Out And About.

[CountDeMoney]

You one of those fruitball anti-GMtards?

[mongers]

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. 

[Eddie Teach]

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.

[mongers]

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.

[CountDeMoney]

we both have a boyish enthusiasm for container ships/containerisation. 

They are kinda neato.

[mongers]

we both have a boyish enthusiasm for container ships/containerisation. 

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.

[Ed Anger]

And getting bigger.

[mongers]

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. 

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

[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]

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. 

[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.

[mongers]

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.

[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. 

[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. 

[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.