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MyPetFly
06/07/09

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All this needs is a vintage Matchbox car with steamed-up windows.
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GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
06/08/09

@MyPetFly: And even at 1:150 miniature scale, Kate Winslet is still huge.
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badhatharry
06/07/09

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Why does it have a U.S. flag? The ship was made in Ireland, and set sail from England.
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srw
06/07/09

@Badhatharry:

Oops, wrong post
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badhatharry
06/07/09

@srw: Interesting point about the flag. But then why did it have a mast?
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Freddie DeBoer
06/07/09

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Why did a ship with an engine have sails?
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Purple Dave
06/07/09

@Freddie DeBoer:
Why does a ship with sails often have an engine?

@Freddie DeBoer:
Ah, that is a different matter altogether. Note that the flag is hoisted on the foremast, and that the smokestacks are all linked to each other and the two masts by a network of stays (or "cables" for all you landlubbers). My guess is that the stacks were not self-supporting, and since tying them together like that would leave the two outer stacks only supported in one direction, they had to add the masts in there to give bidirectional support to all four stacks. Does it make sense now?

Other uses for the masts would be that little white box on the foremast, which I'm pretty sure is a crowsnest used to (unsuccessfully) watch for navigation hazzards, and they probably had a radio antenna strung up on one or both masts to get greater range.
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Kaiser-Machead
06/07/09

@Freddie DeBoer: Why did Thunder in Paradise have Hulk Hogan?
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GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
06/08/09

@Kaiser-Machead: And how did they fit an air lock, storage area, and 10'x15' control room into a 20 foot boat? Why didn't their watches break when they did the stupid smack and thumb move?

But my biggest question? Why did the glasses shake, and not the boobies? Why!!
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