Re: What about boats which go underwater

From: Mark Martin (qed100_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/30/05


Date: 29 Mar 2005 16:29:33 -0800

tj Frazir wrote:
> a truck is 3 mpg per 20 ton load.
> 1000 miles per truck is 300 gallons $ 600 bucks , 50 trucks is
150000
> gallons per 1000 tons in trucks.
> A 1000 ton ship is 2 ton fuel day $ 300 bucks.
> it will take 3 days $ 900 bucks .
> $ 30 000 vrs $ 900 in fuel cost.
> A train is worse than a truck.
> $ 2.50 per road mile $2500 to get one truck 1000 miles.
> A good dutch coaster 400 gt 1000 dwt
> will take 50 and cost you 100 grand to buy and 30 grand dry dock and
1
> new $ 50,000 diesel.
> find all the bad steel and cut it out and weld new in and zink the
hull
> .
> 200 grand in a boat .
> $ 3500 day tramp .
> me ,,I started with a 1000 ton ship and ground wood for paper off
the
> beach for free and sold at 170 per ton. reloaded evry 10 days.
> had a 1200 hp dutz in it.

Frazir, you really are mentally ill. Have you considered auto-erotic
asphyxiation?

-Mark Martin



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