Monster ships are fast, huge-and Irish

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

[Voronin]

From memory, I don't think it was a question of technology but of price. There were higher grade plates avaliable, but the one used were significantly cheaper (and there was a question of time). The real problem though was that pariticular grade of metal was at its most brittle in the cold waters just above 0 degrees so it didn't offer enough resistance when it got walloped by the 'berg...

VRN

[Mark17]

I don't think it was a question of technology but of price.

That would not surprise me a bit. Lot's of people get killed when they take the short cut. I am going to do a search myself, and see if there was indeed better steel available, because I had not heard that, but I shall check it out.

Later.

[bvw]

[LarryLied]

That baby can carry enough fish to feed 18 million people. A perfect Simpsons show. Captain McAllister buys the ship, Lisa protests the killing of fish, Homer signs on as a crew member and eats the profits.

[bvw]

It hardly looks big enough. Wish they had a cut-out diagram of the ship's innards.

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Monster ships are fast, huge-and Irish

Just like their women!

(excepting, of course, me mum)

[LarryLied]

I thought you Irish ran in packs. How come there is no Irish bump list?

[RonDog]

I thought you Irish ran in packs. How come there is no Irish bump list?

Aye, laddie, we do. And sure'n if there **is** a wee Irish bump list...

From http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list:

irish_list - Last submitted by John Robinson on 2001-09-30 14:25:18

Erin Go Braugh!

[LarryLied]

Ah...the Irish never disappoint. Knew you had to have a list.

Great what is going on,isn't it? My brother-in-law is of Irish heritage. He and my sis visit every year. Getting a little pricey for them now as the economy has improved so much.

[bvw]

Bump for Liberty!