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Old 08-01-2014, 18:48   #16
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Nice fantasy, but how will the buoyancy provided by those little tiny sponsons manage to float this seagoing Versailles?
They're full of Hellium...?/
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They're full of Hellium...?/



Genius! Seagoing Hindenburg incident aside, that is....
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You may be thinking of hydrogen.
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You may be thinking of hydrogen.
Naah... that's explosive.. this just makes ya talk funny...
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Naah... that's explosive.. this just makes ya talk funny...
Hell, Boatie, you talk plenty funny on air!

But anyway, I think this is just too, well, gauche. Great idea, poor architect. Maybe they should get the chap from Sausalito who designed and built that beaut cat in the car park as a consultant... he'd show 'em how to do it!

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Naah... that's explosive.. this just makes ya talk funny...
Not you, Minaret, in his post just before mine.
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