than many indifferent ones." - George Washington)
To: P8riot
Yep, stared at it every quarterdeck watch at D & S piers in the 70’s.
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posted on
06/17/2024 3:21:27 PM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91. )
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