the titanic

Tell us about JFK

Puff of smoke on the icy knoll, and the bow went back and to the left. BACK AND TO THE LEFT.

The band played on...

Waltzing Matilda

It went down to a string quartet playing a poignant piece.
Depressing to think if it went down now it's more likely to go down to some noise about big ass twerking by a "grime" artist.

There was talk of some rich guy creating a modern proper replica of it, I wonder if that's still happening.
If it was an accurate replica, I might even be interested in travelling on it. I'd be counting lifeboats mind you.

I suppose one way to make sure it doesn't hit an iceberg is to stick it in a landlocked river! :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_replica_(Sichuan)

If I win the Lottery JC will be my 1st port of call I will bring the Bro In law  , a  Titanic fanatic

But did it really exist or was it a conspiracy by smaller boat owners to discredit the big liners.
Wonder who I could discuss this with?

i will give lfc a knock

the guy in charge of the white star line was called IS.MAY,

Still at least the Captain went down with his ship

Will May do the decent thing if Brexit sinks?????

Brexit sunk by a wet lettuce

Got very Hollywood towards the end with too many twists created for dramatic effect. I mean there's no way a ship that size could be sunk by a bit of ice like that in real life.

Twelve deckchairs were recovered the day after and one was sold 2 years ago in salisbury from a new york collector ...made £118,000 plus 18 per cent commish

They would have been more but loads got moved around after they hit the iceberg

I've got a bit of ice from the 'berg.  I keep it in my freezer.  Yours for a grand.

There is a pea in it but that's because it melted a few years ago during a power cut.  If anything it adds an extra layer of introspection.

Unlike the Concordia Captain who was onshore sharpish when it all went pear shaped.

Surely a couple of them rich passengers had a pair of binoculars they could have lent the lookouts .

And also It was a very cold night It wouldn't surprise me if one lookout said to the other you go to sleep and I'll wake you up later  and I'll have a sleep . and with it being cold it wouldn't surprise me if he almost nodded off.

If I was the investigator the first thing I would of asked was why didn't someone ask if anyone had a spare pair of binoculars to lend the lookout and if they broke them I'm sure white line would have replaced them .

If I was the investigator the first thing I would of asked was why didn't someone ask if anyone had a spare pair of binoculars to lend the lookout and if they broke them I'm sure white line would have replaced them .

Rich people carry things like binoculars on their cruises so they can look for whales and dolphins and turtles

One good thing about it .was it didn't Rain while they were in the lifeboats

That Concordia was a weird one.  All it did was fall over, just off shore, and yet 32 people managed to die.  There were 4,229 on board at the time so 99.24% managed to see it out.

In fact, the mortality rate of 7.6 per 1,000 is significantly better than that for Italy in general, which is around 10 per 1,000.

When JFK was shot,Jackie(the wife)slides something down the back of the car and the security guy who jumps on to the back of the car puts it in his pocket.question is "what does she slide down the boot of the car to him"???????????????

It was part of his brain apparently

i think there had to be four guns,two on the left of the car and two on the right of the car,it was planned so well,and they would not have known what position JFK was going to sit in the car,so to get a clear shot at him they would need guns on both sides,they could not have known if Jackie was going to stand up or not and the shooters view would be blocked,they could not have taken the chance that they MIGHT get a clear shot,and it would have been planned weeks in advance.and as i see it a shot came from the front.

Madeline McCann shot him from a secret moon base using metaphormic lizard technology based on chemtrails to make sure 9/11 happened. I saw a youtube video about it, so it must be true.

Are you claiming Lucan had no involvement whatsoever?

You must be one crazy geezer!

Oh no Lucan was too busy in a secret meeting with Hitler in Argentina to discuss how best to cover up Roswell.

I didn't learn that on youtube, Zwervod the alien chatted about it to me last time I was abducted and probed. They now do it on a regular schedule which is great as I go to bed that night pre-lubed .

I seen a youtube where they proved that was Lucan's twin brother.

the gun holders.1=L.H.O.book depository 2.=someone in the grassy knoll.3.The Babushka lady.4.someone to left of JFK.............i.m.v.h.o.
organised by CUBA............i.m.v.h,o.(And a few others who knew it was going to happen)

And a few others who knew it was going to happen

Compelling!

a few others who were thinking of doing the same thing.

I found the decaprio film watchable rubbish compared to the classic 1958 movie A Night To Remember starring Kenneth More.

I was about 14 when I saw it on TV.  The bit where he draws Winslet made a lasting impression on me.

and I thought this fred was going to be as simple as Titanic never really existed. You can tell cos there is no smoke coming from one of its funnels.

the band were better in the 1958 film,could have made it big only for the ship went down.

I think Leonardo DiCaprio is a very good actor but this film was complete and utter bilge.

their name was THE TITANIC BAND,and their last song was NEARER, MY GOD ,TO THEE,

I remember them, they didn`t go down well.

DiCaprio (I corrected the spelling Slippy ) is indeed a good actor but that film was sentimental claptrap.

I heard there was a guy on the iceberg with a Bazooka.
Anyone else hear this?

Loads of different explanations as to why it sunk including cheap & poor quality rivets to the fire that was buring in the boiler area weakening the hull, no  bins in the watch never helped either.

Yep I also heard that one Aka, think his name was Joe something

I have an insurance policy for £10,000,000.

.... but I only get the cash if the house gets hit by an Iceberg.

Not impossible

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https://www.google.com/search?q=house+hit+by+iceberg&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdx4XctZnhAhVJb1AKHfaxDMwQ_AUIDigB&biw=1366&bih=625#imgrc=Wx6h1nkitSQ3zM:

Everyone I knew at school at time thought it was so good they went back to the cinema to see it 2 or 3 times, looking back the hype probably played a part in that, remember being surprised when I learned that Kate Winslet was 19 when filming began, looked more mid 20's.


Btw some people say the Titanic never sank, it was the Olympic, good ol' conspiracists.

Leadbelly wrote a song about the Titanic inspired by the rumour that Jack Johnson
had been refused passage,in fact JJ was in the US at the time.


Jack Johnson wanted to get on board,
Captain he says, “I ain’t haulin’ no coal!”
Fare thee, Titanic, fare thee well! …


When he heard about that mighty shock,
Mighta seen the man turn the Eagle Rock.
Fare thee, Titanic, fare thee well!

Iv'e told this before some years back but worth mentioning again, at our bowls club going back more than 25 years was a bowler with the surname Lightoller, one day I asked him about his unusual name & was he related to Charles Lightoller the second in command on the Titanic when he replied " yes he was my Uncle " I was shocked to say the least, he survived the sinking & initially emigrated to Canada.

How did the second in command survive? would have thought he's job would be to help all passengers off first?

Nice story pumphol.
@Scandi - from Wiki.

As the officer in charge of loading passengers into lifeboats on the port side, Lightoller strictly enforced the "women and children first" protocol, not allowing any male passengers to board the lifeboats unless they were needed as auxiliary seamen.[2][3] Lightoller stayed until the last, was sucked against a grate and held under water, but then was blown from the grate by a rush of warm air as a boiler exploded. He found refuge on an upturned collapsible boat with 30 others, showing his fellow survivors how to shift their weight to avoid being swamped, until their rescue at dawn.[4]

He wasnt second in command and thus could be put in charge of one of the lifeboats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lightoller

Ok second officer, don't shoot me for a slip of the tongue !

Played by Kenneth Moore in A Night To Remember
In the other film he shot a passenger then shot himeslf ! only the Americans would do that  !!

The big question Pumphol is though, did the nephew beat you at bowls?

A Scot on the Titanic remarked to the barman as the boat was struck, "I know I asked for Ice in my drink but this is bloody ridiculous"!

Paddy came back from the toilet and said to Mick when he noticed the bar was empty, "Where has everyone gone?".

"Oh", said Mick, "They are away to the dance".

"What dance?", replied Paddy.

"Oh", says Mick, "When you were away to the loo, an announcement came over the tannoy, ABANDON SHIP!".

I watched something which said the Captain did exactly the wrong thing when the Iceberg appeared

He shut off engines and tried to steer round the Iceberg, he should have done one or the other only.

If he just shut off engines he would have hit the berg head on, that have been better. The front of the Titanic would have been

crushed but watertight doors MAY have stopped enough water getting in to stop her sinking until help arrived.

If he wanted to avoid the berg he should have kept on full power the turn would have been quicker, he may have got lucky

and missed the berg altogether.

Still he did not have a lot of time to make his decision. DON'T PANIC!


ps He should have done simulated Iceberg avoidance training

LOL

He won the club championship around 1990 Mac but don't remember actually playing him before he left to play at another club

Mac all I can say is that if you were a comic doing a turn on the Titanic your audience would have viewed that iceberg as a saviour as they boarded the lifeboats.

Also Lightoller replaced someone else who was going to be second Officer & he was the one who had the binoculars for the crows nest, so if Lightoller was not on the ship & replaced the original bloke's Bins may have saved the day.

I can see why men want to change sex to be women now, they are thinking of the Titanic.

Women and children first.

Personally, I don't believe the Titanic ever went to the moon.

Aka

You would have beaten him Pumphol.

The cry nowadays would have to be Women, Trannies, Pre-Op Trannies, anyone who defines themselves as a woman and children first.

Quite right Uble. If a ship sinks now it must be a PC nightmare filling the lifeboats. Fittest, meanest and strongest first might be the better policy to adopt in these enlightened times. At least everyone would know where they stood.

I would now Mac

He died about 10 years ago

VG Pumphol

That remembered me of the great Ty Cobb.

In the late 50s, a reporter asked him what his batting average would be if he were playing now?

Cobb replied, "probably about .310 - but remember I`m in my seventies now!".

His career record of .367 still stands to this day.

The hero of the sinking was the captain of the Carpathia who rescued the survivors, the 'villain'
was the captain of the Californian who was accused of failing to come to the Titanic's aid.It was
not until 80 years later that he was cleared.