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| From: Janet ® |
17/07/00
18:17:08
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| Subject: Titanic |
post id:
100662
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Not sure if my leg is being
pulled but.....
A colleague was telling me that the cook on the
Titanic drank much scotch prior to the ship going belly up. Said scotch
then acted as an anti-freeze..... and unlike the others who perished in
the freezing waters quickly ...... the cook survived for 2 or so
hours.....
Am I being lead up the proverbial path or was this
possible?
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| From: bluejay |
17/07/00
18:22:36
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| Subject: re: Titanic |
post id:
100668
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i think it has some merits; body
mass and body fat are also important as well as whether or not they have
eaten anything before going to bed.
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| From: Janet ® |
17/07/00
18:24:49
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| Subject: re: Titanic |
post id:
100672
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According to colleague......
others perished in the freezing waters within minutes.....whereas the
jolly drunk cook, lasted 2 hours before being
rescued.
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| From: Chris W
(Avatar) |
17/07/00
18:46:06
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| Subject: re: Titanic |
post id:
100694
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Seems unlikely. Alcohol is
something you don't give to a hypothermic patient. I believe it causes the
vascular capilliaries to dilate, bringing blood to the surface and
allowing the body to cool faster.
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| From: DV
(Avatar) |
17/07/00
18:48:24
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| Subject: re: Titanic |
post id:
100699
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Maybe you should ask your friend
for a source.
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| From: Janet ® |
17/07/00
18:51:05
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| Subject: re: Titanic |
post id:
100701
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Maybe you
should ask your friend for a source
It was probably TV
Week.......
He's an avid Titanic collector........ I guess that's not
really proof enough though?
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| From: Peter C |
17/07/00
21:21:03
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| Subject: re: Titanic |
post id:
100785
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Was the cook was fat? Penguins
and many artic animals are fat.
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| From: Arhrus |
17/07/00
23:12:33
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| Subject: re: Titanic |
post id:
100841
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Yes, alcohol does cause blood
vessels to dilate. So the cook had to have been a fairly large
man.
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| From: steve(primus) ® |
17/07/00
23:56:04
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| Subject: re: Titanic |
post id:
100877
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The drunken cook is a famous
character in the Titanic disaster and he appeared in every movie. My
understanding is that he was not in the water for two hours but took
refuge on the upturned lifeboat after Mr Lightoller took it
over.
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| From: James Richmond
(Avatar) |
18/07/00
10:31:11
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| Subject: re: Titanic |
post id:
100929
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The story is certainly based on
fact. I'll get back with the details when I have more
time.
JR
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| From: Grant¹
(Avatar) |
30/07/00
14:02:11
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| Subject: re: Titanic |
post id:
107654
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The story
is certainly based on fact. I'll get back with the details when I have
more time.
Any more info on this
subject?
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| From: Baden (ignoramus) |
30/07/00
15:47:21
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| Subject: re: Titanic |
post id:
107685
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When you say "cook" what position
do you mean exactly?
I've got a book that lists the entire
passenger and crew list, marking the survivors, and of the "victualling
department" crew surviving there are kitchen clerks, pantrymen, sauce
cooks, scullions (definition anyone?), entree cooks, bakers and vegetable
cooks listed.
Nothing about that particular anecdote though :-(
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| From: Boris ® |
30/07/00
16:04:57
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| Subject: re: Titanic |
post id:
107696
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Scullion: 1) a mean or despicable
person
2)Arch. a servant employed to work in a
kitchen
Dictionaries are a great reference
%^)
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| From: James R
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30/07/00
22:05:04
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| Subject: re: Titanic |
post id:
107934
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Thanks for reminding me,
Grant.
Charles Joughin was Chief Baker aboard Titanic. He had been
drinking heavily on the night the ship sank. He did a lot of running
around helping passengers into lifeboats and equipping people with
lifebelts before the ship sank. When it sank, he stepped off the stern
rail into the water. Since the sea was calm he did not get his head
wet.
Whilst many of the passengers simply floated in their
lifebelts, and therefore succumbed to hypothermia from the freezing water,
Joughin kept swimming and moving around for about 2 hours, before he
finally made it to Collapsible B lifeboat, which had overturned in the
final moments of Titanic's sinking. Here, one of the other bakers, who
knew him, held onto his hand. He stayed half in and half out of the water
for another half hour or so until Number 4 lifeboat picked up all the
people on Collapsible B.
A combination of alcohol in the blood,
plus a good constitution and action to maintain body temperature led to
Joughin surviving where many hundreds of others did
not.
JR
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