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Apr 14^th, 2003 at 5:13pm

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Today is not only the 91st anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, but also the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the double helix that makes up human DNA!
Wow what a busy day!

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Reply #1 - Apr 14^th, 2003 at 5:26pm

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And all we are all doing is yapping at these forums!!!!! LOL
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Reply #2 - Apr 14^th, 2003 at 6:21pm

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Forgot all about that Roll Eyes

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Reply #3 - Apr 15^th, 2003 at 9:20am

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yeah,let's celebrate the sinking of the titanic and let's cry about the discovery of the double helix!

whoops! the other way round... Grin

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Reply #4 - Apr 15^th, 2003 at 10:21am

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Today is not only the 91st anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, but also the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the double helix that makes up human DNA!

Oh no ya don't - you're not blaming that crap on me!!!

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Reply #5 - Apr 15^th, 2003 at 12:05pm

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It's hard to believe the Titanic threatened my very existance 91 years ago.

I'm not kidding!!

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Reply #6 - Apr 15^th, 2003 at 1:48pm

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How does that work then ??? Were your grandperants on the ill fated ship?

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Reply #7 - Apr 15^th, 2003 at 6:02pm

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My Grandmother's father, who was Dutch, bought a ticket for the maiden voyage on the Titanic to come to America on a business trip. It was the cheapest ticket available, so it would have been like a 3rd class of something of that sort. A couple weeks before the the Titanic was to set sail, his mother had a bizarre, vivid nightmare that something terrible was going to happen to her son if he was to sail on the Titanic. She begged and pleaded and he finally bought a ticket for a dutch liner instead. Once he arrived in New York, he was shocked to see the headlines. He immediately bought a postcard with a picture of the Titanic on it, and my Grandmother still has it. It's kinda cool

So there you have it. If it hadn't of been for that dream, I more then likely wouldn't be alive Wink

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Reply #8 - Apr 15^th, 2003 at 6:09pm

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My Grandmother's father, who was Dutch, bought a ticket for the maiden voyage on the Titanic to come to America on a business trip. It was the cheapest ticket available, so it would have been like a 3rd class of something of that sort. A couple weeks before the the Titanic was to set sail, his mother had a bizarre, vivid nightmare that something terrible was going to happen to her son if he was to sail on the Titanic. She begged and pleaded and he finally bought a ticket for a dutch liner instead. Once he arrived in New York, he was shocked to see the headlines. He immediately bought a postcard with a picture of the Titanic on it, and my Grandmother still has it. It's kinda cool

So there you have it. If it hadn't of been for that dream, I more then likely wouldn't be alive Wink

Its bizzare this. Apparently lots of people who were to sail on the Titanic had a dream that it would all end in disaster. There is nothing to prove this but apparently there was an unusual amount of last minute cancallations for the voyage.

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Reply #9 - Apr 16^th, 2003 at 3:28am

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I saw an interview on the telly. One of the Chambermaids on the Titanic was a nursing auxillary on the Britannic when She was sunk in the Mediterannean. She is the only known woman to have survived the sinking of two sister ships.

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Reply #10 - Apr 16^th, 2003 at 9:40am

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My Grandmother's father, who was Dutch, bought a ticket for the maiden voyage on the Titanic to come to America on a business trip. It was the cheapest ticket available, so it would have been like a 3rd class of something of that sort. A couple weeks before the the Titanic was to set sail, his mother had a bizarre, vivid nightmare that something terrible was going to happen to her son if he was to sail on the Titanic. She begged and pleaded and he finally bought a ticket for a dutch liner instead. Once he arrived in New York, he was shocked to see the headlines. He immediately bought a postcard with a picture of the Titanic on it, and my Grandmother still has it. It's kinda cool

So there you have it. If it hadn't of been for that dream, I more then likely wouldn't be alive Wink

Thats... um... wow Shocked

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Reply #11 - Apr 16^th, 2003 at 8:36pm

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Wasn't the Apollo 13 spacecraft seriously damaged on April 16???

I think I remember that the launch date was April 13, and the accident happned on the 3rd day

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Reply #12 - Apr 16^th, 2003 at 9:33pm

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It was also my Dad's B-Day, the day Lincoln was assasinated, and tax day. The 16th is a VERY unlucky day indeed.

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