Ship Simulator
English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: Firestar on January 07, 2010, 00:25:19
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Sadly, this ship is going to be beached at Alang soon, and will be scrapped. :'(
(Probably, it is unclear at the moment)
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Actually... the ship was not beached at Alang but began to fall apart while it was waiting to be beached and people say it will never move again. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Actually... the ship was not beached at Alang but began to fall apart while it was waiting to be beached and people say it will never move again. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
If that's true, there'll be hell to pay!
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Well, don't get too sad over the ship not being able to move again, if it was going to Alang, that was the idea in the first place. :P
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I think it was so old it fell apart! :o
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Probably. There's a point in a physical object's life where it's just too fatigued to go on. That's the sad reality. I hate to realize it but even the (original) Queen Mary is getting to that point. I think it's safe to say that in the next 20 years she's going to be put out of her hotel service. She'll get to a point where it's too dangerous for people to sleep on and they'll have to scrap her, or sink her deliberately for scuba divers.
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The world has many old ships- HMS Victory, Warrior, Pride of Bilbao, that are all old yet keep on going. America has many WW2 ships (as do many other countries), which many of these are older than QM1.
They still float. The point is not when it reaches the age where it can no longer be maintained- it is the age where people say it isn't WORTH being maintained...
Look at a 10 year old car "failed its MOT- let's scrap it"... Yet there are people with cars decades old, who DO spend the money...
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I disagree with you. There's a point where if you keep replacing things it's not even the same ship, essentially making the old ship "gone". Nevertheless, it is possible, but like you said, is it a wise economic move?
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It's like the old story of a man telling his son how his axe has been passed down from generation to generation and that it was original,
"Apart from the head/blade and the handle."
So yes, it becomes a replica if you like, but with a ship, the fundamental structure usually lasts.
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It's like the old story of a man telling his son how his axe has been passed down from generation to generation and that it was original,
"Apart from the head/blade and the handle."
So yes, it becomes a replica if you like, but with a ship, the fundamental structure usually lasts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbha4XclSMU
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He is a brilliant actor to play the part of someone so stupid.
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We don't have that show over here, looks like a British Seinfeld if you ask me..
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OFAH has no comparison
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I see, I would imagine that since they're both different humor they would have some strong differences.
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Incidentally did anyone see Rock and Chips?
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yes i did
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I thought it was pretty good myself...
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Me too :thumbs:
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Never seen it, they don't air it over here..
Anyone seen Dora? ;D
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no. But it's a crime they don't show only fools and horses over there....
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Dora is a TV show that helps young children learn Spanish, a pointless show if you ask me.
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Dora is a TV show that helps young children learn Spanish, a pointless show if you ask me.
Haha And I saw in German version of it they learn English. :doh:
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Is she still Hispanic in that version?
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Of course. Only the language is different.
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Ok, so a Hispanic speaking German teaching children English? Interesting..
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Yeah, that's why it's still boring, even in German.
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It's awful in English as it is...
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Sounds a little like the British educashun sistum.