Anyone in need of an Aircraft Carrier? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Kurant · 12-22-2003, 10:13 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2449695840

spived2 · 12-22-2003, 10:50 PM

I'm pretty sure even if it was decommissioned they wouldn't just sell it to civilians. There's no fuckin way. Just another stupid eBay joke.

omega2K4 · 12-22-2003, 11:25 PM

I'd buy it if I had plenty of money to waste. You could do many things with that, sell it for scrap, make a hotel out of it, etc.

Rodney · 12-22-2003, 11:32 PM

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Originally posted by spived2
I'm pretty sure even if it was decommissioned they wouldn't just sell it to civilians. There's no fuckin way. Just another stupid eBay joke.

It could be a hoax. But title might well have been transferred along the way to a small nation/island of dubious practices. And the ship is small and old by current carrier standards, and comes without armaments or aircraft. Selling an old aircraft carrier without combat aircraft is about as dangerous as selling a holster without a gun. Actually operating the thing out at sea would be horribly expensive.

unique · 12-23-2003, 12:00 AM

I wonder if the people bidding on it are serious....I highly doubt it though, only bill gates can blow 20 mil on something like that.

dumbnutofak · 12-23-2003, 12:15 AM

Oprah could buy it to give her fat ass a place to sit.

World's King · 12-23-2003, 02:26 AM

Funny you mention that.

I just bought one last week. Damn.

Tophat665 · 12-23-2003, 04:51 AM

Yeah, I already have mine. I really reccommend them, though. The launching catapult is the very thing for making my garbage someone in the next county's problem. Great place to put a pong table too.

orphen · 12-23-2003, 05:34 AM

It's a pretty good investment considering you can attack weak country and rob them. The investment pays off pretty well.

dnd · 12-23-2003, 05:47 AM

oooh i want one, but where would u park that?!

GakFace · 12-23-2003, 06:04 AM

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Originally posted by Tophat665
Great place to put a pong table too.

Oooh.. If I spent 20 million bucks... I could have a... a... pong Tournament!!! And maybe the radar could pick up the one that get away....

forseti-6 · 12-23-2003, 06:28 AM

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Originally posted by Rodney
It could be a hoax.

It's obviously a hoax. Who in the right mind would sell an aircraft carrier for ONLY $20 million? These things cost hundreds of millions in acquisition.

Fallon · 12-23-2003, 06:54 AM

ya, who is gonna fly to brazil during christmas to look at an aircraft carrier?

Dano069 · 12-23-2003, 11:16 AM

That would look so cool in the subdivision's pond! I gotta have it.

Hello, Visa? Can I have my credit limit raised? I can, okay, 20 million. Hello? Hello? Anybody there?

The_Dude · 12-23-2003, 12:04 PM

wonder if the thing still runs!

Crack · 12-23-2003, 05:45 PM

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too late...
~Crack

Kaos · 12-23-2003, 06:31 PM

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too late...
~Crack

Damn...And I just sold my kidney to help pay for it.

floydthebarber · 12-23-2003, 07:40 PM

meh, already have one...

santafe5000 · 12-23-2003, 08:53 PM

You can actually bid on US Navy ships that are being released from the inactive reserve fleet. There are still a few of the WWII light carriers left in the roster. The stipulation in the bids is that they are to be cut up for scrap, not used to start your own private navy. Most of these ships end up being towed to China, Indonesia, or India to ship breakers. Then the metal is remelted and turned into plate steel that is resold to various manufactuer's.
As was the case in pre WWII, the joke among the troops was they were afrfaid they would be killed by scrapnel made from an old Buick.

12-22-2003, 10:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kurant Junkie Location: Don't worry about it.	Anyone in need of an Aircraft Carrier? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2449695840

12-22-2003, 10:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
spived2 Desert Rat Location: Arizona	I'm pretty sure even if it was decommissioned they wouldn't just sell it to civilians. There's no fuckin way. Just another stupid eBay joke. __________________ "This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V." - V

12-22-2003, 11:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
omega2K4 Natalie Portman is sexy. Location: The Outer Rim	I'd buy it if I had plenty of money to waste. You could do many things with that, sell it for scrap, make a hotel out of it, etc. __________________ "While the State exists there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State." - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."- Karl Marx

12-23-2003, 12:15 AM	#6 (permalink)
dumbnutofak Crazy Location: Anchorage Alaska	Oprah could buy it to give her fat ass a place to sit. __________________ If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is a man who has so much as to be out of danger?

12-23-2003, 02:26 AM	#7 (permalink)
World's King Here Location: Denver City Denver	Funny you mention that. I just bought one last week. Damn. __________________ heavy is the head that wears the crown

12-23-2003, 12:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
unique Upright Location: San Fransisco	I wonder if the people bidding on it are serious....I highly doubt it though, only bill gates can blow 20 mil on something like that.

12-23-2003, 04:51 AM	#8 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	Yeah, I already have mine. I really reccommend them, though. The launching catapult is the very thing for making my garbage someone in the next county's problem. Great place to put a pong table too. __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

12-23-2003, 05:34 AM	#9 (permalink)
orphen Insane	It's a pretty good investment considering you can attack weak country and rob them. The investment pays off pretty well.

12-23-2003, 05:47 AM	#10 (permalink)
dnd Psycho Location: London...no longer a student	oooh i want one, but where would u park that?! __________________ "Never underestimate a dumb question"-- Brandon Boyd

12-23-2003, 06:54 AM	#13 (permalink)
Fallon Junkie Location: RI	ya, who is gonna fly to brazil during christmas to look at an aircraft carrier?

12-23-2003, 11:16 AM	#14 (permalink)
Dano069 is Nucking Futs! Location: On the edge of sanity	That would look so cool in the subdivision's pond! I gotta have it. Hello, Visa? Can I have my credit limit raised? I can, okay, 20 million. Hello? Hello? Anybody there? __________________ I may look attentive, but I'm taking peeks down your blouse faster than the human eye can follow.

12-23-2003, 12:04 PM	#15 (permalink)
The_Dude The GrandDaddy of them all! Location: Austin, TX	wonder if the thing still runs! __________________ "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Darrel K Royal

12-23-2003, 05:45 PM	#16 (permalink)
Crack Misanthropic Location: Ohio! yay!	Invalid Item The item you requested (2449695840) is invalid, still pending, or no longer in our database. Please check the number and try again. If this message persists, the item has either not started and is not yet available for viewing, or has expired and is no longer available. too late... ~Crack __________________ Crack, you and I are long overdue for a vicious bout of mansex. ~Halx

12-23-2003, 07:40 PM	#18 (permalink)
floydthebarber Insane Location: ?	meh, already have one... __________________ wish you were here

12-23-2003, 08:53 PM	#19 (permalink)
santafe5000 EVIL! Location: Southwest of nowhere	You can actually bid on US Navy ships that are being released from the inactive reserve fleet. There are still a few of the WWII light carriers left in the roster. The stipulation in the bids is that they are to be cut up for scrap, not used to start your own private navy. Most of these ships end up being towed to China, Indonesia, or India to ship breakers. Then the metal is remelted and turned into plate steel that is resold to various manufactuer's. As was the case in pre WWII, the joke among the troops was they were afrfaid they would be killed by scrapnel made from an old Buick. __________________ When all else fails, QUIT.