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101 years ago
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 6:45 pm
by Tybaltus
101 years ago today, local time, (yesterday, by now, in Britain) the unsinkable Titanic hit an iceburg and sunk in the North Atlantic. Over 1500 people parished in the cold waters of the unforgiving Atlantic. Many things went wrong that night, many things people already know about, Im sure. Of course there was the lack of lifeboats, the complete panic, some faulty lock-tite doors, over confidence within the ships "unsinkable" name, unloading half-filled life rafts, blocking off emergency passageways for lower class passengers, among many other things.
The ship sank in 2-3 hours time (sorry, its been nearly 6 years since Ive seriously studied this particular sinking) and those hours are forever marked in history. We learned from the tragedy, and look back in horror and yet wonder at the ship and the night's/morning's happenings.
The Titanic peaqued my interest in sunken ships, and have since studied numerous other rather unknown/lesser known ship wrecks.
Incorporate any thoughts you'd like on the incident or repurcussions etc. (Just try to cut down on the Leo DiCaprio jokes
)
And I just thought Id let you guys know it is the anniversary of this tragedy. I, for one, find this stuff increadibly interesting.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 7:08 pm
by Scayde
Fourteen years before the sinking of the Titanic, Morgan Robertson's wrote a book called "Futility" . It was turned down by the publisher because the idea of a sea disaster in which an "unsinkable" ship went down was just to incredible to be commercially feasable. I have a copy of this book , which was published many years later, in my library. The similarities are uncanny.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 7:24 pm
by Tybaltus
Crap...I really messed up....I should take 1st grade math again...
2003-1912= 91! not 101
If a mod would be so kind as to edit my title, I will be pleased. Thank you. Im sorry for interrupting my own thread....boy, I feel so stupid.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 7:32 pm
by Tybaltus
Originally posted by Scayde
Fourteen years before the sinking of the Titanic, Morgan Robertson's wrote a book called "Futility" . It was turned down by the publisher because the idea of a sea disaster in which an "unsinkable" ship went down was just to incredible to be commercially feasable. I have a copy of this book , which was published many years later, in my library. The similarities are uncanny.
Yes! I have heard of that very book. It is very odd...almost haunting...
But aslong as we are talking books....I am a follower of Robert Ballard, a marine version of Gwally, if you will,
and he has found numerous ships including the Bismark, the Hood, PT 109, the Lusitania (though found previously), the Britannic (sister of the Titanic), the first sub to sink in WWI, and, of course the Titanic. And Ive read quite a few of his books, thats how I got into the Titanic, and then a slew of other ships I studied independently...
And of course there is the classic "A Night to Remember", which was worth a read 7 years ago, and I assume is still worth a read.
@dM Oh boy...here we go. I knew that damnable movie would forever be associated hand in hand with the Titanic. At many points it is historically accurate, but of course, the story itself is a HUGE segueway from the real stories.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 5:12 am
by Rob-hin
Originally posted by Tybaltus
Crap...I really messed up....I should take 1st grade math again...
2003-1912= 91! not 101
Shame on you.
Go sit in the corner with a pointy hat on!
At first I actually wondered why I couldn't remember anything from last year, you know a 100 years later.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 7:06 am
by Tamerlane
Apr 15 1955
The first McDonald's franchise opens in Des Plains, Chicago. Because it is the first one launched by Ray Kroc, he names it "McDonald's #1" despite the fact that the McDonald brothers had already opened eight of their chain restaurants before they began accepting licensees. Kroc's unfortunate numbering system guarantees endless confusion for amateur fast food historians the world over.
Oh and the Guillotine was first tested on humans in 1792.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 7:29 am
by Tybaltus
Hey, Tam, Thats a great idea...we can convert this thread into a discussion about what happened on this day in history...
So, Ill ask a mod to rename the thread to that, if that is the more popular topic here....
I love trivial info.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 7:31 am
by Tamerlane
Finally a chance to report trivial and sometimes disturbing facets of history.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 8:25 am
by Enchantress
I saw something on TV a few weeks ago about the fates of the many unnamed bodies that were recovered from the sea when the Titanic sunk.
One body was of a baby boy who for 100 years was believed to be (I think) the youngest son of a Swedish woman on the Titanic but when DNA tests were carried out on the descendants of her family, they found out it wasn't the case.
It was rather sad but eventually they found out the baby boy had been, in fact, Finnish and they managed to trace some of his family's decendants and they visited the grave in Canada where he had been buried unknown.
So there was a happy ending of a kind, I guess and at least the grave's occupant now has a name.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 10:11 am
by Rob-hin
Hey Enchantress
You are the first I see with a customised profile.
(Enchantress
Gorgeous & Wonderful)
How come you already have this?
I thought Buck wasn't done with that just yet...
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 10:35 am
by Yshania
Originally posted by Rob-hin
Hey Enchantress
You are the first I see with a customised profile.
(Enchantress
Gorgeous & Wonderful)
How come you already have this?
I thought Buck wasn't done with that just yet...
Heh! I worked it out
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 10:39 am
by dragon wench
I thought you had to be subscribed in order to get that perk...
Something on my agenda for next month, my visa balance is a bit precarious presently...
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 10:45 am
by Yshania
@DW, eventually that option will be for subscribers only, I guess Buck is just getting things in place in advance
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:05 am
by Enchantress
Originally posted by Rob-hin
Hey Enchantress
You are the first I see with a customised profile.
(Enchantress
Gorgeous & Wonderful)
How come you already have this?
I thought Buck wasn't done with that just yet...
How come I'm gorgeous and wonderful? (*sigh*) Years of practice?!
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:19 am
by dragon wench
Hi Enchantress
I would say welcome to SYM, but I think I read somewhere that you are not actually a newbie, but rather had a problem with your account.
So dare I inquire whose alter ego you actually are?
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:21 am
by Enchantress
Originally posted by dragon wench
Hi Enchantress
I would say welcome to SYM, but I think I read somewhere that you are not actually a newbie, but rather had a problem with your account.
So dare I inquire whose alter ego you actually are?
Does it really matter who I was in a previous incarnation? (*tinkly laugh*)
Thanks for extending welcomes, though.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:23 am
by Bloodstalker
Originally posted by Enchantress
Does it really matter who I was in a previous incarnation? (*tinkly laugh*)
Thanks for extending welcomes, though.
fas...this is going a little too far
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:25 am
by Enchantress
Originally posted by Bloodstalker
fas...this is going a little too far
As I said, it doesn't matter.
I have heard you are into whips, though, Mr BS. Personally, I am into magic wands.