On Oct 18, 4:02 am, "Dave Adalian"
<dave.adal...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> It means that no one on a pleasure cruise really notices that if you get
rid
> of the deck chairs and shuffle board and shut down the disco the ****p is
> suddenly not nearly as tourist-friendly as it once was and much more
> businesslike and that those odd looking fittings on the decks and rails
just
> happen to be perfect for fitting large caliber machine guns and cannon.
No
> one bothers to think that if a boat makes a wonderful floating hotel,
it's
> also perfect as a floating command center or hospital. It's a matter of
> style and subtlety really.
P&O's Canberra and Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2 (not 'Queen Elizabeth
II') are good examples.
