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2011-08-11 -Short Attention Span Theater-

2nd Chinese Aircraft Carrier-Hotel Kiev Has World Class Kitsch Interior Design

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Posted by Anonymoose 2011-08-11 12:31|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Plush.

How long would it take the PLA-Navy to refurb the Kiev into a working carrier? You know, if they wanted to.

Posted by Steve White 2011-08-11 13:23|| 2011-08-11 13:23|| Front Page Top

#2 God help us! It looks like the Gobbler gone to sea.

Posted by S 2011-08-11 13:28|| 2011-08-11 13:28|| Front Page Top

#3 The Gobbler was tacky as h*ll. Food was really good years ago (if you could stand the surrounding colors), but got worse as the facility deteriorated. I believe the bar (a weird treat in itself) lasted sometime after the restaurant shut down and long after the guest rooms were uninhabitable. It IS Wisconsin, don't you see, and some things are more important than others.

Mr. Lileks does have a nice collection of early and later photos. Brought back a memory or two.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2011-08-11 14:00|| 2011-08-11 14:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Still a piece of junk.
I will be impressed when they introduce the gamma goat.

Posted by newc 2011-08-11 14:16|| 2011-08-11 14:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Mullah I'm old and I'm from Florida. Tacky as hell is my home. I would pay serious money to stay in the Gobbler if it was still around.

Posted by S 2011-08-11 14:30|| 2011-08-11 14:30|| Front Page Top

#6 At least as long as it took for the most equal politicians to evacuate their mistresses.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-08-11 16:08|| 2011-08-11 16:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Looks like it's intended more as a final retreat for the chased-out-of-power thugs than as a military vessel.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2011-08-11 17:17|| 2011-08-11 17:17|| Front Page Top

#8 O. My. Gawd.

Those rooms give a whole new meaning to the words "tacky-ass, low-class, and trashy."

Yeesh.

Posted by Barbara 2011-08-11 19:16|| 2011-08-11 19:16|| Front Page Top

#9 In your heart your always wanted to know what happened the the losers on HGTV's Design Star. You now have your answer.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-08-11 19:29|| 2011-08-11 19:29|| Front Page Top

#10 ....Why is it that in my mind's eye I see the name 'Zap Brannigan' on the cabin door?...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2011-08-11 21:31|| 2011-08-11 21:31|| Front Page Top

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