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Rikki Gins

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #45 on: July 16, 2018, 02:57:39 AM »
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« Reply #47 on: July 16, 2018, 01:18:21 PM »


I wonder if Rick has read "The Creature From Jekyll Island?" He was going a bit C2C guest there for a bit. G. Edward Griffin should come in to try to pawn first editions of the book.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #48 on: July 16, 2018, 01:46:19 PM »
I wonder if Rick has read "The Creature From Jekyll Island?" He was going a bit C2C guest there for a bit. G. Edward Griffin should come in to try to pawn first editions of the book.

From what I've been told, Rick and the other personalities have long since ceased working there, and they only appear (except for Old Man RIP) for the televised segments which as you can tell from the clip, are heavily edited.  I had a friend that went there once, and he said  that they have security people there making sure that you don't take pictures, etc.  Also, that they close the place up when actual filming is being done.  That's what he claimed, anyway.

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« Reply #49 on: July 16, 2018, 02:38:59 PM »
From what I've been told, Rick and the other personalities have long since ceased working there, and they only appear (except for Old Man RIP) for the televised segments which as you can tell from the clip, are heavily edited.  I had a friend that went there once, and he said  that they have security people there making sure that you don't take pictures, etc.  Also, that they close the place up when actual filming is being done.  That's what he claimed, anyway.

Like a lot of "reality" shows that aren't reality. I'm pretty sure "Antiques Roadshow" is legitimate.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #50 on: July 16, 2018, 02:46:53 PM »
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Rodolf Heuchele


Son of deceased Master Carpenter Heuchlel of Hienheim.  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidenheim_an_der_Brenz)

Sergeant with the Bavarian Pioneer Company.

Holder of the Iron Cross, first and second class, and the Merit Cross with Swords.

Killed by high explosive shell fragments on July 15, 1918 after 40 months of true, soldierly service.

He was 24 years old.

 

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« Reply #51 on: July 17, 2018, 01:31:49 AM »
Remember the RMS Carpathia?  That was the ship that rescued 705 passengers after the sinking of the Titanic.  Well, the Carpathia herself was sunk on July 17, 1918 after being hit by three torpedoes from the German U-boat U-55.  There were 57 passengers on board and 166 crewmen, five of which perished.

Info on the Carpathia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Carpathia

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
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« Reply #53 on: July 17, 2018, 10:44:46 AM »
Remember the RMS Carpathia?  That was the ship that rescued 705 passengers after the sinking of the Titanic.  Well, the Carpathia herself was sunk on July 17, 1918 after being hit by three torpedoes from the German U-boat U-55.  There were 57 passengers on board and 166 crewmen, five of which perished.

Info on the Carpathia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Carpathia

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Titanic or Olympic?

https://theunredacted.com/titanic-conspiracy-the-ship-that-never-sank/

https://www.history.com/news/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-titanics-rescue-ship

"while serving as chief officer on Campania in 1907, Rostron claimed to have sighted a sea serpent, which he later wrote about in detail in his memoir “Home from the Sea.” "

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #54 on: July 17, 2018, 02:07:32 PM »
Titanic or Olympic?

https://theunredacted.com/titanic-conspiracy-the-ship-that-never-sank/

https://www.history.com/news/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-titanics-rescue-ship

"while serving as chief officer on Campania in 1907, Rostron claimed to have sighted a sea serpent, which he later wrote about in detail in his memoir “Home from the Sea.” "

Ha, remember on the other gab site when the stranded U-boat crew were captured and claimed their sub had been disabled by a sea creature?

I hadn't heard of the ship switching and there are some odd coincidences there, but..... 

The Californian had nothing but survival blankets for cargo?  That's odd because in the movies (my only source, I'm man enough to admit) the Californian was doing anything but being on standby to rescue the sinking Titanic.  They had in fact, missed receiving the first SOS calls and they had also switched off their telegraph connection (because it was beddy-by time) just minutes after the Titanic started to sink. 

Didn't the Captain and crew in the Titanic go down with the ship?  If so, then they were giving their company total dedication and service because if it wasn't them that rammed the "Olympic" into the iceberg, then who did?

Finally, I don't think that four or five people could have the time to repaint the ship names and switch all of the named items (thousands of plates, napkins,  name plates in rooms, etc) in two gigantic passenger liners without notice.  I say four or five people because it would take that few people to keep such a thing a secret, even back in 1918.  Those sister ships were big and I think a large crew of switcherwooers would have been needed to accomplish the task.  Though nowhere has anybody come across a diary from Aunt Jane or a journal from Uncle Charly that shows they were part of a secret ploy to switch ships.  People are people and there are always a few who can't resist leaving a record that they played a part in some type of nefarious plot.

But, in the immortal words of Fats Waller:  "One never knows, do one?"       

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #55 on: July 17, 2018, 06:40:17 PM »
As Rix mentioned earlier   July 16-17th is the 100 year anniversary of the slaughtering of Nicholas II, his family and his entourage. 

Here is the room in Ipatiev Place where the murders took place:
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The building where this took place was torn down and in 2003 the Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land was
opened - the altar stands at the exact spot where Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, their daughters Olga, Maria, Tatiana, Anastasia and their son Alexia died.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #56 on: July 17, 2018, 06:50:33 PM »
Here is a nice project called Romanovs100 that has lots of photos of the Tsar and his family. 

https://www.instagram.com/romanovs100/

I especially like this picture of Grand Duchess Maria:
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It would take a cold blooded communist indeed to shoot her in the head...................

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #57 on: July 17, 2018, 06:52:38 PM »
If you are the type that likes to go on Cruises the Norwegian Pearl's main dining room is called The Summer Palace and his dedicated
to the Romanov's

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« Reply #58 on: July 17, 2018, 07:08:16 PM »
Fascinating info and pics there, Walks.  I posted this video once before, in the older gab place:


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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #59 on: July 18, 2018, 02:02:44 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, July 18, 1918.


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A battery of French 75 mm field artillery guns in action at Longpont, 18 July 1918.
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French Chasseurs cyclists resting during a halt during the attack in the forest of Villers-Cotterets, 18 July 1918.
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