The Titanic

BlueHammer85 said:
Cost of climbing a 5000 foot mountain is free, thousands of people do it every day.

Bungee jumping, Jumping out a plane, abseiling, scuba diving, rock climbing, the list is endless are all relatively cheap and affordable and will always tragically have a rare occurrence of fatalities.

Again, no one whether rich or poor deserve to die because they want to have some thrill in their lives.
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And why do they get a 'thrill'? Because it's fucking dangerous.
 
marco said:
TBH most if not all on here would not have jumped onboard that even if it was free,only possible way you would get me on one if it was overseen by the Royal Navy
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No amount of money paid to me would be enough to get me in one of those things, same with pot holing.

I once did a glass bottom boat to Peacock Island from Benidorm, it included a small trip in a tourist submarine, I was ok in that as there was loads of room but my mate was sick as a dog due to the feeling of being “trapped”.

I’ve also been on avNuclear Sub next to the USA warship The Intrepid in dry dock in New York, it brings it home how tiny and claustrophobic the conditions are. No way I’d go to sea in one of those never mind a Tin Can that squeezes 5 people in.
 
jimharri said:
Spot on. If the bit about them having to sign waivers is true, then they must have realised there is a serious element of risk involved in the venture. Every sympathy for their loved ones who are left behind, but none for them. What's that saying; play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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I've done a couple of skydives in my time, and obviously had to sign a waiver beforehand. Now, of course there is risk, but I honestly had no concern that anything bad would happen. If there was even a thought that passed through my mind where I thought I would actually die, then there is not a chance I would have got on the plane, let alone jump out of it.

The risk is obviously greater going that far down underwater in a vessel that small and cramped, but I suspect, the same applies to every one of the passengers... they didn't expect to be in a position such as this.... if they did, they wouldn't have gone.

For what it's worth, diving that far down in a small submersible would be well above the level of risk I would want to take, but that's just me.
 
hammocity said:
No amount of money paid to me would be enough to get me in one of those things, same with pot holing.

I once did a glass bottom boat to Peacock Island from Benidorm, it included a small trip in a tourist submarine, I was ok in that as there was loads of room but my mate was sick as a dog due to the feeling of being “trapped”.

I’ve also been on avNuclear Sub next to the USA warship The Intrepid in dry dock in New York, it brings it home how tiny and claustrophobic the conditions are. No way I’d go to sea in one of those never mind a Tin Can that squeezes 5 people in.
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I remember having my arms held as a kid and it was one of the worst experiences I have ever felt.
 
jimharri said:
Spot on. If the bit about them having to sign waivers is true, then they must have realised there is a serious element of risk involved in the venture. Every sympathy for their loved ones who are left behind, but none for them. What's that saying; play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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You think people actually read waivers that are put in front of them?!
 
smevchenko said:
Yeah, I get that, but unless a passenger on board a cross Atlantic cruise is standing with some map showing coordinates, they will have no idea if they are 'passing' the wreck site or not. Not like there is a signpost in the middle of the ocean.
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Why would they need a map. They know the co-ordinates of Titanics resting place and a hand held GPS will tell them where they are
 
hammocity said:
No amount of money paid to me would be enough to get me in one of those things, same with pot holing.

I once did a glass bottom boat to Peacock Island from Benidorm, it included a small trip in a tourist submarine, I was ok in that as there was loads of room but my mate was sick as a dog due to the feeling of being “trapped”.

I’ve also been on avNuclear Sub next to the USA warship The Intrepid in dry dock in New York, it brings it home how tiny and claustrophobic the conditions are. No way I’d go to sea in one of those never mind a Tin Can that squeezes 5 people in.
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I went on HMS Conqueror in the Falklands it was in dock and wasn’t underwater, absolutely no way you could pay me enough to go on that for 3 months, it takes a special kind of person to serve on subs.
 
As someone who has worked for nearly 40 years on products where safety is designed in from the outset and where every aspect of the safety of the product is highly regulated requiring certification by independent authorities following very strict testing to agreed standards, the idea of jumping in a home made tin can that has not undergone any level of safety certification would be an absolute non-starter. I feel sorry for the 19 year old lad in there. The rest of them should have known better.
 
Blue Maverick said:
I went on HMS Conqueror in the Falklands it was in dock and wasn’t underwater, absolutely no way you could pay me enough to go on that for 3 months, it takes a special kind of person to serve on subs.
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I used to know a bookmaker called Ian Mchamish (Macs) in Easingwold. He was caught fiddling his HMRC taxes and given a Custodial Sentence. He had been a submariner in the Navy for many years, he said serving his sentence in an Open prison had been a holiday compared to being on subs.
 
hammocity said:
I got as far as “ be warned not for those who suffer from claustrophobia” in a nutshell what happened so I don’t have to watch?
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In a nutshell? Dude goes into a cave. Falls into a hole, tried to budge and falls upside down into an 18inch wide hole.
Dude dies.

The expanded nutshell makes for a pretty good, yet hard to watch movie.
 
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