osmark86 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 apparently there was a black out so the captain lost control of the ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I guess the old expression “turning circle of a battleship” comes into play. You need a lot of space to right a wrong on a boat that big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paddywhack Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 6 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Can't get over the horror of imagining being the captain of this thing: @lapal_fan's son found a similar problem in his bathroom last week 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted March 24, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 24, 2021 Please be true and accurate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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brommy Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 3 hours ago, bannedfromHandV said: So how has that blown something of that size so badly off course then? edit - I know nothing about sailing btw Such a long, slab sided ship that’s piled high with equally slab sided containers would experience a massive force from a 31mph sideways wind. In open sea it would have been easier to steer against the wind, (head on if necessary - to much reduce the ship’s area presented to the wind), to maintain course. That’s not possible in a narrow ship canal. They may find the captain could have done better but I suspect there was little that could be done do to avert other than to have secured up before entering the canal and waited for the cross wind to reduce or change direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Any second now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sne Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Surprisingly enough not Florida Quote Woman Who Murdered Her Sister's Boyfriend So Sister Could Marry Their Father Sentenced to 40 Years Anna Marie Choudhary, 33, is the final person to be sentenced for the murder of John Thomas McGuire; after her sister Amanda Michelle Naylor McClure, 31, and father Larry Paul McClure Sr, 55, were both sentenced last year in a bizarre case that involved torture, incest and a sick "trust game". McGuire's body was found in a shallow grave in West Virginia on September 24, 2019, seven months after he was killed, after Larry McClure led police to it; had he not, investigators admitted the trio likely would have gotten away with the murder, the Bluefield Daily Telegraph reported. The court heard how Larry, who was initially estranged from both daughters, linked back up with them following his release from a 17 year sentence on child molestation. In the days before the murder, all four went to Skygusty where they unsuccessfully tried to cook meth. https://toofab.com/2021/04/02/woman-who-murdered-her-sisters-boyfriend-so-sister-could-marry-their-father-sentenced-to-40-years/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 2, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 2, 2021 48 minutes ago, sne said: Surprisingly enough not Florida West Virginia, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 That absolutely heartbreaking story of the 2 week old baby who was killed on Brownhills High Street when an out of control car hit his pram Turns out the vehicle (BMW) was untaxed, uninsured and the driver had no licence. Absolute scum. Hope he gets a lengthy custodial sentence. I've said before, there must be millions of cars and drivers on the road that aren't legal. Where's the deterrent? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 23 minutes ago, Xela said: That absolutely heartbreaking story of the 2 week old baby who was killed on Brownhills High Street when an out of control car hit his pram Turns out the vehicle (BMW) was untaxed, uninsured and the driver had no licence. Absolute scum. Hope he gets a lengthy custodial sentence. I've said before, there must be millions of cars and drivers on the road that aren't legal. Where's the deterrent? You hope they will get some instant prison justice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted April 7, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 02/04/2021 at 12:21, mjmooney said: West Virginia, though. I'm reminded of a joke told by a former colleague whose wife taught at West Virginia University. Q: How do we know the toothbrush was invented in West Virginia? A: Because if it had been invented anywhere else it would have been called a teethbrush. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 What is happening in Belfast the last week should be bigger news. This is this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 July this year will be hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Interesting and not-at-all surprising that these stories aren't making it over to the Big Island in any number. The extent to which Brexit has undermined the viability of loyalism as a philosophy is fascinating, I imagine those kicking off can feel it, even if they might struggle to put it into words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 8, 2021 Author Moderator Share Posted April 8, 2021 15 hours ago, Kuwabatake Sanjuro said: What is happening in Belfast the last week should be bigger news. This is this evening. What's also very telling, typical and expected is DUP leader, Arlene Foster's response where she watches the footage of attempted murder of a bus driver and then in a textbook example of whataboutery claims 'the real law breakers' are elsewhere. Because of course throwing petrol bombs isn't real law breaking to her. Still, the footage takes me back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 For reference the real lawbreaking she is referring to is people attending a funeral on the 30th June 2020 when there was a total of 3 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in NI that day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 18 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Interesting and not-at-all surprising that these stories aren't making it over to the Big Island in any number. The extent to which Brexit has undermined the viability of loyalism as a philosophy is fascinating, I imagine those kicking off can feel it, even if they might struggle to put it into words. I would say that most of us in England are aware of an area of our ‘country’ called Northern Ireland, but really couldn’t give a shit about them any more than we do about Nigeria or New Zealand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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