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2005-01-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Rogue wave damages "Semester at Sea" ship

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Posted by Dar 2005-01-27 12:09:15 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Actually our other Pittsburgh paper has a better and more fact-filled article.

Posted by Dar 2005-01-27 12:11:55 PM|| 2005-01-27 12:11:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Engine's broke. Steering's broke. Ship is in danger of capsizing. That is not a disaster, that is a training opportunity of the first order. Drag those sorry college boys out of the swimming pool, throw them in the engine room and make them save their own lives. Make 'em barf in the bilge instead of their stateroom. Let 'em figure out what a crescent hammer is all about.

Posted by Zpaz 2005-01-27 12:30:27 PM|| 2005-01-27 12:30:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds a bit like my freshman year in college. Except replace "50-foot Pacific wave" with "beer."

Posted by Jonathan 2005-01-27 2:32:57 PM|| [http://www.workaround.blogspot.com] 2005-01-27 2:32:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 It's a high seas education... in DEATH!

Posted by BH 2005-01-27 3:22:15 PM|| 2005-01-27 3:22:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 My brother actually stowed away on board the old ship (SS Universe) in '79 or '80. His girlfriend was a student. The ship left Long Beach for Honolulu. He helped load baggage, acted low key, went to classes and hid in her closet during the lifeboat drill. The bartenders all knew him by name (how odd??). There were 5 other stowaways on that trip, all of whom ended up in the brig. My brother ate dinner at the captain's table and the girlfriend payed for his flight back to LA. God I miss him.

Posted by Remoteman 2005-01-27 4:32:28 PM|| 2005-01-27 4:32:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Next seminar, "How to immerse yourself in deep sea diving"

Posted by Duke Nukem 2005-01-27 6:34:25 PM|| 2005-01-27 6:34:25 PM|| Front Page Top

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