There's definitely something wrong with you people . . .

[RAGNAR]

Canada's Ice Hotel warms hearts

"The place is an architectural feat," said a review from New Yorker "jblifeguard" on travel website tripadvisor. "Sleeping basically in an oversized igloo in freezing cold temperatures is a crazy experience. Do it. You won't have to do it again."

[bljones]

When life gives you lemons, you can make lemonade, or blame Obama, or Palin, or the mainstream media or wingnut bloggers or torture or....
Winter is too long to fight it. Besides, this is the only self-sufficient industry La Belle Province has.

[ssneade]

right bl, always exploit yer assets. how else do you survive? patrons probably include those who are guilt ridden over their contributions to global warming, and the animal rights activists who wish to pay homage to all the defenseless animals who lost their lives donating their pelts to line the chapel pughs......

there's definetly something wrong with you people........

[WanderingStar]

Why do I need an igloo? My boat is in water ten minutes away, I can sleep under ice there.

[RAGNAR]

Originally Posted by WanderingStar

Why do I need an igloo? My boat is in water ten minutes away, I can sleep under ice there.

See if the facility the OP references will share their mailing list with you. She may as well earn part of her keep while she's in frozen hibernation . . . (Sounds like the safest and cheapest way to charter out. I'm calling Hinckley Financing first thing tomorrow to see if they'll adjust deposit minimums and/or interest rates if I pledge to use a 52' this way.)

[johnnyandjebus]

Originally Posted by bljones

When life gives you lemons, you can make lemonade, or blame Obama, or Palin, or the mainstream media or wingnut bloggers or torture or....
Winter is too long to fight it. Besides, this is the only self-sufficient industry La Belle Province has.

Nonsense, the Lebelle Province has done a great job of turning milking the federal government/Canadian tax payer's into a self-sufficient endeavor.

John

p.s Did I just say that out loud? A treasonous act north of the border.

[WanderingStar]

LOL, I was going gto tell Rags that the way to make it profitable is good grant writing!

[RAGNAR]

Originally Posted by WanderingStar

LOL, I was going gto tell Rags that the way to make it profitable is good grant writing!

November, 2012

A Hinckley 52' was just commissioned to regularly gather and analyze water column samples from tropical waters from around the world. It is hoped that data gathered by Loophole will prove, once and for all that there are measurable changes occurring out there.

Loophole's permanent crew of two will be supplemented by 2-4 additional specialists, to be drawn from a large pool of people with a variety of skills and interests. Curiously, the only hard requirement is that visiting specialists not agitate for government that goes beyond the protection of Individual Rights. (A high-ranking official associated with the project who wishes to remain anonymous told this reporter that without that curious proviso, there'd be no way to guarantee the integrity of the data, something that's becoming more and more important to the EPA, as its entire raison d'etre is being questioned by President Elect Palin.)

The boat, sans testing equipment, will cost the EPA just $20M. Additional costs the EPA will have to cover include all running and docking costs, plus an annual maintenance schedule estimated to run between 10-15% of the vessel's value.

The permanent crew will pay for all consumables from their meager G14 compensation packages. The mission is expected to run for 25 years or until MMGW evaporates the world's oceans, whichever comes first. (The joint EU-UN ban on all fun isn't expected to take effect until 2050, while its ban on humanity itself isn't expected to be enacted until 2100.)

Loophole is expected to sail out of Southwest Harbor, ME late winter '13/early spring '14. "With any luck", her skipper said, "we should be able to make it to Rio in time to measure the impact the explicit sexuality Carnival is known for has on waters just offshore."

(Getting around the minimum words not in quotes here.)