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Post by toshtego on Dec 18, 2022 3:35:50 GMT -5
Meanwhile, at the Radison Hotel located at Berlin, Germany's Alexandertplatz, the world's largest aquarium collapsed sending 1,500 tropical fish into the cold street. Yes, the 260,000+ gallon fish tank, which once stood fifty feet tall, in the central atrium of the hotel. ![](https://i.postimg.cc/0NSrq0xw/16germany-aquarium-jumbo.webp) Considered the greatest German tragedy of recent times by many, the 1,500 fish spilled out the lobby onto the street before dawn. The 19-degree Fahrenheit temperature complicating rescue attempts and hampering cleanup. Proving German engineering is not infallible.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 18, 2022 11:20:44 GMT -5
We saw that. Very strange.
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Post by toshtego on Dec 18, 2022 11:25:12 GMT -5
AN interesting addition to the hotel atrium, that fish tank. Must have brought numerous visitors to the hotel. I do not wonder it affected their occupancy and room rates, especially when it collapsed.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 18, 2022 11:29:09 GMT -5
AN interesting addition to the hotel atrium, that fish tank. Must have brought numerous visitors to the hotel. I do not wonder it affected their occupancy and room rates, especially when it collapsed. They said that guests heard a rumble at 5:30 am. The ones that looked out were confused because they could see across the atrium. I would have gone back to bed and pulled the covers over my head.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 18, 2022 11:30:35 GMT -5
I say it was the Russians, but my son has his money on the Ukrainians.
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Post by toshtego on Dec 18, 2022 11:34:38 GMT -5
I say it was the Russians, but my son has his money on the Ukrainians. I had not considered sabotage. Gremlins form the Kremlin are always a possibility in der alte Deutschland. Ivans are just too dang close!
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Post by sperrytops on Dec 18, 2022 14:36:40 GMT -5
Never thought of killing fish as a political statement. He'll forever be known as the reluctant saboteur. However my money is on weakness in the structure. Probably manufactured by Mercedes.
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Post by mgtarheel on Dec 18, 2022 14:45:27 GMT -5
Who made the glass?
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Post by mgtarheel on Dec 18, 2022 15:18:52 GMT -5
Did some checking, a US based company called Reynolds Polymer Technology made the panels 20 years ago.
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Post by trailboss on Dec 18, 2022 15:42:46 GMT -5
Something fishy about all of this!
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Post by urbino on Dec 18, 2022 17:34:08 GMT -5
Someone should round up the local stray cats for questioning.
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Post by trailboss on Dec 18, 2022 17:41:09 GMT -5
The wife said she heard some of the fish were 10 grand apiece.
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Post by urbino on Dec 18, 2022 20:03:13 GMT -5
Can't get sushi like that at the gas station.
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Post by toshtego on Dec 18, 2022 20:13:48 GMT -5
Someone should round up the local stray cats for questioning. The Usual Suspects?
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Post by urbino on Dec 18, 2022 22:54:13 GMT -5
Someone should round up the local stray cats for questioning. The Usual Suspects? Twice the number.
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Post by Legend Lover on Dec 19, 2022 6:51:25 GMT -5
Could you imagine waking up to Nemo beside your head?
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Post by urbino on Dec 19, 2022 13:03:11 GMT -5
Waking up to the sound of Ellen DeGeneres next to me would, indeed, come as a surprise.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 19, 2022 17:06:27 GMT -5
Did some checking, a US based company called Reynolds Polymer Technology made the panels 20 years ago. Plexiglas gets brittle after 20 years.
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Post by sperrytops on Dec 19, 2022 18:36:18 GMT -5
Did some checking, a US based company called Reynolds Polymer Technology made the panels 20 years ago. Plexiglas gets brittle after 20 years. Problem solved. I wonder how that passed hotel personnel by.
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Post by toshtego on Dec 19, 2022 18:44:00 GMT -5
I wonder if the management believed the aquarium would help occupancy and room rates?
Large investment with substantial operating cost and now, cleanup.
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