Trip Around the SS Great Britain and the Matthew.

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Re: Trip Around the SS Great Britain and the Matthew.

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There had to be an overlap between sailing ships and steam driven ships, the SS Great Britain was one of the first and the best example.

Here is the ticket/map from the museum:

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The stamps match the various appearances of the ship as rebuilt throughout it's life; groovy.
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Trip Around SS Great Britain & Matthew [Reloaded].

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OK, something very bad happened between me and the dubious PhotoBucket (odd censorship, limiting bandwidth, passive-aggressively forcing me into being a paying member etc), so my account for that hellhole has ceased. Luckily my photos were saved elsewhere and I'm using a new picture hosting site (Zooomr). The photos in my old thread have gone forever, so I'm posting them here again, since the photos of the SS Great Britain and Matthew were well received.

Here are my photos of the trip to the SS Great Britain again, they may be a bit bigger or smaller:

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SS Great Britain's Museum Entrance:

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A loony pretending to be Isambard Kingdom Brunel:

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'Alright guard, begin the unnecessarily slow moving dipping mechanism...' - Dr. Evil

'Secondly, I don't see why "income inequality" is a bad thing. Poverty is not an injustice. There is no such thing as causes for poverty, only causes for wealth. Poverty is not a wrong, but taking money from those who have it to equalize incomes is basically theft, which is wrong.' - Typical Randroid

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Re: Trip Around SS Great Britain & Matthew [Reloaded].

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Or....you could have simply fixed the links in your old post (hint: ask a mod) instead of posting another thread? Yeah, I know what I am going to do with this one.
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Re: Trip Around the SS Great Britain and the Matthew.

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OK, sorry it took a while:

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'Secondly, I don't see why "income inequality" is a bad thing. Poverty is not an injustice. There is no such thing as causes for poverty, only causes for wealth. Poverty is not a wrong, but taking money from those who have it to equalize incomes is basically theft, which is wrong.' - Typical Randroid

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Re: Trip Around the SS Great Britain and the Matthew.

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'Alright guard, begin the unnecessarily slow moving dipping mechanism...' - Dr. Evil

'Secondly, I don't see why "income inequality" is a bad thing. Poverty is not an injustice. There is no such thing as causes for poverty, only causes for wealth. Poverty is not a wrong, but taking money from those who have it to equalize incomes is basically theft, which is wrong.' - Typical Randroid

'I think it's gone a little bit wrong.' - The Doctor
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Re: Trip Around the SS Great Britain and the Matthew.

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'Alright guard, begin the unnecessarily slow moving dipping mechanism...' - Dr. Evil

'Secondly, I don't see why "income inequality" is a bad thing. Poverty is not an injustice. There is no such thing as causes for poverty, only causes for wealth. Poverty is not a wrong, but taking money from those who have it to equalize incomes is basically theft, which is wrong.' - Typical Randroid

'I think it's gone a little bit wrong.' - The Doctor
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Re: Trip Around the SS Great Britain and the Matthew.

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I'll post the rest tomorrow....
'Alright guard, begin the unnecessarily slow moving dipping mechanism...' - Dr. Evil

'Secondly, I don't see why "income inequality" is a bad thing. Poverty is not an injustice. There is no such thing as causes for poverty, only causes for wealth. Poverty is not a wrong, but taking money from those who have it to equalize incomes is basically theft, which is wrong.' - Typical Randroid

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Re: Trip Around the SS Great Britain and the Matthew.

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'Alright guard, begin the unnecessarily slow moving dipping mechanism...' - Dr. Evil

'Secondly, I don't see why "income inequality" is a bad thing. Poverty is not an injustice. There is no such thing as causes for poverty, only causes for wealth. Poverty is not a wrong, but taking money from those who have it to equalize incomes is basically theft, which is wrong.' - Typical Randroid

'I think it's gone a little bit wrong.' - The Doctor
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Re: Trip Around the SS Great Britain and the Matthew.

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'Alright guard, begin the unnecessarily slow moving dipping mechanism...' - Dr. Evil

'Secondly, I don't see why "income inequality" is a bad thing. Poverty is not an injustice. There is no such thing as causes for poverty, only causes for wealth. Poverty is not a wrong, but taking money from those who have it to equalize incomes is basically theft, which is wrong.' - Typical Randroid

'I think it's gone a little bit wrong.' - The Doctor
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Re: Trip Around the SS Great Britain and the Matthew.

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The museum part comes last, I'll wrap this mess up:

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*Phew*, that's that out the way...
'Alright guard, begin the unnecessarily slow moving dipping mechanism...' - Dr. Evil

'Secondly, I don't see why "income inequality" is a bad thing. Poverty is not an injustice. There is no such thing as causes for poverty, only causes for wealth. Poverty is not a wrong, but taking money from those who have it to equalize incomes is basically theft, which is wrong.' - Typical Randroid

'I think it's gone a little bit wrong.' - The Doctor
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Re: Trip Around the SS Great Britain and the Matthew.

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When I was around Bristol docks, I couldn't pass up the Matthew swanning about the place (with a school group onboard). So here are some more dynamic pictures of the Matthew replica:

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'Alright guard, begin the unnecessarily slow moving dipping mechanism...' - Dr. Evil

'Secondly, I don't see why "income inequality" is a bad thing. Poverty is not an injustice. There is no such thing as causes for poverty, only causes for wealth. Poverty is not a wrong, but taking money from those who have it to equalize incomes is basically theft, which is wrong.' - Typical Randroid

'I think it's gone a little bit wrong.' - The Doctor
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Re: Trip Around the SS Great Britain and the Matthew.

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Those really great, B.O., and kinda coincidental; I just began scratchbuilding a Venetian carrack in 1/700 scale the other day.
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