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That shipload of Porches is no longer on fire, but.... - Ombligo - 03-01-2022

The Felicity Ace, the cargo ship that caught fire while carrying thousands of brand new Volkswagen, Porsche, and Lamborghini vehicles, sunk Tuesday morning, according to a press statement.

https://www.felicity-ace-information-centre.com/


Re: That shipload of Porches is no longer on fire, but.... - pRICE cUBE - 03-01-2022

Slightly damp vehicles, sinking prices.


Re: That shipload of Porches is no longer on fire, but.... - S. Pupp - 03-01-2022

The octopuses’ gardens will be particularly spectacular this year.


Re: That shipload of Porches is no longer on fire, but.... - Paul F. - 03-01-2022

So, can salvage divers rescue the chips in those cars? They're nearly as valuable as the rest of the car!


Re: That shipload of Porches is no longer on fire, but.... - Ombligo - 03-01-2022

Paul F. wrote:
So, can salvage divers rescue the chips in those cars? They're nearly as valuable as the rest of the car!


That area of ocean is around 10,000 ft deep, so salvage is very doubtful


Re: That shipload of Porches is no longer on fire, but.... - Paul F. - 03-01-2022

Ombligo wrote:
[quote=Paul F.]
So, can salvage divers rescue the chips in those cars? They're nearly as valuable as the rest of the car!


That area of ocean is around 10,000 ft deep, so salvage is very doubtful
I was being a little facetious.... ;-)
Yeah, that's probably more challenging than their worth... by a lot. A whole lot.
Cool plot for a movie, though! Except it would have to be something more interesting than computer chips...


Re: That shipload of Porches is no longer on fire, but.... - GGD - 03-01-2022

That shipload of Porches is no longer on fire, but....

Must have been wooden porches, if the were flagstone they wouldn't have burned.


Re: That shipload of Porches is no longer on fire, but.... - DavidS - 03-01-2022

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:460700/mmsi:371427000/imo:9293911/vessel:FELICITY_ACE


Re: That shipload of Porsches is no longer on fire, but.... - RAMd®d - 03-01-2022

That's an extreme method to keep pirates away.

Kind of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.


Re: That shipload of Porches is no longer on fire, but.... - N-OS X-tasy! - 03-02-2022

GGD wrote:
That shipload of Porches is no longer on fire, but....

Must have been wooden porches, if the were flagstone they wouldn't have burned.

They didn't sunk, either - they sank.