From: Nige on
On 13/05/2010 18:50, Mike Buckley wrote:
> In message <0zUGn.90144$rc7.12667(a)newsfe19.ams2>, Beav
> <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> writes
>>
>>
>> "Anthony x" <tony(a)asb-comm-logicx.com> wrote in message
>> news:8b41ce90-3def-4d16-ab73-40749effe373(a)h9g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>>> There is a television program call Chop Shop, they modify cars, cut up
>>> car, weld bits of metal on them, and even change the roof of those
>>> cars.
>>>
>>> Those car not crash tested.
>>>
>>> I think those cars are death traps.
>>>
>>> But they look good.
>>
>> Stretch Limo's and Hearses are proper "Cut and Shut" jobs. They put
>> the cars from the factory on rails, cut them in half, move them apart
>> and weld a piece in the middle. Then they're bogged up, sanded and
>> painted.
>>
>> I wouldn't be seen dead in either type.
>>
>>
>
> We went on honeymoon on a cut n shut:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Norwegian_Dream
>
> (second paragraph)
>

We went on that for out honeymoon too, from NY to Bermuda :)
From: Nige on
On 13/05/2010 20:50, Nige wrote:
> On 13/05/2010 18:50, Mike Buckley wrote:
>> In message <0zUGn.90144$rc7.12667(a)newsfe19.ams2>, Beav
>> <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> writes
>>>
>>>
>>> "Anthony x" <tony(a)asb-comm-logicx.com> wrote in message
>>> news:8b41ce90-3def-4d16-ab73-40749effe373(a)h9g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>>>> There is a television program call Chop Shop, they modify cars, cut up
>>>> car, weld bits of metal on them, and even change the roof of those
>>>> cars.
>>>>
>>>> Those car not crash tested.
>>>>
>>>> I think those cars are death traps.
>>>>
>>>> But they look good.
>>>
>>> Stretch Limo's and Hearses are proper "Cut and Shut" jobs. They put
>>> the cars from the factory on rails, cut them in half, move them apart
>>> and weld a piece in the middle. Then they're bogged up, sanded and
>>> painted.
>>>
>>> I wouldn't be seen dead in either type.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> We went on honeymoon on a cut n shut:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Norwegian_Dream
>>
>> (second paragraph)
>>
>
> We went on that for out honeymoon too, from NY to Bermuda :)

When it was still Dreamward, in 97, i got sunstroke.
From: Beav on


"Champ" <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote in message
news:7u5ou51i0eerp9b95bt83doenb8ocq9b4a(a)4ax.com...
> On Thu, 13 May 2010 16:05:31 +0100, "Beav"
> <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote:
>
>>Stretch Limo's and Hearses are proper "Cut and Shut" jobs. They put the
>>cars
>>from the factory on rails, cut them in half, move them apart and weld a
>>piece in the middle. Then they're bogged up, sanded and painted.
>
>>I wouldn't be seen dead in either type.
>
> Are you sure?

100%. I'd never get in a stretch limo and I've left instructions for my
transportation to the crem when I curl my toes up. No hearse to be used.

--
Beav

From: Beav on


"Mike Buckley" <Mike(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:TC2wHxM6vD7LFwdO(a)hotmail.com...
> In message <0zUGn.90144$rc7.12667(a)newsfe19.ams2>, Beav
> <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> writes
>>
>>
>>"Anthony x" <tony(a)asb-comm-logicx.com> wrote in message
>>news:8b41ce90-3def-4d16-ab73-40749effe373(a)h9g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>>> There is a television program call Chop Shop, they modify cars, cut up
>>> car, weld bits of metal on them, and even change the roof of those
>>> cars.
>>>
>>> Those car not crash tested.
>>>
>>> I think those cars are death traps.
>>>
>>> But they look good.
>>
>>Stretch Limo's and Hearses are proper "Cut and Shut" jobs. They put the
>>cars from the factory on rails, cut them in half, move them apart and weld
>>a piece in the middle. Then they're bogged up, sanded and painted.
>>
>>I wouldn't be seen dead in either type.
>>
>>
>
> We went on honeymoon on a cut n shut:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Norwegian_Dream
>
> (second paragraph)

I've been to Sweden many times on a ship/ferry that grew to almost twice its
original length. IIRC, it went from being the "Dana Gloria" to "The Princess
of Scandinavia" between two trips we made.

--
Beav

From: Beav on


"Nige" <ni(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>>> We went on honeymoon on a cut n shut:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Norwegian_Dream
>>>
>>> (second paragraph)
>>>
>>
>> We went on that for out honeymoon too, from NY to Bermuda :)
>
> When it was still Dreamward, in 97, i got sunstroke.

Better that, than almost breaking a leg on holiday. Some Norbert did that
once.

--
Beav