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Re: [OM] The Zepplin is Coming!

Subject: Re: [OM] The Zepplin is Coming!
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:16:54 +0000
Thanks, Paul and Chuck.  I've just had a look at the dome, the Queen  
Mary and said submarine.

Chris

On 17 Jan 2009, at 16:33, Paul Braun wrote:

> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Nope, you saw the real deal.  The Spruce Goose was originally based  
>> in
>> Long Beach, California.  Ownership was acquired by Walt Disney Co. in
>> 1992 who found it not profitable so it was sold and moved.  See the
>> "Display" entry here:  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spruce_Goose>
>>
> Yep.  If you look up the Queen Mary on Google Earth, the round white
> dome next to her is the building the Goose used to live in.  It's now
> the cruise terminal for Carnival.  We just went through it two weeks  
> ago.
>
> While you're there, look at the bow of the QM.  Then look at the space
> between the QM's bow and the shore.  There's a retired Russian sub
> parked there.

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