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Did you know?

PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 4:13 pm
by ozzy72
Today is not only the 91st anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, but also the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the double helix that makes up human DNA!
Wow what a busy day!

Ozzy :)

Re: Did you know?

PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 4:26 pm
by Fly2e
And all we are all doing is yapping at these forums!!!!! LOL
Dave

Re: Did you know?

PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 5:21 pm
by BFMF
Forgot all about that ::)

Re: Did you know?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 8:20 am
by ATI_7500
yeah,let's celebrate the sinking of the titanic and let's cry about the discovery of the double helix!

whoops! the other way round...;D

Re: Did you know?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 9:21 am
by Oso
Today is not only the 91st anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, but also the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the double helix that makes up human DNA!




Oh no ya don't - you're not blaming that crap on me!!!

Re: Did you know?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:05 am
by BFMF
It's hard to believe the Titanic threatened my very existance 91 years ago.

I'm not kidding!!

Re: Did you know?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 12:48 pm
by Maccers
How does that work then ??? Were your grandperants on the ill fated ship?

Re: Did you know?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 5:02 pm
by BFMF
My Grandmother's father, who was Dutch, bought a ticket for the maiden voyage on the Titanic to come to America on a business trip. It was the cheapest ticket available, so it would have been like a 3rd class of something of that sort. A couple weeks before the the Titanic was to set sail, his mother had a bizarre, vivid nightmare that something terrible was going to happen to her son if he was to sail on the Titanic. She begged and pleaded and he finally bought a ticket for a dutch liner instead. Once he arrived in New York, he was shocked to see the headlines. He immediately bought a postcard with a picture of the Titanic on it, and my Grandmother still has it. It's kinda cool

So there you have it. If it hadn't of been for that dream, I more then likely wouldn't be alive ;)

Re: Did you know?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 5:09 pm
by Woodlouse2002
My Grandmother's father, who was Dutch, bought a ticket for the maiden voyage on the Titanic to come to America on a business trip. It was the cheapest ticket available, so it would have been like a 3rd class of something of that sort. A couple weeks before the the Titanic was to set sail, his mother had a bizarre, vivid nightmare that something terrible was going to happen to her son if he was to sail on the Titanic. She begged and pleaded and he finally bought a ticket for a dutch liner instead. Once he arrived in New York, he was shocked to see the headlines. He immediately bought a postcard with a picture of the Titanic on it, and my Grandmother still has it. It's kinda cool

So there you have it. If it hadn't of been for that dream, I more then likely wouldn't be alive ;)


Its bizzare this. Apparently lots of people who were to sail on the Titanic had a dream that it would all end in disaster. There is nothing to prove this but apparently there was an unusual amount of last minute cancallations for the voyage.

Re: Did you know?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 2:28 am
by Smoke2much
I saw an interview on the telly.  One of the Chambermaids on the Titanic was a nursing auxillary on the Britannic when She was sunk in the Mediterannean.  She is the only known woman to have survived the sinking of two sister ships.

Will

Re: Did you know?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 8:40 am
by Maccers
My Grandmother's father, who was Dutch, bought a ticket for the maiden voyage on the Titanic to come to America on a business trip. It was the cheapest ticket available, so it would have been like a 3rd class of something of that sort. A couple weeks before the the Titanic was to set sail, his mother had a bizarre, vivid nightmare that something terrible was going to happen to her son if he was to sail on the Titanic. She begged and pleaded and he finally bought a ticket for a dutch liner instead. Once he arrived in New York, he was shocked to see the headlines. He immediately bought a postcard with a picture of the Titanic on it, and my Grandmother still has it. It's kinda cool

So there you have it. If it hadn't of been for that dream, I more then likely wouldn't be alive ;)

Thats... um... wow :o :-[

Re: Did you know?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 7:36 pm
by BFMF
Wasn't the Apollo 13 spacecraft seriously damaged on April 16???

I think I remember that the launch date was April 13, and the accident happned on the 3rd day

Re: Did you know?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 8:33 pm
by Blade
It was also my Dad's B-Day, the day Lincoln was assasinated, and tax day. The 16th is a VERY unlucky day indeed.