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6920
Hi Folks, Are you local L.A Long Beach peoples scoping out your viewpoints for the best place to be for the QM2 arrival and sail-by? Sure wish I could witness...
Dan Hudson
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Feb 2, 2006
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6921
As I recall these bars were added at the end of the Didney era - circa late 1992 when Disney was planning on abandoning the QM. The RMS Foundation did not...
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qmadmirer
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Feb 2, 2006
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6922
It's an ebay auction, but these photos are just magnificent..takes you back.. ...
Bridget E
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Feb 4, 2006
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... you back.. ... MARY-1936_W0QQitemZ6250004534QQcategoryZ42388QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I am reminded that we are soon coming up on the 70th anniversary of our...
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Feb 4, 2006
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6924
Great photos. It's nice to see pictures of the ship looking pristine. ARE YOU BUYING THEM? Bill Cwiklo ... From: Bridget E <bridget_e_2000@...> To:...
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qmadmirer
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Feb 4, 2006
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6925
From Seatrade Insider: New date for rendezvous of the Queens 6/2/2006 The `royal rendezvous' between Queen Mary 2 and her namesake will now take place on Feb....
stowaway2k
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Feb 6, 2006
5:03 pm
6926
I've got reservations for Weds night, and even if that doesn't pan out, I have Thursday off from work so I will be there DEFINATELY to take photos and movie :)...
Bridget E
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Feb 6, 2006
8:32 pm
6927
BTW KJ, thank you so much for that heads up or I would not have known :) Bridget stowaway2k <kj0928@...> wrote: From Seatrade Insider: New date for...
Bridget E
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Feb 6, 2006
8:34 pm
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Yes, thank you. I will need to change our reservation. Geri Bridget E <bridget_e_2000@...> wrote: BTW KJ, thank you so much for that heads up or I would...
Geri Jeffers
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Feb 6, 2006
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6929
Does anyone know the point that the bars were installed? To keep drunken patrons from descending the staircase and frightening the hotel guests? Dan ... ...
Dan Hudson
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Feb 6, 2006
10:36 pm
6930
Dan, As I recall the gate (aka bars) were installed by Wrather Port Properties -- run by Disney -- on the staircase outside the OB in the fall of 1992 when...
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qmadmirer
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Feb 6, 2006
10:45 pm
6931
I'm looking forward to good digital photos from all of you! Bridget, you seem to have the best digital camera in the list here, I'm expecting great things!...
Dan Hudson
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Feb 8, 2006
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6932
I hope it's not foggy that morning! Bill ... From: Dan Hudson <queen_mary534@...> To: queenmary@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 09:55:18 -0800...
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Feb 8, 2006
7:57 pm
6933
I have been contacted by Colchester Borough Council. The message reads:   "I work for Colchester Borough Council.  We have a boat on our quayside that is in...
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Feb 8, 2006
8:23 pm
6934
LOL thanks Dan, I'm going to do my best, get photos and movie clips as well :) Bill, even if it were, it would be burnt off by noon I would think. I'm hoping...
Bridget E
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Feb 8, 2006
8:37 pm
6935
She's overgone some major changes if it is..I would say no from the lifeboats I have seen, she looks similar, but ..not. Then again I have been wrong about...
Bridget E
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Feb 8, 2006
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6936
... Dan With the original schedule, I would have been able to get photos of QM2 from the Queen Mary, and later that day get photos of the Queen Mary from QM2. ...
stowaway2k
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Feb 9, 2006
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6937
... For the sake of arguement, let's say yes. Would that make it worth saving?...
stowaway2k
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Feb 9, 2006
12:27 am
6938
What an interesting little boat. If the qm got it, I wouldn't change it at all. It has history of its own. -tom sterling@... wrote: I have been...
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Feb 9, 2006
12:49 am
6939
I'll be on the origional, not Jr ;) ... Dan With the original schedule, I would have been able to get photos of QM2 from the Queen Mary, and later that day get...
Bridget E
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Feb 9, 2006
2:31 am
6940
Wow what a cute little boat. Not sure if it was a lifeboat though. And Colchester eh? That's only an hours drive from me. Konrad ... lifeboats I have seen, she...
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Feb 9, 2006
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6941
... The claim is she was a lifeboat on the Queen Mary but has undergone some changes including a wheelhouse.  Could this be true?  I know the Queen Mary had...
finishedwithengines
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Feb 9, 2006
2:39 pm
6942
Frank, I wonder though, if the lifeboats currently on the ship are the origional ones? There are some that look so rusty that I assume they are, but in others...
Bridget E
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Feb 9, 2006
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6943
_sterling@..._ (mailto:sterling@...) writes: The claim is she was a lifeboat on the Queen Mary but has undergone some changes including a...
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Feb 9, 2006
8:06 pm
6944
Bridget, Check the website. We have a major article on the lifeboats of the QM on there. Bill ... From: Bridget E <bridget_e_2000@...> To:...
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qmadmirer
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Feb 9, 2006
9:15 pm
6945
I thought I read somewhere that the lifeboats currently on the Queen Mary are not original to the ship. I ave noticed they don't all look alike. Tracy It's...
Tracy
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Feb 10, 2006
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6946
Here is a photo of one of the lifeboats currently on board. Seems narrower than the one in that other post's photo. http://www.bridgetemery.com/lifeboat.JPG ...
Bridget E
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Feb 10, 2006
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6947
... Here is a photo of one of the lifeboats currently on board. Seems narrower than the one in that other post's photo. ...
finishedwithengines
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Feb 10, 2006
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6948
... Shipping ... Read about how this very thing happened on the Andrea Doria: http://www.andreadoria.org/TheLifeboats/Default.htm kj...
stowaway2k
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Feb 10, 2006
5:32 pm
6949
Hi Click here to see photos of an original builders model for the Queen Mary. The Queen Mary as she was originally envisioned. The photos were taken at the...
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Feb 11, 2006
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