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1. Yes, they could do to read up on the "horse latitudes"

Thu Feb 14, 2013, 08:22 PM

Feb 2013

and what happened on becalmed sailing ships back in the bad old days.

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OMG, media, the Triumph "disaster" ain't the USS Indianapolis [View all] elehhhhna Feb 2013 OP

Yes, they could do to read up on the "horse latitudes" Warpy Feb 2013 #1

Yes, and some of those "passenger comments" were from Grammy23 Feb 2013 #2

My guess is that you are not familiar with the concepts of kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #6

I will add, I would have been in serious trouble nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #7

Yup nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #12

Yes, you would. Brigid Feb 2013 #13

BAM!! Nobody could have said it better. nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #9

<<< (dusting off her lapels) kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #10

These people paid a lot of money for service malaise Feb 2013 #17

I met and bought the autographed book of a USS Indianapolis survivor Omaha Steve Feb 2013 #3

Yeah! My FIL's 2 best childhood friends survived the Indianapolis elehhhhna Feb 2013 #16

The USS Indianapolis? pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #4

+1 eom arely staircase Feb 2013 #11

Nobody listens to Quint's tale. edbermac Feb 2013 #15

You might be singing a different tune if you were on that ship. Brigid Feb 2013 #5

the bathroom situation seems the worst to me JI7 Feb 2013 #14