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CountDeMoney

You one of those fruitball anti-GMtards?

mongers

Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 10, 2013, 05:47:16 PM
You one of those fruitball anti-GMtards?

No, I'm generally pro-technology if there aren't simple answers to problems or where technological development might offer the only solution; chatting with a professor the other day, discovered we both have a boyish enthusiasm for container ships/containerisation.  :)
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Quote from: mongers on March 10, 2013, 10:07:32 AM
Equitable distribution of the world's food, I call it the one world diet.   :)

Move to a country that can feed itself, then you can talk about sharing the wealth.
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mongers

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 10, 2013, 06:25:08 PM
Quote from: mongers on March 10, 2013, 10:07:32 AM
Equitable distribution of the world's food, I call it the one world diet.   :)

Move to a country that can feed itself, then you can talk about sharing the wealth.

:hmm:
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: mongers on March 10, 2013, 06:23:47 PM
we both have a boyish enthusiasm for container ships/containerisation.  :)

:wub: They are kinda neato.

mongers

Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 10, 2013, 08:38:27 PM
Quote from: mongers on March 10, 2013, 06:23:47 PM
we both have a boyish enthusiasm for container ships/containerisation.  :)

:wub: They are kinda neato.

Yeah, there's a national tv program about my local port, Southampton and the container port got quite a bit of coverage as it's so large.

They followed one crane operator as he tried to break the local record for number off-loading in a 12 hour shift, in the end he managed just over 600 ! 

Those ships are damned big.
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Ed Anger

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mongers

Quote from: Ed Anger on March 10, 2013, 08:56:00 PM
And getting bigger.

Yeah, they're planning on dredging Southampton Water still further, to allow the next generation to offload, which I think are the 18,000 TEU Triple-Es of the Maeserk Line, those things are over 300 ft longer than a Nimitz.  :cool:

There are projected classes on the drawing boards that'll not be able to dock at any port in the Americas ! :blink:
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CountDeMoney

A buddy of mine works them loading and unloading at the Port of Baltimore;  Republitards bitch about longshoremen making union money, but that shit is some dangerously hard work, and there are no days off for inclement weather.

mongers

Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 10, 2013, 09:04:33 PM
A buddy of mine works them loading and unloading at the Port of Baltimore;  Republitards bitch about longshoremen making union money, but that shit is some dangerously hard work, and there are no days off for inclement weather.

Yeah, I was surprised that these guys work 12 hour shifts, but seems to be right, funny how people bleat about the EU worktime directive limiting workers to unproductive jobs/shifts.  Seems like these guys are doing a fine job. 
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PDH

You think they are big, I got to see them up close from the vantage point of a sailing boat that has one pass within a quarter of a mile...huge slab sides motoring along piled high with containers, the ships leave a wake that is immense.
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mongers

Quote from: PDH on March 11, 2013, 12:10:00 PM
You think they are big, I got to see them up close from the vantage point of a sailing boat that has one pass within a quarter of a mile...huge slab sides motoring along piled high with containers, the ships leave a wake that is immense.

Yeah, I believe they and similar sized vessels have to go slow up Southampton Water because of wakes affecting others and the fragile shorelines.
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mongers

Did 5 miles on the bike, earlier this evening to check on conditions; good news the muds drying up, bad news that same responsible strong north westerlies are keeping things at zero C and semi-brass monkey-like.  <_<
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mongers

Lovely day yesterday, early evening managed to get out in the forest, came across a nice image of a horse sunning itself sitting in amongst the graves at a local church. 

Today, it rained, didn't get out no the bike.  <_<
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mongers

Oh, slight weather window amongst the rain cloud, have to pop out on the bike to see how muddy it's gotten by getting well, muddy.   :cool:
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