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[Shaheed]

Hello Everyone!!

My name is Shaheed ( 37 this june 1 ), and I reside in Houston, Texas ( USA ) I have always been very intrigued by the story of The Titanic every since i was a 8 or 9 years old living in India. Quite frankly I did not know there were Titanic discussion boards and societies that existed full of people with so knowledge and also curious minds like me about the whole story line the people, the ship etc.

Recently I went to the Houston Museum of natural Science and visited the Titanic Artifact Exhibition.
http://www.hmns.org/index.php?option=co ... Itemid=521

I was like a little kid, completely blown away being in front of actual artifacts from the ship i had only read about as a kid and never imagined seeing personal belongs up close and personal. Although it is sad knowing so many lives were lost that night, it was a very exciting experience for me. Touching the piece of the hull was the highlight for me. I only wish i would have been able to see more artifacts that I do know exist in other Titanic Exhibitions.

Anyway, i wanted to drop in and introduce myself. Take care everyone

~Shaheed

[VW1956]

Hello Shaheed. Hello and welcome. You are so lucky to have seen a piece of the hull. I hope I do so one day. I went to Houston once but only to change planes. I was on my way to Odessa where I had friends who owned guns which I got to shoot some of them. But I guess thats no big deal to you. Ken.

[Andrew Clarkson]

Hello Shaheed. Hello and welcome. You are so lucky to have seen a piece of the hull. I hope I do so one day.

Ken.

Ken, didn't you go to the Science Museum in London in the 90's to see it there?

[Shaheed]

Hello Shaheed. Hello and welcome. You are so lucky to have seen a piece of the hull. I hope I do so one day. I went to Houston once but only to change planes. I was on my way to Odessa where I had friends who owned guns which I got to shoot some of them. But I guess thats no big deal to you. Ken.

Ken,
I hear about people shooting guns at a gun range quite a bit here along with crimes. Its very hot here last two years its been in the high 90's with a heat index of 103 in june. August has been brutal with no rain. I am hoping we get more rain this year. Titanic has been very fascinating to me.

NIce meeting you and I hope to learn as much information as I can.

~Shaheed

[The Walrus]

Hiya to some old friends, and hiya to some new ones.
I haven't been here for a while and my name has changed, but I'm pretty sure most of you will remember me (I used to be Shamrock Sailor).

Anyroad, if ever thee fancies a chat or a Rivet Counter debate I'm sure you'll find me klurking around the boards some place or another. At least until I get done for cyber-loitering.

I look forward to gassin' with yis.

[VW1956]

Hello The Walrus. Yes I remember Shamrock Sailor as I'm sure many others do. It's quietened down a bit since April but that was to be expected. Ken.

[VW1956]

Ken, didn't you go to the Science Museum in London in the 90's to see it there?

Hello Andrew. I only just seen this post. I did not get interested in Titanic until I saw the James Camerons "Titanic". I didn't know that the big piece was in England. Would that have been when the artifact exibition was at Greenwich? I have been given a programme from that exibition. I must look at it next time I go home. Ken.

[VW1956]

Hello Shaheed. When I was in Odessa shooting various guns we were actually not at a range but out in the desert shooting old cars. They were being collected in the desert and once a month a train comes and takes all the old cars away for scrap. But it was ok to shoot them. Ken.

[sinuhe]

My name is Mario Alvarado and I am from Southamerica. I lived in Toronto, Canada while I was studing at the Toronto University, but thas a long time ago, so that is the reason why my english is so bad. I have a white cat called Beau-Minon, but it is no use since he is deaf . My interest on Titanic started when I was seven years old. My parents had a summer house in the beach, it was rather a familiar resort, since everybody knew each other and because we were far from the madding crowd and we never had tourist, we were like a big family. There were two places to go: the circus and a big tend that was the local movie teather, and it was there I saw for the first time A Night to Remember. I went alone and I was so impressed that I almost did not spoke for a week. Then, back in the city, a year later, I went with my gradmother to a book store were she used to buy me children's books, and the lady who showed us the latest editions, suggested a book for my grandmother as well: A Night to Remember. She never read the book, she had no chance because I never left it out of my side. And the memory of the movie and the book were for many years the only information I had on Titanic.
When I was about twenty five and living in Canada, I saw on the TV a week series called S.O.S.Titanic, a very bad series, but even the worse had something to offer, and I remember that series was the only one who showed the Turkish Bath. Colonel Astor was played by David Janssen(The Fugitive) and Cloris Leachman was Molly Brown. Also Ian Holm played Ismay and David Warner the rol of Lawrence Beesley. In the Cameron movie, Warner plays the manservant of «Cal» Hockley, the wicked Lovejoy, so, Mr. Warner has survived twiced the sinking...and then came the Internet and I could buy all the books on the subject, and at the same time a number of movies and series on Titanic.
Nowadays, I still buy books and DVD's, and I have other interests as well, such as piano clasical music, old movies of the 40's, Paris and Versailles from Louis XIV up to Louis XVIII and many other subjects.
I would be glad if somebody wants to write to me to chat on Titanic or any other subject.
Mario Alvarado
sinuhelsolitario@hotmail.com

[VW1956]

Hello Sinuhe. Glad your here and there are many people on here with the same interests as you. You say you have a cat that is no use because he is deaf. does it really matter if you cat is deaf? cats are surposed to lay around the house and look soft and cuddly. Ken.

[sinuhe]

hello Ken

Pleasure to have a post from one of the "First Class" members, as I have seen your many and interesting posts that reveal the knowledge you have on Titanic.
How very true is your statement about deaf cats. I never really cared since if he is arround is enough. He is a Turkish-Ankhara, so, is beaf by genetics ( or something alike). He has beautiful blue eyes. I noticed that many members have cats as pets, and some more than one. No dogs in the horizon. Greetings, Sinuhe.

[Dave Gittins]

I believe white cats with blue eyes are usually deaf. Those with yellow eyes are OK.

Hello from my two black panthers, Nero and Pelé.

[VW1956]

Hello from my two black panthers, Nero and Pelé.

[Anna S]

Hello Everyone,
I'm Anna and you may have heard of me from the Encyclopedia Titanica board. I'm twelve years old and my interest started when I saw the Titanic Artifact Exhibit. I live about an hour from Detroit, Michigan. I have one pet, a bird named Tweet-Tweet ( I named her when I was five...) Anyway, I am excited to post here in the future.

[Aly Jones]

Hi Anna. It's nice to see somebody so young that knows / interested of / in the titanic. :):)