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View Forest Hillbilly's Profile Forest Hillbilly Flag in a hidey-hole 25 Mar 21 3.33pm Send a Private Message to Forest Hillbilly Add Forest Hillbilly as a friend

This big 400m long cargo tanker has been stuck a few days now. Loads of ships waiting to get through, and still , perhaps, a few more days waiting.
In another top bit of reporting by The Sun, they call the ship by the wrong name (the name emblazoned in 20metres high lettering along the side of the ship)

"The captain of the 200,000 ton Ever Given has blamed a sandstorm for losing control of the ship, which is now blocking one of the world’s trade routes."

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So they also missed a massive opportunity of the headline "Evergreen blocks trade canal. Not since the days of Will Young's 'Evergreen' has a canal been so jam-packed with seamen"

The captain should either walk the plank, or go down with the ship. He won't even be allowed as a passenger on a ferry after this.

 


"The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak

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View Palace Old Geezer's Profile Palace Old Geezer Flag Midhurst 25 Mar 21 3.51pm Send a Private Message to Palace Old Geezer Add Palace Old Geezer as a friend

Difficult to understand how this could happen today with all the modern navigational equipment at their disposal.

I confess the story, and pictures, made me chuckle though. Having been on a few canal holidays I know that it can be difficult to control a long boat on a narrow stretch of water.

I've done exactly the same thing as that tanker captain with a 70' narrow boat and been stuck front and back across the canal. Took ages to get free and required assistance from a few bystanders.

Needless to say my fellow boaters had plenty of laughs at my expense.

 


Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

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View Tim Gypsy Hill '64's Profile Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Flag Stoke sub normal 25 Mar 21 5.10pm Send a Private Message to Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Add Tim Gypsy Hill '64 as a friend

Evergreen is the company name. The vessel is the Ever Given. It was blown off-course by gusting winds. I believe that all vessels are piloted by the canal authorities.

 


Systematically dragged down by the lawmakers

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View ASCPFC's Profile ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 25 Mar 21 6.33pm Send a Private Message to ASCPFC Add ASCPFC as a friend

The price of oil was constantly dropping and certainly not going to ever recover its historical levels of value. Now the oil is blocked in the Suez, the price goes up. Not that states whose sole income is from oil sales would ever manipulate the price.

 


Red and Blue Army!

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View PalazioVecchio's Profile PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 26 Mar 21 7.27pm Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend

its not a boat. Its a ship.

 


Eze Peasy at Anfield....

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View steeleye20's Profile steeleye20 Flag Croydon 26 Mar 21 7.54pm Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

Clearly UK boating technology is missing here.

Come in Ever Green, yer times up !!!!!

 

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View Palace Old Geezer's Profile Palace Old Geezer Flag Midhurst 26 Mar 21 8.21pm Send a Private Message to Palace Old Geezer Add Palace Old Geezer as a friend

Originally posted by PalazioVecchio

its not a boat. Its a ship.

A 70' narrow boat on the Grand Union Canal is a boat. A f***ing great container vessel on the Suez Canal is a ship. I agree with you.

 

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View PalazioVecchio's Profile PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 26 Mar 21 8.42pm Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend


Frankie Howerd : and how long have you been working on this boat ?

Sailor in audience : ''its not a boat , its a ship.

Frankie Howerd : oh, i see, we have an expert ? do we ?

 


Eze Peasy at Anfield....

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View Lombardinho's Profile Lombardinho Flag London 02 Apr 21 1.14pm Send a Private Message to Lombardinho Add Lombardinho as a friend

There's more to this story than what first met the eye.
Much, much more.

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View ASCPFC's Profile ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 02 Apr 21 1.33pm Send a Private Message to ASCPFC Add ASCPFC as a friend

Originally posted by Lombardinho

There's more to this story than what first met the eye.
Much, much more.

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Can I ask why Wayfair in particular?

 


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View Palace Old Geezer's Profile Palace Old Geezer Flag Midhurst 02 Apr 21 1.59pm Send a Private Message to Palace Old Geezer Add Palace Old Geezer as a friend

Originally posted by ASCPFC

Can I ask why Wayfair in particular?

And what do you know about that particular highbrow journal?

 

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View ASCPFC's Profile ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 02 Apr 21 2.42pm Send a Private Message to ASCPFC Add ASCPFC as a friend

Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer

And what do you know about that particular highbrow journal?

I wasn't talking about Mayfair

 


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