tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post7279113735161598234..comments2024-03-17T12:29:06.250+00:00Comments on nickhereandnow: Fire on the Titanicnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-41565051838848824272017-01-11T20:26:35.135+00:002017-01-11T20:26:35.135+00:00Jenny: Indeed, the cover-ups and misleading reassu...Jenny: Indeed, the cover-ups and misleading reassurances about the NHS are sickening. I'm not sure who're telling the most lies, politicians or big business. Trying to discern the reality behind the thick fog of propaganda is hard work.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-2693518161774035262017-01-11T18:03:17.644+00:002017-01-11T18:03:17.644+00:00I am afraid that this kind of thing happens all th...I am afraid that this kind of thing happens all the time. Sometimes it is rather obvious when people are lying, as it has been in certain political arenas lately. I doubt whether we are being told anything like the truth about the health service, for instance. And isn't it interesting when government papers are opened after many years and we find out what was really going on!Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-38735143880394579012017-01-10T05:47:10.960+00:002017-01-10T05:47:10.960+00:00Hattie: The more you know about any project whatev...Hattie: The more you know about any project whatever, the more you find corners were cut, exhausted workers were making serious mistakes, sub-standard materials were used etc. Probably best not to know anything at all!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-64700373383466170092017-01-09T21:06:04.261+00:002017-01-09T21:06:04.261+00:00An engineer who worked for a manufacturer of steel...An engineer who worked for a manufacturer of steel told me that the steel used in the World Trade Center was not of the best. One wonders about these matters. Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-42732483442707401022017-01-06T08:39:04.200+00:002017-01-06T08:39:04.200+00:00www: I'm fascinated by the way a supposedly &q...www: I'm fascinated by the way a supposedly "almost unsinkable" and dazzlingly luxurious ship (for the first class passengers, that is) foundered so rapidly as a result of one human error after another.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-84139127421845506982017-01-06T01:33:07.618+00:002017-01-06T01:33:07.618+00:00I so enjoyed a sci-fi book I read which had God tu...I so enjoyed a sci-fi book I read which had God turning her back on the whole sorry lot of us. In total embarrassment, and then moving on to the next new fresh planet to correct her mistakes. Like knitting.<br /><br />Titanic has always fascinated me too. Mainly because my daughters had a great-great grandaunt who died on it. 16 she was.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-82777464357142377642017-01-05T07:33:51.380+00:002017-01-05T07:33:51.380+00:00Jean: I sometimes imagine the world was created by...Jean: I sometimes imagine the world was created by God when he was blind drunk and had no idea what he was doing. When he finally sobered up, he was horrified but there was no "Cancel" option.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-54748042899694032722017-01-05T07:27:25.968+00:002017-01-05T07:27:25.968+00:00Agent: Absolutely. Saying it was an Act of God is ...Agent: Absolutely. Saying it was an Act of God is just a way of denying all responsibility for the disaster and the company's general negligence.<br /><br />John: Really? I didn't know that either. Though in this case the burning coal was actually stacked against the bulkhead and the hull! The bulkhead was said to be red-hot.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-54488583043285933282017-01-05T06:15:51.054+00:002017-01-05T06:15:51.054+00:00Act of God? I'm still laughing at a New Yorke...Act of God? I'm still laughing at a New Yorker cartoon I recently saw. God is looking down at earth, saying, "What have I done?!" Yep, so much for omniscience. Cheerful Monkhttp://cheerfulmonk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-68511227374922019282017-01-05T00:24:37.845+00:002017-01-05T00:24:37.845+00:00Boiler room fires were common in the liner world o...Boiler room fires were common in the liner world of early 1900s <br />We forget thatJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-26574047026862235992017-01-04T21:04:35.430+00:002017-01-04T21:04:35.430+00:00The whole "act of God" thing seems silly...The whole "act of God" thing seems silly to me. But even if you want to say somethings (a tornado, say) is an act of God, you still can't put human errors in that category.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-75502309237969055892017-01-04T20:33:28.145+00:002017-01-04T20:33:28.145+00:00Dave: The tip of the iceberg indeed! White Star ac...Dave: The tip of the iceberg indeed! White Star actually claimed that all the firemen had died so couldn't give evidence about the alleged fire. In fact quite a lot of them survived to tell the tale.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-77357441320410460052017-01-04T20:28:07.119+00:002017-01-04T20:28:07.119+00:00No doubt there are a million stories of corporate ...No doubt there are a million stories of corporate cover-ups, and the Titanic disaster is just the tip of the iceberg. Uh-oh, did I really just say that...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-20669745920222156552017-01-04T16:24:18.773+00:002017-01-04T16:24:18.773+00:00Tammy: What a wonderful quote! And what an alarmin...Tammy: What a wonderful quote! And what an alarming thought! So much cost-cutting is a false economy - it might save money in the short term, but in the long term it costs more because of equipment failures, injuries, rectifying mistakes etc.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-48069977990914431942017-01-04T15:18:40.722+00:002017-01-04T15:18:40.722+00:00that is so sad.
all for money's sake.
it remi...that is so sad. <br />all for money's sake.<br />it reminds me of a quote by our astronaut john glenn.<br /><br />“As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.” <br />― John GlennAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-72232517854318374552017-01-04T15:09:10.649+00:002017-01-04T15:09:10.649+00:00Helen: It was an excellent programme. Very calm an...Helen: It was an excellent programme. Very calm and methodical, no wild hysterical claims. But I can tell you, if I was a passenger and I heard about the fire, I would have been off that ship pronto.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-80023628863481825042017-01-04T13:44:18.745+00:002017-01-04T13:44:18.745+00:00I saw that programme: good to see a sober discussi...I saw that programme: good to see a sober discussion of possibilities.helen devriesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-54310191754209675472017-01-04T11:46:34.938+00:002017-01-04T11:46:34.938+00:00Bijoux: Quite a lot of them do. The routine reacti...Bijoux: Quite a lot of them do. The routine reaction of organisations involved in a disaster seems to be to deny culpability and blame anyone and everything except themselves. Like the Hillsborough tragedy and the high death rates at Stafford Hospital.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-44100034165748681912017-01-04T11:39:06.216+00:002017-01-04T11:39:06.216+00:00Every disaster (other than natural) seems to invol...Every disaster (other than natural) seems to involve a cover-up.Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-43374767538596529802017-01-04T11:24:28.248+00:002017-01-04T11:24:28.248+00:00Ursula: Ha ha. Then God is also to blame for me ca...Ursula: Ha ha. Then God is also to blame for me causing a multiple pile-up on the motorway. And various other misdemeanours.<br /><br />Kylie: Even longstanding Titanic historians were unaware of the fire. It was only because one of them spotted what seemed to be scorch marks on the hull that the truth came out.<br /><br />Scarlet: Very true. And with the present government cutting corners every which way, some dreadful tragedies are occurring. But still the corners are being cut.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-87617694121306319982017-01-04T10:09:26.761+00:002017-01-04T10:09:26.761+00:00Strangely we all still take risks and cut corners,...Strangely we all still take risks and cut corners, be it on a large scale or small.... usually to do with saving money.... and when it goes wrong, it goes very wrong! <br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-82209883576589181412017-01-04T10:00:40.212+00:002017-01-04T10:00:40.212+00:00I knew there was an issue with the steel, I didnt ...I knew there was an issue with the steel, I didnt know about the fire but then, thats the point of a cover up.kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-5826652438013990272017-01-04T09:43:07.765+00:002017-01-04T09:43:07.765+00:00Not so hasty. Depends how one defines "Act of...Not so hasty. Depends how one defines "Act of God". Considering that he made the world one could reasonably put the blame for his creation's stupidity at his doorstep.<br /><br />UUrsulahttp://bitchontheblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com