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    Quote Originally Posted by happy daze john in oz View Post
    Now James, what is wrong with a good Irish whiskey??

    But most drinkers cannot tell the difference between the various blended whiskeys.

    When we had the pubs 'Bells' was all the go, majority of drinkers would ask for it.
    But what they got in our pubs, and I suspect many others was often the breweries one blend, about 80% of the 'Bells' cost.
    John that is why I drink Bushmills Original. The best of Irish whiskies blends and single malts.

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    the big day arrived - tugs moved the stern of the united states from pier 82 to pier 80

    Last edited by Doc Vernon; 14th February 2025 at 10:41 PM.

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    Hi Bryan
    Great pictures, but what a sad sight to see ship that won the Blue Riband left to go rotten with rust, shame on the US.
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    Sure could use a coat or two of good paint!!!!!!
    Happy daze John in Oz.

    Life is too short to blend in.

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    [QUOTE=Bryan Portwig;438926]the big day arrived - tugs moved the stern of the united states from pier 82 to pier 80

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    What I want to know is why they only moved the stern!!

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    It's a rust bucket Ivan maybe the sharp end fell off

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    Just an observation, has anyone noticed that the bow section is of all welded construction along with the rest of the lower hull, but the three upper strakes of the hull from just for'd of the bridge appear to be clinker built and riveted

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    almost ready to become - an artificial reef

    artificail reef (3).jpg

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    Hi Bryan
    A ship caught in a storm liker the one that went ashore in Newfoundland the other day is bad enough, but to see a ship deliberately sunk never mind what her age is a sad look.
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    #25 They got the ships architect to work it out for a price and with great mathematical genius he said the bow would in all liklihood follow the stern of its own accord , thus cutting out the cost of another tug to shift the vessel safely. Plausible ? Will we be better off with AI. ? JS
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