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USS JFK turned into razor blades
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USS JFK turned into razor blades
The Kennedy and the Kitty Hawk are being scrapped.

Sad


https://www.businessinsider.com/us-sells...ch-2021-10

My cousin was a BT1 ( boiler tender first class) aboard JFK while we were both in the service. I had an outstanding invite to visit when they made port - but Big John was an east coast boat and I was on the west.

Pity... I would have loved to see the radioroom on that puppy...
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RE: USS JFK turned into razor blades
A penny each!? What's that all about? I guess remediation of all the HAZMAT on board kind of drives the recycling cost up.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
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(October 7, 2021 at 11:46 am)Fireball Wrote: A penny each!? What's that all about? I guess remediation of all the HAZMAT on board kind of drives the recycling cost up.

It explains it in the story.  Kind of amazing that these ships can't continue service with some upgrades, but then I don't know much about ships.

I wonder if they plan to create any memorabilia from the material for sale to the public.  I think that might be a profitable venture.
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RE: USS JFK turned into razor blades
Yah - they used tons of asbestos....

Cousin has mesothelioma...  Sad


Of course the 2 pack a day habit had NOTHING to do with it.....

Uh huh....
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RE: USS JFK turned into razor blades
(October 7, 2021 at 11:56 am)Spongebob Wrote:
(October 7, 2021 at 11:46 am)Fireball Wrote: A penny each!? What's that all about? I guess remediation of all the HAZMAT on board kind of drives the recycling cost up.

It explains it in the story.  Kind of amazing that these ships can't continue service with some upgrades, but then I don't know much about ships.

I wonder if they plan to create any memorabilia from the material for sale to the public.  I think that might be a profitable venture.

I don't know. If there was funding for turning them into floating museums, one could argue that.

On my first trip to Australia a few years back, I went to the back of the plane and noticed it had ashtrays. HOLY F! Smoking on passenger jets was widely banned in the mid 90s and early 2000s. I was thinking, "How old is this plane?" I was thinking, "Who is the pilot, Lindbergh?"
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RE: USS JFK turned into razor blades
(October 7, 2021 at 12:05 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Yah - they used tons of asbestos....

Cousin has mesothelioma...  Sad


Of course the 2 pack a day habit had NOTHING to do with it.....

Uh huh....

Smoking is not a risk factor for mesothelioma.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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RE: USS JFK turned into razor blades
(October 7, 2021 at 12:46 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(October 7, 2021 at 12:05 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Yah - they used tons of asbestos....

Cousin has mesothelioma...  Sad


Of course the 2 pack a day habit had NOTHING to do with it.....

Uh huh....

Smoking is not a risk factor for mesothelioma.

Boru
Combined with asbestos smoking increases the risk of Mesothelioma.
"Change was inevitable"


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RE: USS JFK turned into razor blades
(October 7, 2021 at 1:07 pm)Helios Wrote:
(October 7, 2021 at 12:46 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Smoking is not a risk factor for mesothelioma.

Boru
Combined with asbestos smoking increases the risk of Mesothelioma.

Potato, potahto.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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RE: USS JFK turned into razor blades
(October 7, 2021 at 11:56 am)Spongebob Wrote:
(October 7, 2021 at 11:46 am)Fireball Wrote: A penny each!? What's that all about? I guess remediation of all the HAZMAT on board kind of drives the recycling cost up.

It explains it in the story.  Kind of amazing that these ships can't continue service with some upgrades, but then I don't know much about ships.

I wonder if they plan to create any memorabilia from the material for sale to the public.  I think that might be a profitable venture.

That's as far as I got in the story, because it started whining about my adblocker, so I closed out that window.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
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RE: USS JFK turned into razor blades
(October 7, 2021 at 12:46 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(October 7, 2021 at 12:05 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Yah - they used tons of asbestos....

Cousin has mesothelioma...  Sad


Of course the 2 pack a day habit had NOTHING to do with it.....

Uh huh....

Smoking is not a risk factor for mesothelioma.

Boru

I didn't know you worked for RJ Reynolds
....

Razz
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