hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
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join:2005-06-29
clubs: | let the bidding begin..
i start it at one dollar.  |
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EvelKub
Kitty is crazy
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join:2002-03-17
Phoenix, AZ
2 edits | Ad sponsored island?
Is it just me or is their flag (per the Wikipedia link in the article) very very close to NetZero's logo? :P
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NetZero logo (changed to link to cut back on cookies)
»www.netzero.net/img/www/b/logo_nz.gif
Yet they only have one ISP and that isn't NetZero... |
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JSRoman
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join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL
| Wow this is so 90's
I remember when Wired magazine had a piece on Sealand a long time ago. Talk about bringing back the dead. Sealand was pretty much going to print money when it all was said and done. Too bad, it seemed like an interesting idea.
New owner beware. "There have been at least seven attempts by raiders to try to seize it from the Bates family with petrol bombs, shotguns and hand-to-hand fighting."
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frankenfeet
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join:2001-10-14
Smiths Grove, KY | Time for UN involvment.
Maybe the UN can throw a few billion dollars at them to help restore this great kingdom and its royal family.
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dave
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join:2000-05-04
not in ohio | reply to JSRoman
Re: Wow this is so 90's
90s, hell. Prince Roy founded the place in the 1960s.
(It just so happens that Sealand, aka "the Roughs Tower" to us mainlanders, is visible from the town I grew up in).
But you're right about the data haven being '90s. |
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firewire9999
join:2004-07-11
Livonia, MI | reply to frankenfeet
Re: Time for UN involvment.
Hmmm like "Oil For Food" program? |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Verizon Online DSL
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Re: let the bidding begin..
Have you been a contestant on The Price is Right, lately? 
All kidding aside, I always found the Sealand story to be an interesting one. It took a brass set to do what this guy did, and stick with it all these years. It shows a pioneering spirit that has been lacking since the mid 20th century.
Not only that, that old platform and it's inter-workings are cool from an urban spelunking standpoint...
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Jim Gurd
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join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI
 ·Comcast
| For sale?
I don't see anything about that on the "official" Sealand website.
Perhaps they should apply to the U.S. for foreign aid. 
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
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join:2005-06-29
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Re: let the bidding begin..
said by N3OGH  :Have you been a contestant on The Price is Right, lately? Not to get of the subject but isnt he calling it quits this year? |
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Derfel
join:2004-06-06
Winnipeg, MB | reply to Jim Gurd
Re: For sale?
If they send one "citizen" to Iraq, they'd be probably the 3rd or 4th strongest member of the "Coalition of the Willing"...! |
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Fatal Vector
join:2005-11-26 |
Hmmm...There's allways one, you notice? It's like a badge of honor or something... |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
·Verizon FIOS
·Verizon Online DSL
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Re: let the bidding begin..
Yeah, he's getting on in years. Calling it quits.
I'm sure he would try to spay and/or neuter your avatar, if she hadn't passed on....
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Desdinova
join:2003-01-26
Gaithersburg, MD
1 edit | reply to Fatal Vector
Re: For sale?
Um, I think it's called A JOKE...  |
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
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join:2005-06-29
clubs: | reply to N3OGH
Re: let the bidding begin..
Dont laugh if they DIDNT want a arm and a leg for the surgery he would still be alive. He had cystals in his bladder keep plugging him up. The surgery was to change him from a male to a female so he wouldnt get the cystals anymore. |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
·Verizon FIOS
·Verizon Online DSL
| Oh, I'm not laughing. Just letting you know I remember you lost your kitty.
I love mine. I think he's the bomb...
I know it's not my usual sarcastic smart ass response, but I'm on standby waiting for my little guy to kick (he's 14) but he's still very active....
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Never ask what sort of a computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him? -Tom Clancy |
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Dagda1175
join:2001-06-17
Goleta, CA | Who wants to find a navy for me?
If I could get the whole place for under US$100,000 it might be worth it! |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
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join:2000-05-11 | reply to EvelKub
Re: Ad sponsored island?
Given that Sealand was 'founded' in the 1960's and Netzero was started considerably later, you can safely assume that Netzero stole Sealand's flag for their logo.
Right?
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Fatal Vector
join:2005-11-26 | reply to Desdinova
Re: For sale?
"Um, I think it's called A JOKE"
Do you? I dont. But then, I understand how to structure and interpret sentences. It's not a joke. |
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Fatal Vector
join:2005-11-26
| reply to Dagda1175
Re: Who wants to find a navy for me?
"If I could get the whole place for under US$100,000 it might be worth it!"
Look at all that rust...Ahhh! The salty sea air, dontcha just love it? It might be nice IF it doesn't spring a rust hole and sink, or have another fire from a overworked generator. They might even be able to rent it to pirates... |
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krichek
join:2004-02-15
Roseville, CA
| reply to Dagda1175
said by Dagda1175 :If I could get the whole place for under US$100,000 it might be worth it! You're a little short.
From the Wiki link: "An unknown nine-figure Euro cost is set as the price for the new tenant(s)."
Based on that price I assume drug use has been legalized there as well. |
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