Talk:Message in a bottle

Let's not forget the promotional side of messages in bottles. http://www.tortugarumcakes.com/site/press_article.cfm?id=message_in_bottle

I'm not sure how to place it in the article but I'm sure someone could do some research and get the pertinent info in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.95.11.190 (talk) 07:23, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Personal Experience

Growing up on the coast of Brittany in France, I found in July 1984 a bottle on the beach with a message inside. It was in English, I was only 7 years old and my parents didn't know English, so we asked some British tourists to help us understand. The message came from a small place in Ireland (county Sligo). It had been thrown to sea a little over 18 months sooner. A 9 year old kid wrote it. It said something like "if you find this message, please let me know by sending me a postcard! My name is Cian, I am 10 year old Irish boy from Sligo. Thank you very much. Greetings from Eire". Imagine that! Such an adventure for me! It made my summer vacation. The local newspaper even interviewed me. I sent the kid a postcard, and we remained penpals for quite a while. I don't remember why we quit corresponding. It was stupid, we should have continued. I guess what is cute and exciting when you're 7 becomes cheesy and corny when you're 14...

Scientific Experiments?

"They are also used for scientific studies into ocean currents"

Source please. Surgo 20:05, August 24, 2005 (UTC)

• At the Turks and Caicos Museum site, under the heading Research. Can't really find much other information outside of that site, pretty much everthing Google turns up is about the film or the song. the wub "?/!" 21:16, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

• See also: Smithsonian magazine's July 2001 number --Cxarli 01:13, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Removed website from links. Advertisement. Rj3labs 01:53, 25 June 2007 (UTC)