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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.  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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