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To: Gauguin who wrote (19302)3/14/1999 8:48:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 71178
 
> HMS Titanic and them ships - their life rings were incredibly rigid<

You mean, like wood?

I wonder if any of the early shipwreck casualties were folks getting beaned by tossed life rings.

Come to think of it - the Titanic's were probably made of finest Sheffield steel. Tink! glug



To: Gauguin who wrote (19302)3/15/1999 1:09:00 AM
From: JF Quinnelly  Respond to of 71178
 
The neighbor across the street from my folks had a couple of cork oaks. Good looking trees. I think he got them from the Agriculture Dept sometime in the '40s. They wanted to see if cork would be a viable crop in California.


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