-> 
MSGID: 1:369/20 2e0b8c19
-> 
TID: InterEcho 1.19 6E010934
-> -> TJ> -> On an ocean liner, the crew is *not* who the lifeboats
-> -> TJ> -> are for.  :^) . . Yeah back then.. they were for looks.
-> ->
-> -> Try passengers.
-> .
-> .
-> No sorry.. back then.. the life boats were merely something to make 
-> the boat look pretty. They had enought life boats on teh titanic for 
-> less than half the total crew and passengers they had on board. They 
-> didnt feel that it was needed because it was supposedly unsinkable. 
-> Despite the fact that their "Air Tight" compartments all happened to 
-> be connected through the top. Allowing one to spill over into the 
-> other...
True, the history of the Steamship lines and their neglect of passenger
safety crested with the Titanic.
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v2.0
---------------