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Gentlemen, It is my opinion that anything which comes in contact with salt water becomes junk shortly thereafter. Now I realize that certain individuals consider this junk to be valuable historical material in some cases. A liberal like Garrett Weinberg, believes that anything within the federal public domain should be collectively owned by everyone and therefore remain in its resting place for all future liberals to cherish. Junk, such as abandoned shipwrecks, are fair game to anyone foolish enough to risk their life and fortune recovering valuable artifacts like hatch covers, bronze portholes, belaying pins, beer cans, coke bottles and corroded electrical fixtures. The Monitor is junk and should either cleaned up or permanently cleared away. so is the Anrea Doria and the Titanic and Flight 19 for that matter, should anyone find it. George and myself are planning on packing up all of our obsolete and worthless dive gear and making an artificial reef off of Ft. Lauderdale, when the marine patrol are not looking. Years later Garrett Weinberg and his merry band of socialists can enact laws to protect these valuable heirlooms for posterity. These items can "salvaged" and placed in a state sponsored museum after they have been restored. May the late Mel Fisher rest in peace. Happy Xmas, Bill -----Original Message----- From: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*> To: Don Mason <deep6@se*.co*> Cc: Tech Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Date: Thursday, December 24, 1998 12:58 PM Subject: Re: Diver charged for looting the Empress >Or someone could invent an underwater hotdog stand which we could setup >by these wrecks and make a couple of bucks while the tourists are filing >through. > > Jim > >Sender: Don Mason Date: 12/23/98 10:39 PM > >>Jim >>we should bring this stuff up.Pay tribute to the brave men who fought for >>their >>lives on the seas >>or lakes.A piece of time brought back to share with generations. >>The mussels cover your wrecks,the ocean reclaims ours.Get real if left >>it is >>gone. >>That is why diving was invented to explore and return to the surface what was >>lost! >>Don >> >>Jim Cobb wrote: >> >>> Well, hell, it looks to me that it time to bring some of that junk up! >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> Sender: TrembleDvr@ao*.co* Date: 12/23/98 12:25 AM >>> >>> >In a message dated 12/21/98 2:57:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, >>> >cobber@ci*.co* writes: >>> > >>> >> There are certain wrecks in fresh water which are in suspended animation >>> >> and I agree, should be left alone. But for those in salt or brackish >>> >> water, someone might as well salvage bring some stuff up before mother >>> >> nature reclaims whats hers. >>> >> >>> >> Jim >>> > >>> > It sure is nice to go down on a 100+ year old schooner and see >dead-eyes >>> >and blocks and dishes and all kinds of stuff, but I fear ours will be the >>> >last generation to see this in the Great Lakes. Damn Zebra mussells are >>> >covering up everything, who will see these artifacts when they are covered >>> >with four inches of zebra mussells. >>> > >>> >Marty Lutz >>> >-- >>> >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >>> >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >>> > >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html >>> >>> -- >>> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >>> Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html > >-- >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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