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Sacha wrote: Oh, that was *awful*. A report said people were seen moving off with family portraits and obviously personal household effects and there were photographs lying around on the beach, showing that young couple. I wonder if the enquiry will show that ship to have been overloaded for the conditions. I know there's a large chunk of metal hanging underneath but it looked very top heavy to the untrained eye. What about the oil, the pollution, the sea birds? Can you see anything? Will it be ok? |
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On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:13:31 +0000, Sacha
wrote: but it looked very top heavy to the untrained eye. they tend to -- Mike Reid UK walking, food, photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Spain walking, food, tourism "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" Beginners UK flight sim addons "http://www.lawn-mower-man.co.uk" |
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On 23 Jan 2007 03:52:29 -0800, "La Puce" wrote:
What about the oil, the pollution, the sea birds? Can you see anything? I dont think its going to be a major environmental issue. More one of scumbags taking peoples personal efects from a shipwreck. -- Mike Reid UK walking, food, photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Spain walking, food, tourism "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" Beginners UK flight sim addons "http://www.lawn-mower-man.co.uk" |
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On 23/1/07 12:03, in article ,
"The Reid" wrote: On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:13:31 +0000, Sacha wrote: but it looked very top heavy to the untrained eye. they tend to As far as I can see, there is little to no freeboard on these ships? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 23/1/07 12:03, in article , "The Reid" wrote: On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:13:31 +0000, Sacha wrote: but it looked very top heavy to the untrained eye. they tend to As far as I can see, there is little to no freeboard on these ships? -- You think that all the containers just sit on the deck? :-((((( Mike Marine Electrical Design Engineer (Rtd) -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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On 23/1/07 13:24, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:00:14 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 23/1/07 10:55, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:19:39 -0000, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" wrote: Please forgive the absence of Sacha and Dave Poole LOL Sacha was last seen rolling barrels into the back of a truck. I did rather envy them those which, as our local paper put it, will undoubtedly end up planted up in somebody's garden, somewhere! Apparently they're worth about £100 each! So they are empty. Just as I thought. Yes, and I don't recall reading who they were destined for. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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"Martin" wrote in message
... On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:00:14 +0000, Sacha So they are empty. Just as I thought. -- and where do you think the full or heavy ones would be? What has most of the cargo been so far? Heavy or light goods? Think 'Freeboard'. The ship does have 'depth' as in cargo holds BELOW the water line :-)) Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 Martin wrote:
Please forgive the absence of Sacha and Dave Poole Ho, ho, ho! ;-) and a bottle of rum, too? It was "Whisky Galore", not "Rum Galore"! and Yo ho ho, not no no no no yes. I don't think anyone has recognised the reference! Wasn't anything to do with the Vicar of Dibley. David -- David Rance http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk Fido Address: 2:252/110 writing from Caversham, Reading, UK |
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Yes, it's a wee bit chilly out on the shore here in Dorset too.
Waiting to be first on the tide that is... Keith following a centuries-old tradition ;-) "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... Please forgive the absence of Sacha and Dave Poole |
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On 23/1/07 13:24, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:00:14 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 23/1/07 10:55, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:19:39 -0000, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" wrote: Please forgive the absence of Sacha and Dave Poole LOL Sacha was last seen rolling barrels into the back of a truck. I did rather envy them those which, as our local paper put it, will undoubtedly end up planted up in somebody's garden, somewhere! Apparently they're worth about £100 each! So they are empty. Just as I thought. I've just read the DT report which says some of them were empty, some had wine in them. People have taken thousands and thousands of pounds worth of BMW motor bikes and BMW car spares; there is a wrecked car lying upside down at the edge of the sea and apparently near fights broke out between groups who thought they had first dibs on some of the motor bikes. I believe there's even some kind of 4x4 vehicle there. People were on their mobile phones, ringing friends in the motor trade to find out what e.g. BMW engines were worth. The Swedish couple who were reported as having lost a container load of goods, say that while they are insured, much of their stuff is irreplaceable as it was family china, glass, pictures etc. and there are photographs of men breaking into the container to get at the contents. There is zero excuse for that because the container was whole and could have been rescued and returned to its owners. One man is quoted as saying that there's a 'good wreck' roughly once every 25 years but that this is 'the best' ever. ;-(( -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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The Swedish couple who were reported as having lost a container load of goods, say that while they are insured, much of their stuff is irreplaceable as it was family china, glass, pictures etc. and there are photographs of men breaking into the container to get at the contents. There is zero excuse for that because the container was whole and could have been rescued and returned to its owners. One man is quoted as saying that there's a 'good wreck' roughly once every 25 years but that this is 'the best' ever. ;-(( With this behavior plus the nonsense re. Big Brother we as a nation are not looking very good. |
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"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk... On 23/1/07 13:24, in article , One man is quoted as saying that there's a 'good wreck' roughly once every 25 years but that this is 'the best' ever. ;-(( -- Sacha Funny how we seem to have different rules for different people. Wrecking and harvesting of wrecks has been going on for years, just as some people keep on harping on about 'We used to do this in the past' ' When I was in Jersey ......' ............ don't we? Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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In article , Kate Morgan writes: | | With this behavior plus the nonsense re. Big Brother we as a nation are | not looking very good. A VERY long time ago I decided that, if I was to adopt an artificial monicker for the net, it would be Emmanuel Goldstein. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Dear all,
This is a fundamental misunderstanding of cultures - yes 'cultures', between many of those who live by the sea and many, or most, who don't. Wrecking is a time-old tradition whereby coastal dwellers have always supplemented their often meagre earnings by salvaging items of value from the shoreline at the time of a wreck. Here in Dorset, often the whole community would venture out, often in appalling weather to grab whatever was there for the taking. Keith PS It is said that ships were sometime lured onto rocks with judiciously placed lights so that wrecking could take place. "'Mike'" wrote in message ... "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 23/1/07 13:24, in article , One man is quoted as saying that there's a 'good wreck' roughly once every 25 years but that this is 'the best' ever. ;-(( -- Sacha Funny how we seem to have different rules for different people. Wrecking and harvesting of wrecks has been going on for years, just as some people keep on harping on about 'We used to do this in the past' ' When I was in Jersey .....' ............ don't we? Mike -- .................................................. ........ Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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