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How was ice first made so that it was available on luxury ocean crossings, and ice boxes throughout the summer Ice was available on luxury ocean crossings, and ice boxes throughout the summer months, usually delivered by the "Ice Man". How was it made, and how was it stored before refridgeration?

What is the smallest possible length a sailboat can be, and still be capable of ocean crossings? What is the minimum length for a sailboat capable of crossing oceans with at least two people?

Info on micronesia ancient ocean navigating by type of waves? There was a navigation system in old times in polynesia & micronesia using size and direction of waves for day sailing, and stars for night sailing for ocean crossings. Does anyone knows more about this topic or where to find more info?

How long did it take to cross the atlantic ocean in a propeller commerical airliner? Before the jet era, airlines would offer crossings of the atlantic in turboprop planes. How long did a crossing take? This was probably done more in the 50s and 60s.

which of the following cruise lines features transatlantic crossings in its scheudle? Because I thought they all did- Princess Cruises Fred Olsen Cunard Ocean Village

How do you pick a ocean-crossing sailboat? Some day, perhaps not the near future, and only after i take some classes, and get some time under my belt, i want to get a sailboat capable of going around the world (not in one go, but a stop and go kind of thing). It needs to cross the oceans--a scary thing, but exciting. Was wondering, how do you select an ocean-crossing capable sailboat? It's got to be more than just size, because i iamgine, like motorboats, there are thsoe capable of living a hard life, and then there are the ones who cant take the slightest bump without cracking. Is there a rule, or rating system for which boats can or cant make it across oceans? i refuse to be a coastal hugger when i go. what's a good sized boat to do the crossings on, if your're alone? that's all :P

John McCain was born in 1936. What do you think of his world back then? 1936 The depression lingered on with unemployment continuing to fall to 16.9%, and Hitlers Germany continued to show the world it was not scared of anyone but the 1936 Olympics caused Hitler humiliation when his Aryan Supermen were dominated by the great Jesse Owens. Germany's Hitler, Italy's Mussolini and Japan formed an alliance which would show it's real reason for creation in World War 11. Many of Americas unemployed travelled to California hoping to get work but the the local police chief posted guards at main entrance points blocking the " undesirables" this was illegal and later stopped. The Boulder Dam was completed later renamed the Hoover Dam. How Much things cost in 1936 Average Cost of new house $3,925.00 Average wages per year $1,713.00 Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents Average Cost for house rent $24.00 per month A loaf of Bread 8 cents A LB of Hamburger Meat 12 cents Studebaker Car $665.00 Ladies Swimming Costume $6.95 What Events Happened In 1936 Following the depression worldwide dictatorships are established in Mexico, Bulgaria and Peru Mussolini announces the official foundation of the New Roman Empire following the capture of Addis Ababa The Spanish Civil War begins Germany Breaks Treaty of Versailles BBC starts the first public Television broadcasts in London ( Boulder Dam )Hoover Dam finished and begins creating hydroelectric power King Edward VIII abdicates to marry Wallis Simpson Cunard Ocean liner The Queen Mary begins Atlantic crossings The LZ 129 Hindenburg a German zeppelin is completed and takes it's Maiden Flight In Germany The British Air Ministry orders 310 Spitfire Fighter aircraft President Roosevelt is re-elected for a second term The Crystal Palace Is Destroyed By Fire on November 30th Killer Tornadoes strike Tupelo, Mississippi and Gainesville, Georgia A new faster flying boat service starts between America and Britain Chiang Kai-Shek declares war on Japan Jesse Owens wins 4 Gold medals on August 9th at the Summer Olympics in Berlin The Winter Olympic Games are held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use ) Helicopter Germany by Heinrich Focke Magnetic Recording USA audio tapes Zippo Lighter USA Zippo Manufacturing Popular Culture The Queen Mary leaves Southampton on her maiden voyage over the Atlantic The Tasmanian Tigeror Tasmanian Wolf became extinct The book Gone With The Wind is Published Popular films The Alamo The Great Ziegfeld The Charge of the Light Brigade Follow the Fleet, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Have I lost my Mind? I have a plan, solving the problem of border protection with Mexico !!! Am I crazy?? My plan, which I do firmly believe in, will Immediatly solve the illigal crossings along the US/Mexico border, and in less than 2 1/2 years, resolve the status problem of at least 92.5 % of the illigals here now. 1. When we bring home, (back to the USA,) our active duty military troups, that still have active duty time yet to be served, why not create 4 "shifts" (3 shifts of 8 hours each, + one shift off due to shift rotation), AND STATION THEM ALONG THE BORDER, from Brownsville, Texas, all the way to the Pacific Ocean,at San Diego, California. The Politicians probably won't like this idea because it deprives them of wasting hugh amounts of tax money reserved for their coronies !!!! 2. There would, also, be a group of soldiers processing the paperwork that facilitates the Avg. Mexican, to enter the USA legally. Current paperwork time frame is now 7 to 9 YEARS!! The current illigal Mexican immigrants would have two (2) years to acquire their papers!!! OOHHH!!! Sorry, politicians!

Why aren't intense archeological excavations done in Antarctica? We more than have the technology to penetrate the thick ice. Antarctica is the last land frontier for us as modern humans. It's over FIVE MILLION square miles and still to this day remains unclaimed in whole by any nation. Ancient maps intricately show the outlines of the land mass of Antarctica that, in modern day, can only be seen with thermal satellite photography. How did the ancients know of Antarctica's actual coastlines? Only one logical answer: because it was not always frozen over. This would also strengthen theories of periodic cyclical polar shifts of the Earth. This clearly suggests that Antarctica was not always a frozen desert and that ancient people could have indeed built whole civilizations there that through the vast spans of time and generations have become virtually unknown and forgotten. Or were they? To have people inhabiting this great continent ages ago could solve a great deal of anthropological mysteries such as why civilizations like the Egyptians in Africa and the ancient South Americans were similar. People migrating from one continent to another (Africa to S. America and vice-versa) via short channel crossings to Antarctica makes for much more logic than crossing the great Atlantic Ocean in little reed boats. Who knows? Maybe deep beneath Antarctica's actual land surface lies artifacts and ruins that could explain and bring to light some of the famous legends of "lost civilizations" like Atlantis, for example. So why don't we dig up that giant ice cube and learn more about who we are???

This is awesome poetry people - I'd like to share and hear your comments? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkdBoV6wvSI I wrote a poem about this piece of artwork (done by Carol Cohen) earlier today. After I wrote the poem I e-mailed the artist, and she got back to me within an hour. As you can sort of see - on the "waves" of the piece there are words painted. So I asked her what those words were. The following is the story ... “LITTLE COMPTON” TEXT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Seaconnet, R.I. ... August 22, 1869 Three or four weeks ago, during the latter heats of July, I accepted an invitation to visit the house of a poet who lives not far from the rocky headlands and foaming sea-beaches that lie along the south eastern extremity of Little Rhody's wave-washed domain, a wild, outlying section of her shore known to the aborigines as Seaconnet, or the "Haunt of the Seabirds". Avoiding the stage route and taking a private conveyance on the arrival, at Bristol Ferry, of the afternoon boat from Providence, I crossed at Stone Bridge and drove down the old road by the shore to the sea-side home where I was due at supper time. It was an old, old road, innocent of stages or railroad crossings, loitering along at its own leisure among meadows and cornfields and old farmhouses and older orchards, their gnarled branches warped and twisted, as we approached the land's end, by the bitter sea-winds that sweep over them in winter, and looking like the Demon-haunted woodlands in Dore's illustrations of the Inferno. Now, the road lost itself between thick hedges of wild-rose and elder-bloom and purple orchids, overshadowed by hoary willows and clambering grapevines; and, now, opened up broad views of the dark blue ocean that made the heart leap with their sudden splendor. It was a pleasant home that welcomed me on that beautiful July evening. How cool and refreshing to a dweller in the sultry city were the vaporous winds that blew over the new-mown meadows and across the wild rose hedges that bordered the roadside. How delicious the breath of the sweet briar that floated in at night through the ever open window! There is an inexpressible charm in the life we lead here -- so free, so untrammeled, so social, so kindly, so restful! Sometimes we stroll down to the shore, and listen to the pulses of the sea, sometimes we climb the granite stairs of a great rock that overlooks the ocean, colossal stairs, carpeted with short grass and embroidered with the crimson-fruited vines of the blackberry, for the season is late here and fruits ripen slowly. All through the golden afternoon we sit in the vine-wreathed doorway and look over wild-rose hedges -- over orchards and cornfields and meadows newly mown, to the dark line of woodlands that bounds the eastern horizon. ** (excerpts from the journal of Sarah Helen Whitman, 1869; as printed in an anthology, “Notes on Little Compton ” compiled by Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, edited by C.C. Brownell and published by the Little Compton Historical Society, 1970) (note from Carol Cohen: Sarah Helen Whitman was a Providence RI poet of the mid 1800's who at one point in her life was involved with-- courted by -- Edgar Allen Poe. You can do a library search for her published poetry. Seaconnet or Sakonnet which is part of Little Compton RI is still pretty wonderfully much the same as it was then, except for motorcars. It is the easternmost town in RI, in the east bay part of the state, which used to belong to Plymouth colony and MA a long time ago. OH MY GOD I never meant to post a video I meant to post the SCULPTURE how embarassing http://www.carolcohen.com/graphics/cc_swimmer.jpg My idiot moment of the day. What video was that anyway?? Oh lord. I need to take a nap.

Napalitano says she's doing a great job? Really? Napalitano is Obama's biggest idiot. A foreign national was allowed to board a U.S. Aircraft headed for Detroit and the only reason the plane didn't go down like a rock in the Atlantic ocean was the explosive failed to ignite. Napalitano said......"the system worked perfectly" This Sunday - Chris Wallace asked her that when you were in Arizona, the illegal population and illegal border crossings increased over 70%. Napalitano replied - The borders have been enforced very well during my time in Arizona. Either she is an idiot, or Obama was an idiot for nominating her. ...or both. Simple question.....which is it to you?