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Art- NOAA had decreed, in their infinite wisdom, that them Monitor is rotting away (duh!) down there on the bottom of the sea, and it needs to be slavaged. So, after botching the job to raise the propeller (one of the first propellers ever made) they have determined that it was because they were underfunded. So it's really yours and my fault they botched the job. So now they want $20,000,000, that's twenty milllllllion dollars, of yours and my money to haul up the "cheesebox", engine and (if they don't botch it again) the prop. Personally I think that the monitor is doing just fine down there and they should leave it alone. It's amazing. Anything that our government touchs go's to shit. And I will bet you that if these bozo's try to raise the Monitor, they will fuck it up beyond all recognition and the cost of the job will escalate to $80,000,000. How much do you want to bet? And in the meantime you can't get decent weather reports, CMAS bouys are rotting, the charts are going obsolete... Jim On 11/7/97 3:13 PM Paltz, Art wrote: >Hey Cobber, > >What's this about 20 million? Don't know much about the Monitor except >that it's a Civil war Iron clad. Assume it went down around Va.?? Is >there a lawsuit going on or something or is it just more local folk lore >about 20 mil in cash/gold/silver which went down to the bottom of the >sea?? Just curious.... > >Thanks, >Safe diving, >Art. >art.paltz@r2*.co* >Last Dive 10/31/97, Ora Verde, Grand Cayman, 50ft/50 min bottom time, 88 >degrees F, 21% bottom mix > -- O.K. so I was on my honeymoon and had a weenie DM following >me. Had 1800 PSI left in my 72 cube tank!! > -- Couldn't wait to get back to the cold waters of the North >East!! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Cobb > Sent: Friday, November 07, 1997 8:42 AM > To: Gary McGee; Tech Diver > Subject: Re: new hoseless regulator (fwd) > > Gary > > I talked to the cook on one of those trips. She went down on a >bounce > dive with a single 80 filled with air. This is to 240'. I don't >know what > bozo let her do that, but I'm glad she survived. > > But, if that $20,000,000 go's through, Rod and his crew might be >the last > ones to see the Monitor in it's "natural" state. > > Jim > > On 11/7/97 1:49 AM Gary McGee wrote: > > >Rod, > > > >Now that you've posted this interesting tid-bit let's return > >to the real world. Back about a year ago Rod you posted a > >note giving some divers a chance to dive the Monitor. Who > >were the diver that won the toss-up and dove the Monitor > >with you and dive did the dive go? I hope everyone had > >a great dive. How about posting some information on the > >dive with details > > > >Thanks in Advance, > > > >Gary McGee > >Detroit, MI (USA) > >Great Lakes Wrecker > >-- > >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to >`techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to >`techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to >`techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to >`techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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