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U S Coast Guard rescue two persons who were on a sinking boat

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 16 Jun

Officials with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) answered an emergency call from 60 year old man Jeffrey Hudson and his son 30 years old son Robert Hudson who were aboard their 57 foot fisher boat named "Turn Me Loose." that...

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I didn't go down with the ship, or in this case, the kayak

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 22 Jul 23

This morning, two other members of my camping club and I got up early to go kayaking on the lake. The waterfront opens at 7:30 and we were there and on the water by 7:50. The lake was calm and peaceful. The sky was overcast. The...

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Ahoy the Bridge, Periscope off the Port Bow, Brace for Impact

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 21 Mar 17

Today several of us at work, our hallway custodian, a couple of my teaching colleagues, and our assistant principal were talking about the state of public education in America - and around much of the world - and decided the best...

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100th Anniversary of the wreck and sinking of the Titanic

JUNGLE @JUNGLE (1157) • South Africa 9 May 12

April 15th 2012 marked the 100th year that the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank,claiming 1,800 lives.This was the greatest disaster in maritime history. A very sad and tragic event that has deeply touched the hearts and lives of...

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Eerie Anniversary

cher913 @cher913 (25781) • Canada 10 Apr 12

Today, 100 years ago, was when the Titanic was launched and today (April 10th) descendants of those who were on the ship had a memorial service at the Southampton dock where it was launched from. Southampton lost the most with...

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Venice is sinking

k sridharprasad @yugasini (12892) • Secunderabad, India 26 Mar 11

hi mylot friends, Venice was built in the year of 421 A.D, this floating city initially producing salt, after words it was changed as tourist place, in fourteenth century itself two lakhs (0.2 millions)of people living there,...

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And I thought the 2012 Movie was Cool :D

LetranKnight25 @LetranKnight25 (33117) • Philippines 28 Jun 10

Hello Lotters, Yeah, I know that some of you have watch the All out famous Apocalypse Movie 2012 which foretold about land mass changing while people die and others evacuate, and then got into three arks and in the end three...

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NKorea warns of war if punished for ship sinking

alternateshady @alternateshady (51) • Philippines 19 May 10

What do you think guys? It's like stealing or murdering without a punishment. What is in the minds of the NKoreans now? If the UN would suppress them that would do it but who would side with the NKoreans if the world went to war...

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:( Everytime i watch this movie. :*(

iamamommy @iamamommy (163) • United States 6 Mar 10

I love the movie titanic, everytime i watch it i cry. Im so touched by this movie but what would it be like if in the end jack survived. I was so upset seeing leonardo dying in that movie because he is my favorite actor, but...

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what will you do if?

jamaiyi @jamaiyi (66) • Singapore 19 Feb 10

What will you do if you are in a sinking ship with your girfriend and there is only one life vest? Will you pretend to be Jack in 'Titanic' and die for love? or will you just use the vest and allow your girfriend to die? For me,...

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Venice is sinking...

davidro @davidro (20) • Australia 15 Dec 09

Has everybody heard that Venice is sinking.. Apparently its going to go underwater and there's nothing they can do about it.. Does anybody know why this is?? Is there really no wya to stop it??

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titianic anniversary

cher913 @cher913 (25781) • Canada 13 Apr 09

its coming up to the anniversary of the sinking of the great ship, the Titanic. Actually, since somewhat of a holiday here today (easter monday) the movie is actually on tv - perhaps because it is almost the anniversary of the...

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In God We Trust???

sconibear @sconibear (8016) • United States 3 Apr 09

how can we trust somebody who created syphilis, venomous spiders, and AIDS??? and don't even get me started on quicksand...........it's like "oh, don't worry, that's just regular sand, go ahead, walk on it, [b]you can trust...

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Who would it be? You choose.

mkeanel01 @mkeanel01 (974) • Philippines 9 Mar 09

If you were in a sinking ship, and you were with your husbund/wife and your mother-in-law, and you only have 2 life jackets with you. Who will you give the other lifejacket? Is it your husband/wife or your mother-in-law? I for...

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last titanic survivor sells mementoes to survive

cher913 @cher913 (25781) • Canada 16 Oct 08

Millvina Dean, aged 96 was just a mere 2 months old when she was on the Titanic and its subsequent sinking and is now forced to sell mementoes to pay for her care at the nursing home where she...

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Would women still want the exact rights as men during the sinking of Titanic?

EngrJTU @bookworms (351) • Pasig, Philippines 9 Aug 08

Women always claim to want to be treated the same as men. But what about during the Titanic sinking? During the sinking of Titanic men had the right to die like a "man" on the ship. While women got to get on rescue boats and...

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the MS Wilhelm Gustloff - the greatest maritime disaster that no one knows about

cher913 @cher913 (25781) • Canada 4 Jul 08

I was watching PBS yesterday and learned about this tragic sinking about this German ship during the last days of WW2. The ship was trying to get Germans out before the Russians entered Germany and was sunk by the Russians in...

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Urban Legends....do you believe this one?

ctrymuziklvr @ctrymuziklvr (11057) • United States 20 Jan 08

I like to read about Urban Legends and found one that has left me wondering! This one is about the Titanic and they say that while it was sinking a movie about the desperate efforts of a group of passengers to survive the sinking...

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You get to say who lives

cartoon4umaniacs @cartoon4umaniacs (1648) • United States 28 Nov 07

If you were on a sinking boat and there are three love ones on it and you can only save one. You mother who given you life and raised you, your hubby who you have promise to love and honor him, or your child whom you have given...

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Discussion Sinking to the Bottom

hcromer @hcromer (2709) • United States 26 Mar 07

How long do you think it usually takes for your discussions to be dormant before they sink to the bottom of the list of discussions that you have started? How old is the bottom discussion that you have started? Mine is about...

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