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|    hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com to houn...@yahoo.co.uk    |
|    Re: pictures of subway car reefs    |
|    27 Oct 15 11:34:22    |
      On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 1:13:32 PM UTC-4, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:              > > I believe they were sent to Mexico for scrapping.       > Seriously?       >       > I thought that they found work elsewhere either in the United States or       > in Mexico.       >       > Anyway, why did they send them so far afield for scrapping, when they       > could have sent them across the harbor?                     I think Mexico had looser enviornmental regulations. Sometimes ships are       scrapped overseas for similar reasons.              Supposedly, subways cars are reefed rather than scrapped due to such costs,       though I don't know if that is true.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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