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These pics were taken by one of my guys, the ship is off Clacton, carrying out work to stop the windmills from falling over, and covering up the seabed cables that have become uncovered, apparently their putting rocks on them.
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I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Mind you, I wouldn't want that fckr parked at the bottom of me garden.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
Well, during the war...................!
I do have the original oil painting of my second ship http://snowbow.co.uk/paintings/laurentic/p/175 hanging on the wall. Mrs C had it commissioned by the artist. Those old ships had both a function and a form that is sadly missing from today's floating boxes. I guess that's progress, and extracting the absolute maximum profit out of everything is the modern way.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The majority of them had very big slow-speed 2-stroke diesels that were very expensive to produce, and maintain. Impressive though. The smaller, more efficient medium/high speed diesels took over in the 70s/80s, hence their working lives were fairly short. Steam powered ships have largely dwindled away these days, again due to complexity, high maintenance and initial cost.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
In the rubbish bin.
I'm imagining the cracking arguments to be had with the bin-wankers when they find a turbine or two in the recycling bin.