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Offline Nilsen

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Re: Makes Titanic look like a Dinghy
« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2008, 01:34:36 PM »
Them crazy norwegians. Thats one way to rule the world.... build it!  :lol
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Re: Makes Titanic look like a Dinghy
« Reply #16 on: November 05, 2008, 01:37:09 PM »
Quote from: Nilsen on November 05, 2008, 01:34:36 PM
Them crazy norwegians. Thats one way to rule the world.... build it!  :lol

Umm the finns build them.. Although Aker bought Masayards a couple years ago. So Norwegians own it but finns build it.
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Re: Makes Titanic look like a Dinghy
« Reply #17 on: November 05, 2008, 01:42:06 PM »
Quote from: MrRiplEy[H] on November 05, 2008, 01:37:09 PM
Umm the finns build them.. Although Aker bought Masayards a couple years ago. So Norwegians own it but finns build it.

Yup. Aker Yards ASA is a norwegian based international shipbuilding company and this yard is in Finland :) Royal Caribbean is Norwegian/Amercian but founded in Norway.
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Re: Makes Titanic look like a Dinghy
« Reply #18 on: November 05, 2008, 01:46:34 PM »
I think the photos would have been much better without the horrible looking people in them.  I realize its supposed to add an element of life and activity, but just show me the artist renditions of the ship :)

Other than that, I cannot possibly imagine why anyone needs a ship that large, but hey who am I to judge?
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Re: Makes Titanic look like a Dinghy
« Reply #19 on: November 05, 2008, 01:51:15 PM »
Hopefully it turns out well, but with the state of the economy these days i bet they are glad its not ready yet.
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Re: Makes Titanic look like a Dinghy
« Reply #20 on: November 05, 2008, 02:15:41 PM »
That thing is the Mother Ship from Wall-E.

How on earth can they build cruise ships in Finland? That's a high-wage country! Our shareholders demand improved returns! We've got to out-source it! Do a deal with the Chinese and Indians this month to beat last quarter's numbers! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiee eeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!
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Re: Makes Titanic look like a Dinghy
« Reply #21 on: November 05, 2008, 02:22:57 PM »
Both Finland and Norway are high cost countries, yet we build lots of ships for domestic and export use. Mostly special ships that the "usual" better known shipbuilding countries like South Korea havent got the knowhow to build. The Danes also builds some really big ships at competitive prices. All of our countries up here have mostly specialized in high-tech ships though.
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Re: Makes Titanic look like a Dinghy
« Reply #22 on: November 05, 2008, 02:32:30 PM »
Same as the Germans with cars. Strangely, individuals and companies still make decisions to spend money on products from high wage-cost countries, despite the propaganda.

Outsourcers *ptui!*
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Re: Makes Titanic look like a Dinghy
« Reply #23 on: November 05, 2008, 04:35:30 PM »
Quote from: MrRiplEy[H] on November 05, 2008, 01:37:09 PM
Umm the finns build them.. Although Aker bought Masayards a couple years ago. So Norwegians own it but finns build it.

Nah, it's the baltians that put the nuts and bolts together. We're just designing it and telling the baltians how to put pieces together.

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Offline ROX

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Re: Makes Titanic look like a Dinghy
« Reply #24 on: November 06, 2008, 05:21:49 PM »
One thing that has been done away with that I always enjoyed was the ship's radio station.  It was always a hoot as a ham to go up and introduce myself as a ham (and most of the time they were hams as well).  It was always an instant invite to go in and see the equipment and get a run-down on all the vertical antennas in use.

I remember MANY hours of listening to some EXTREMELY interesting ship-to-shore phone calls on short wave. 

One time, I heard a guy (lawyer in a big NYC firm) talk to his wife (who was on another cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico) for over an hour trying to get her to not divorce him (she was taking him to the cleaners)--that call was just under $500.  He then hung up with her and called three successive girlfriends in 3 different cities that he was going to be late getting back to the States (he staggered each visit 3-4 days after each other so he could see each one on the way home)...the last call was telling his secretary he was breaking up with her because he was "getting back together with his wife".

Some ships had big, commercial made rigs.  One also had a KWM-2 (the radio officer's private rig).

They are now long gone by satallite hook-ups.

I miss those days.




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Re: Makes Titanic look like a Dinghy
« Reply #25 on: November 06, 2008, 10:02:48 PM »
How much ya wanna bet it sinks
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Re: Makes Titanic look like a Dinghy
« Reply #26 on: November 06, 2008, 11:35:54 PM »
   Just what Id want to do..go on an ocean adventure and bring my mall along for the ride.
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Re: Makes Titanic look like a Dinghy
« Reply #27 on: November 07, 2008, 12:23:59 AM »
Quote from: FiLtH on November 06, 2008, 11:35:54 PM
   Just what Id want to do..go on an ocean adventure and bring my mall along for the ride.

heh
Seems logical.
Just like Disney World and probably a thousand other Vacation package type deals
Every cool thing you do is really just a giant advertisement That you pay for.
For the crap they want you to buy.
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Re: Makes Titanic look like a Dinghy
« Reply #28 on: November 07, 2008, 02:10:35 AM »
Quote from: BaDkaRmA158Th on November 04, 2008, 11:53:14 AM
Its still a ship, and can still sink.


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Re: Makes Titanic look like a Dinghy
« Reply #29 on: November 07, 2008, 06:12:04 AM »
i'm sure she'll be a fine ship as long as a drunken nilsen isn't at the helm. :)
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