From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"Monte Davis"  wrote in message
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>>I've always though carriers would make ultimate party-vessels! Loud enough
>>music and you wouldn't even have to leave the harbor ;-)
>
> Since 1982 the aircraft carrier Intrepid has been moored in NYC's
> Hudson River as the Sea, Air & Space Museum. Like some other museuns,
> it can be rented for private parties during off hours. (No, you don't
> get to play with the fighters or Blackbird.)
>
> Some years ago Bill M, a friend and mentor of mine in the business
> meetings production trade, was retiring. His wife arranged to
> celebrate with a scenic helicopter ride around the city. She told him
> that after the flight they'd join his colleagues at a restaurant for a
> party.
>
> As the Intrepid came in sight, she casually drew his attention to a
> big scrum of people on the flight deck. The pilot obligingly dipped
> closer... and the people scattered to reveal a big sign lettered "COME
> ON DOWN, BILL"

Ooh, that would be muy cool. Here, the closest thing to that is the huge
icebreakers that we have - they're for rent during the summer, and
sometimes some really loaded people take one for a cruise.


Antti Kurenniemi
(not quite as big, but still pretty damn big, looks like a bulldog that's
just over 100 meters long)

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