Monster ships are fast, huge-and Irish

Reuters/Yahoo finance ^ | 4/29/02 | Michael Roddy

[LarryLied]

The power of tax cuts.

[shaggy eel]

,,, the power of the right finance package too.

[shaggy eel]

,,, from memory, the slog across the ditch was about three hours on the Sealink ferries. I can remember one I went on was the St Brendan. It took five hours because it was so rough. Any idea about the time this new ship will cut off the three hour run?

[Mark17]

Monster ships are fast, huge-and Irish

Let us all sincerely hope and pray that the ship stays safer than that other big ship that was built in Belfast, some years ago.

[shaggy eel]

BUMP

[Cultural Jihad]

,,, from memory, the slog across the ditch was about three hours on the Sealink ferries. I can remember one I went on was the St Brendan. It took five hours because it was so rough. Any idea about the time this new ship will cut off the three hour run?

'Tis the last chance for duty-free alcohol on the ferries, so me t'ink it be far from impartant to the passengers, t'ank ye, as they are all lying in the hallways all smashed anyways.

[shaggy eel]

,,, last time I took that St Brendan and it was the sober passengers that turned it into a floating vomitorium!

[shaggy eel]

,,, join the party!

[shaggy eel]

FYI

[LarryLied]

the power of the right finance package too.

Yup. Money is happiest where it is most free. Heritage/Wall Street Journal Index of Economic Freedom rankings:

Ireland #4
United Kingdom #9
Denmark #12
Germany #20
Spain #26
France #45

[shaggy eel]

,,, I won't be looking for a Dutch sandwich now I can't find the Netherlands Antilles listed on that link.

[RonDog]

,,, from memory, the slog across the ditch was about three hours on the Sealink ferries. I can remember one I went on was the St Brendan. It took five hours because it was so rough. Any idea about the time this new ship will cut off the three hour run?

From http://www.irishferries.ie/fleet.shtml:

Ulysses
Dublin/Holyhead route.
Sailing Time:
3 hours 15 minutes

[shaggy eel]

,,, thanx for posting that link. They used to run the ferries into Fishguard too - or maybe that was Fishgard, Wales. Maybe these monsters are too big for that port.

[Calvin Locke]

I thought the problem was traced to rivets made of very poor steel (iron?). Too much garbage in the metal.

[LarryLied]

When you mentioned "dutch sandwich" I thought you were drinking and not making any sense. What one learns on Free Republic.

[Sicon]

"The power of tax cuts."

AND the power of Guinness, my friend!!!

We Irish drink hard, but we work pretty hard, too! :-)

I am proud of my Irish ancestry (I'm 3rd generation American), but I am first, foremost, and always, a proud American.

At last count, I think something like 38 million people in the U.S. claim some Irish ancestry. Irish labor contributed greatly to the growth of this nation, and Ireland itself is experiencing remarkable economic prosperity.

Bottom line: "micks" kick butt! (uh, when they're not drunk or hungover anyway :-)

OK, so here's an old Irish joke for you:

What's the difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish funeral?

One less drunk!

[Mark17]

I thought the problem was traced to rivets made of very poor steel (iron?). Too much garbage in the metal.

I believe it was, but not just rivets, the plates too. Metalurgy had not caught up with ship building.

[pittsburgh gop guy]

I thought the problem was hitting a huge chunk of ice in the middle of the ocean.

[Mark17]

I thought the problem was hitting a huge chunk of ice in the middle of the ocean.

Yes, that was the last part of the problem, but not the first.

[Jimmy Valentine]

The actual problem was slamming that ship into a stationary object of infinitely more mass at about 24 land miles per hour. Pretty much always a bad idea.

Side note: her sister ship lasted in service until 1935, survived two collisions and was known as "Old Reliable" as she never suffered a breakdown or interruption in regular service.

Regards,