Re: Wanna buy an aircraft carrier?
"Ric Trexell" <rictrexell@vbe,com > wrote in message
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> "Kinon O'Cann" <fuged@bout,it > wrote in message
> news:Rvcaj.21639$1R1.11916@trndny02...
> > I have an aircraft carrier for sale. Meet me in San Diego and bring
cash.
> >
> > Trust me, there's a better chance of getting the aircraft carrier than
> this
> > rumor coming true.
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> I almost bought one once, I was sleeping below decks on my US Navy
destroyer
> which I was married to for about 3+ years. We were coming through the
> straits by Indonesia after going to the gulf of Ammen and Omar during the
> 1973 oil crisis. We lost power in the boilers and managed to coast out of
> the way of the USS Midway I think it was that was behind us. Had we not
we
> would have bought the carrier and a whole lot of the Pacific ocean would
of
> been ours to swallow. I never told my parents this other wise they would
> have dropped dead in fear. Now that they are gone I can reveal it. If
you
> are selling an air craft carrier, I don't want any of those old oil hogs
> like the Kitty Hawk. They go through a ton of oil a minute and that is
just
> sitting in port. Maybe one of those newer nuke ones, but only if it is
not
> showing any rust. Thanks for the offer. Ric in Wisconsin.
>
Just beach the thing and convert it into condos. Most municipalities will
take years to implement legal action and force you to remove it at which
time it's easy enough to just put a hole in the hull and let her go :)