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Posted: Fri Jan 18th, 2008 11:37 pm | 1st Post |
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Her upper structures are coming down. She has lost her top deck so far along with quite a few holes cut into her hull.
http://tinyurl.com/yqdp4eLast edited on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 11:39 pm by Adios
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Posted: Sat Jan 19th, 2008 12:54 am | 2nd Post |
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That's so sad. You'd think with today's processes, something could have been done to save the ship. 
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Posted: Mon Jan 21st, 2008 11:36 pm | 3rd Post |
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That is SO sad!!! It's just heartbreaking for such a venerable ocean liner to be in such dire straights and heading to the junk heap. A damn shame!
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Posted: Mon Jan 21st, 2008 11:52 pm | 4th Post |
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| I perfer to remember this view of the blue lady. At least she is passing from old age unlike the towers. Attachment: Norwaynyc.jpg (Downloaded 125 times) Last edited on Mon Jan 21st, 2008 11:54 pm by shoreguy
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Posted: Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 12:18 am | 5th Post |
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What a SUPERB photo!!!!!!!! That's how I like to remember her, too.
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Posted: Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 05:00 pm | 6th Post |
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More photos of her breakup. Don't click if you don't want to see this ship slowly being taken apart.
http://www.revedefrance.com/nouvellepage2747.htm
http://www.revedefrance.com/nouvellepage2748.htm
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Posted: Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 07:09 pm | 7th Post |
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Very, very sad..............but great pictures, Gordon.
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Posted: Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 08:17 pm | 8th Post |
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Strange how those pics bother us. Just doesn't seem right to do that to something that took so much time and money to build, and gave so many people such happiness.(or sadness in some cases )
What even more bothersome are those houses at the waters edge. I'm sure everyone saw that tv special that showed the illness and poverty of those people involved in the dismanteling of ships.
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Posted: Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 08:23 pm | 9th Post |
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the interior way back when.......
Catnip playing coquettish on the pool deckAttachment: francetour-4.jpg (Downloaded 58 times)
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Posted: Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 08:24 pm | 10th Post |
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the interior way back when.....
JC and wife enjoying another glass of Cabernet FrancAttachment: francetour-7.jpg (Downloaded 52 times)
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Posted: Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 08:25 pm | 11th Post |
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interior way back when......
Gordon picking up chicks.... again. (hmm come to think of it, this is when he met his wife)Attachment: francetour-8.jpg (Downloaded 53 times)
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Posted: Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 09:48 pm | 12th Post |
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seawitches wrote: the interior way back when.......
Catnip playing coquettish on the pool deck
Hey, I remember that picture! How do you like my new swim cap?
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Posted: Thu Jan 24th, 2008 02:03 pm | 13th Post |
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weren't they the devil to pull off..... would never do it nowadays, there wouldn't be any hair left.
Why do they cut those scattered square holes in the ship?
And why do they cut the tip off first?
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Posted: Thu Jan 24th, 2008 02:20 pm | 14th Post |
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seawitches wrote: weren't they the devil to pull off..... would never do it nowadays, there wouldn't be any hair left.
Why do they cut those scattered square holes in the ship?
And why do they cut the top off first?
Square holes to throw the insides of the ship outside. Top down so it does not fill with water or tip over and kill a bunch of very poor workers. 
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Posted: Thu Jan 24th, 2008 11:15 pm | 15th Post |
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seawitches wrote: interior way back when......
Gordon picking up chicks.... again. (hmm come to think of it, this is when he met his wife)
Yep, me picking up chicks. You know me well Sheila!!!!!
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Posted: Thu Jan 24th, 2008 11:16 pm | 16th Post |
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seawitches wrote: the interior way back when.....
JC and wife enjoying another glass of Cabernet Franc
I remember this dining room. Very beautiful but also very noisy. I have some tape of my cruise on this ship and this dining room is included. She was a one of a kind ship never to be repeated.
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Posted: Mon Jul 7th, 2008 06:08 pm | 17th Post |
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http://www.midshipcentury.com/
She is now going quickly.
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Posted: Mon Jul 7th, 2008 06:13 pm | 18th Post |
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Sad pictures indeed.
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Posted: Mon Jul 7th, 2008 07:17 pm | 19th Post |
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Posted: Mon Jul 7th, 2008 07:58 pm | 20th Post |
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| Totally sickening.
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Posted: Mon Jul 7th, 2008 08:30 pm | 21st Post |
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Maybe its the pragmatist in me but I have no issue with this practice (other than the pollution it causes) As we used to say in the Navy..."One day your sailing her, the next your shaving with her" 
They have to go somewhere when the are past their prime and its better being dismantled than having tons of oil, asbesto's and other nastiness sitting on the bottom of the ocean slowing breaking down and poluting the sea.
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Posted: Mon Jul 7th, 2008 09:08 pm | 22nd Post |
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Family Man wrote: The Norway was my first cruise in 1988.
I sailed on The Norway in the mid 80's.......and although she was not my favorite ship, she still had so much history and was a Grand Dame. Very, very sad indeed.
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Posted: Mon Jul 7th, 2008 10:04 pm | 23rd Post |
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I also cruised on the Norway but it was back in 94. The ship itself was great and so much history but the on board product left a lot to be desired. I remember when NCL placed her into service. She was the talk of cruising for quite a while.
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Posted: Mon Jul 7th, 2008 11:54 pm | 24th Post |
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We never got to sail on her. We were booked for a November sailing a few months after her engines went.
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 12:16 am | 25th Post |
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hstrybuf wrote: That's so sad. You'd think with today's processes, something could have been done to save the ship.
Unfortunately today nothing speaks louder than money. 
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