▲ 126 ▼ Billionaire Says His Long-Delayed ‘Titanic II’ Ship Will Be Antidote to ‘Woke’ Politics (www.rollingstone.com) submitted 2 years ago by davel@hexbear.net to c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net 56 comments fedilink hide all child comments Make Titanic Great Again
[–] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) You would be surprised how often ship names get recycled on the Great Lakes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Those old lakers from the golden-age of shipping in the Great Lakes sure are beautiful though. They are essentially just self propelled barges and absolute death traps, but damn they are good looking ships. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I love them! Every year, we head up to the Soo Locks so I can get high and stare at them for a couple days. I really miss the old style freighters with the pilot house in the front. At least there are a handful left. I love looking at pictures of the freighters that were built in the 1900's. They're made of steel, but it's like going out there in a canoe compared to the thousand footers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I used to spend all my summers in Lake Erie growing up and loved watching the lakers go back and forth by Put-In-Bay. It's impressive that some of those old lakers are pushing 100 years old and still in service. I've never been to the Soo Locks, but i know that i have to make my way out there at some point to see the thousand footers in action. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's pretty great in the Soo. Get a hotel across the street from the locks, and download a free ship tracking app, and then you just bar hop (or walk around if You're sober) between arrivals. The boat tours are great too. If you time it right (ship watching app) you can be in and around the locks with the freighters and get really close. A couple summers ago, we took our canoe up to a place called De Tour Village. It's where the st Mary's river connects to lake Huron. It's about a mile wide in De Tour, so you can canoe right out there and float with them Man, I could nerd out on ships all day permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago An alternate universe me committed to the nautical nerdiness. Unfortunately in this one I dropped that subject alongside pottery and German. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Those old lakers from the golden-age of shipping in the Great Lakes sure are beautiful though. They are essentially just self propelled barges and absolute death traps, but damn they are good looking ships. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I love them! Every year, we head up to the Soo Locks so I can get high and stare at them for a couple days. I really miss the old style freighters with the pilot house in the front. At least there are a handful left. I love looking at pictures of the freighters that were built in the 1900's. They're made of steel, but it's like going out there in a canoe compared to the thousand footers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I used to spend all my summers in Lake Erie growing up and loved watching the lakers go back and forth by Put-In-Bay. It's impressive that some of those old lakers are pushing 100 years old and still in service. I've never been to the Soo Locks, but i know that i have to make my way out there at some point to see the thousand footers in action. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's pretty great in the Soo. Get a hotel across the street from the locks, and download a free ship tracking app, and then you just bar hop (or walk around if You're sober) between arrivals. The boat tours are great too. If you time it right (ship watching app) you can be in and around the locks with the freighters and get really close. A couple summers ago, we took our canoe up to a place called De Tour Village. It's where the st Mary's river connects to lake Huron. It's about a mile wide in De Tour, so you can canoe right out there and float with them Man, I could nerd out on ships all day permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago An alternate universe me committed to the nautical nerdiness. Unfortunately in this one I dropped that subject alongside pottery and German. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I love them! Every year, we head up to the Soo Locks so I can get high and stare at them for a couple days. I really miss the old style freighters with the pilot house in the front. At least there are a handful left. I love looking at pictures of the freighters that were built in the 1900's. They're made of steel, but it's like going out there in a canoe compared to the thousand footers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I used to spend all my summers in Lake Erie growing up and loved watching the lakers go back and forth by Put-In-Bay. It's impressive that some of those old lakers are pushing 100 years old and still in service. I've never been to the Soo Locks, but i know that i have to make my way out there at some point to see the thousand footers in action. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's pretty great in the Soo. Get a hotel across the street from the locks, and download a free ship tracking app, and then you just bar hop (or walk around if You're sober) between arrivals. The boat tours are great too. If you time it right (ship watching app) you can be in and around the locks with the freighters and get really close. A couple summers ago, we took our canoe up to a place called De Tour Village. It's where the st Mary's river connects to lake Huron. It's about a mile wide in De Tour, so you can canoe right out there and float with them Man, I could nerd out on ships all day permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago An alternate universe me committed to the nautical nerdiness. Unfortunately in this one I dropped that subject alongside pottery and German. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I used to spend all my summers in Lake Erie growing up and loved watching the lakers go back and forth by Put-In-Bay. It's impressive that some of those old lakers are pushing 100 years old and still in service. I've never been to the Soo Locks, but i know that i have to make my way out there at some point to see the thousand footers in action. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's pretty great in the Soo. Get a hotel across the street from the locks, and download a free ship tracking app, and then you just bar hop (or walk around if You're sober) between arrivals. The boat tours are great too. If you time it right (ship watching app) you can be in and around the locks with the freighters and get really close. A couple summers ago, we took our canoe up to a place called De Tour Village. It's where the st Mary's river connects to lake Huron. It's about a mile wide in De Tour, so you can canoe right out there and float with them Man, I could nerd out on ships all day permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago An alternate universe me committed to the nautical nerdiness. Unfortunately in this one I dropped that subject alongside pottery and German. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's pretty great in the Soo. Get a hotel across the street from the locks, and download a free ship tracking app, and then you just bar hop (or walk around if You're sober) between arrivals. The boat tours are great too. If you time it right (ship watching app) you can be in and around the locks with the freighters and get really close. A couple summers ago, we took our canoe up to a place called De Tour Village. It's where the st Mary's river connects to lake Huron. It's about a mile wide in De Tour, so you can canoe right out there and float with them Man, I could nerd out on ships all day permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago An alternate universe me committed to the nautical nerdiness. Unfortunately in this one I dropped that subject alongside pottery and German. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago An alternate universe me committed to the nautical nerdiness. Unfortunately in this one I dropped that subject alongside pottery and German. permalink fedilink source parent
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