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[quote="Springy";p="539167"] why has it taken so long for the navy to send ships? [/quote] 'cause the US Maritime Administration HAS been sending civilian training ships because they are better suited for relief efforts due to the fact that they each have to house at least a 700 ...

a little bit about the relief efforts and the role of the national gov't. the US Maritime Administration has just ordered my school to send it's training ship to New Orleans to act as emergency housing for the displaced refugee's. I assume that they have done this to most of the other maritime acade...

Euthanatos, where can i find out about that mission?

to lazy for that

i work in a deli deacon, tell that to my customers.

also, american cheese is not even close to being as tasty as a good, sharp, vermont cheddar

there has been rumors of NY gov. George Pataki trying to make a presidential run in 2008. although he is a less known name than mccain or giuliani, and probably less likely to get the nomination, I'd be reluctant to rule him out completely at this point. He had a "solid" environmental reco...

*fires off a broadside at lethargicmiaou's, balcony and watches it crumble*

[quote="QauNuckShin";p="511829"]wocket, once we get over there, you're going down.[/quote]

not to worry wocket. he'll never get past me Stalwart. Aye, she's a right fine ship she is.

I'm in the same position and thus have the same question

true, It was more of an FYI than anything else

[quote="SunTzu";p="511900"]Yup, and add in the fact that the amount of guns on it was way too high, and that the shipbuilder died and left the rest to his apprentice, and you've got the recipie for disaster. Quite the PR failure, wouldnt you say :P?[/quote] most "serious mai...

[quote="Blaze";p="511879"]Yeah, MIT in particular has been sort of collapsing. My understanding is that Carnagie Mellon is the place to go for technical education anymore.[/quote] University of Buffalo is surpassing Rensselear Polytechnical Institute as one of the leading enginee...

side note: the "proper" way to deal with a flag that has been "desecrated", burned, defacated on, touched the ground etc., is to decomission it by burning its remains. the ashes are then used to "consecrate" new flags as they are comissioned.

[quote="KatFreak";p="511333"]Will you add a dot to the appalachian mountains? More specifically, where Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky meet. It should cover me. I thank ya kindly. :D[/quote] I've actually stood on that exact spot. there's a pavillion there marking it and my frie...

Averill Park N.Y. near albany is my permanent residence but my school is in the Bronx NYC