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2015-08-07 Europe

Some 200 People Feared Dead in Migrant Boat Capsize in Mediterranean

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Posted by Fred 2015-08-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 Fascinating how in our non-history indoctrination classes no one seems to cover the number of ships that didn't make it from Europe to America in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Century. Heck, just remember the Titanic last century.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-08-07 08:42|| 2015-08-07 08:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Not all the Huns finished the trip with Attila...

Posted by Steve White 2015-08-07 08:47|| 2015-08-07 08:47|| Front Page Top

#3 The Sharks still pass on that knowledge

Posted by Shipman 2015-08-07 09:22|| 2015-08-07 09:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Some of us with 'living memory' recall a time when insurance kiosks populated the airports across America cause annual losses were a dozen planes or more a year.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-08-07 09:34|| 2015-08-07 09:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Hell I remember seeing off my dad and him buying that product from a vending machine. Eastern used to fly early Electras so it was a legit bet.

Posted by Shipman 2015-08-07 15:38|| 2015-08-07 15:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Ditto Ship.

Posted by AlanC 2015-08-07 16:49|| 2015-08-07 16:49|| Front Page Top

#7 TWA-UAL crash over the Grand Canyon in '56 scared hell outta everyone...that's when those insurance booths multiplied.

Posted by borgboy 2015-08-07 23:48|| 2015-08-07 23:48|| Front Page Top

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