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Tom Rinaldo

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19. I remember, when I was a kid, seeing a photo in a book

Reply to Larkspur (Original post)

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 11:24 AM

Apr 2012

It was a picture said to be of the iceberg that sank the Titanic. There was a long streak of paint visible on its side. It gave me chills (pun not intended) to look at. I have always been fascinated by the Titanic - the fact that it was our crown of creation at the time, thought unsinkable, and lost on its maiden journey - is haunting and says so much about the hubris of humans.

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The Titanic goes down in about 20 minutes, 100 years ago... [View all] Larkspur Apr 2012 OP

The story always fascinated me Larkspur Apr 2012 #1

Yeah... "Women And Children First" Had A Different Meaning Then, Than It Does Now... WillyT Apr 2012 #2

Oh Lord, can you imagine if it was a DU jury deciding which people got onto life boats? The Straight Story Apr 2012 #3

Oooooh, that was wrong. Zalatix Apr 2012 #13

Juror # 2 has a point. hlthe2b Apr 2012 #15

Yeah, basically it meant "Women and Children 1st Class Passengers First" Art_from_Ark Apr 2012 #14

The lifeboat regs hadn't been changed since 1894. Liberal In Texas Apr 2012 #4

I had read that Harland & Wolf wanted enougth lifeboats for everyone because... Larkspur Apr 2012 #9

I think the class situation that existed back then Skittles Apr 2012 #5

seems to me it took more than two hours nt msongs Apr 2012 #6

I think it was about 3 hours or so Sherman A1 Apr 2012 #10

There's this Titanic artifacts expert in the James Cameron special on NatGeo. Loudly Apr 2012 #7

R-I-P nt Raine Apr 2012 #8

I always thought it was kind of weird that the Titanic hit an iceberg on the night of April 14 Art_from_Ark Apr 2012 #11

Might Lincoln have been....... dems_rightnow Apr 2012 #17

More Like 2 1/2 Hours... KharmaTrain Apr 2012 #12

The Titanic sank at 2:20AM ship time One of the 99 Apr 2012 #16

I'm sort of TuxedoKat Apr 2012 #18

I remember, when I was a kid, seeing a photo in a book Tom Rinaldo Apr 2012 #19