KeithMacdonald

Time for another Venn diagram?

Was perhaps the inspiration for the Cybermen in Dr Who?

What am I doing sitting indoors at a computer on a lovely day like today? It's because I've been waiting several wet and dreich months for the appropriate moment to post this:

I prefer the "bus replacement train" 😉

Better?

Does this help? https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=Blackpool+pic+of+a+"train+replacement+bus&atb=v342-1&iax=images&ia=images Or https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=Blackpool+pic+of+a+"train+replacement+bus&atb=v342-1&iax=videos&ia=videos

I wonder if they are expecting a sudden large demand for MOD-style RoRo supply vessels in the area?

I can see how that would happen. Like being handed an alligator skin and being asked "what can you make out of that?" What they meant was something like a pair of boots, or a handbag. Not a meal, however long you boiled it for.

Just wondering, is it using a crowbar, or is a long spike to scrap dirt and rubbish out of the slots? To keep it clean, clear and safe to use?

Second https://maritime-executive.com/article/havila-bans-electric-and-hydrogen-vehicle-transport-due-to-fire-danger#:~:text=Havila Kystruten%2C which operates coastal,due to the fire risk. Will more ferry operators do the same? It's not just onbaord ships of course. https://cesafety.co.uk/news/electric-vehicle-fires-around-the-uk

A couple of interesting articles spotted on the Maritime Executive website. First, https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/the-forward-bridge-in-future-container-shipping

A car full of Irish nuns is sitting at a traffic light in downtown Dublin, when a bunch of rowdy drunks pull up alongside of them. "Hey, show us yer b**bs, ya penguins!" shouts one of the drunks. Quite shocked, Mother Superior turns to Sister Mary Immaculata and says, "I don't think they know who we are; show them your cross." Sister Mary Immaculata rolls down her window and shouts, "Piss off, ya f**king little w**kers, before I come over there and rip yer balls off!" Sister Mary Immaculata then rolls up her window, looks back at Mother Superior, quite innocently, and asks, "Did that sound cross enough?"

A gripping documentary on the sinking of the Bismark. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/bismarck-24-hours-to-doom/on-demand/73106-001

Make me wonder about starting a new website. useless-management.co.uk In which we feature case studies of the rich and infamous, and the "Most Muppetry" awards for UK senior management failures. And the nominations are ... ???

Does anyone know what a P&O director does that is worth £500K a year? https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/ceq3pw038g8o

I'm a bit worried there's an implied joke there ... about turning your wife on .. but we don't want to upset the Mods do we?

Another "Shamelessly Copied" moment. Hat tip to @Michael Hodgson on the "Oh The Embarrassment" topic. This is what happens when you let your children and their friends play unsupervised. Although we might have a grudging admiration for their ability to get wagons balanced upside down like that?

Now I'm imagining a special celebrity-special version, with Jim Trott (Vicar of Dibley) making an appearance. It's Jim, isn't it? No, no-no, no, no-no, yes!

But which circus is she with?

Is that a still from the next Benedict Cumberbatch film? ... The Haggis Whisperer

Following on from @Sidecar Racer Anyone else feeling that her suname is ironic? Not proud, and not a man. Identity fraud perhaps?

Manwhile, in the Med ... many of us have been aware that the so-called "sanctions" against Russia have hurt UK/EU more than it's hurt them. Relevant to this topic has the UK buying "Indian" oil instead of Russian. Still arriving by ship, just by a different route. I confess I hadn't paid much attention to what the routes were, or how much ship-to-ship or STS transfers played in the logistics. Here's an example, it seems to be shifting from the Med to the Red Sea. https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/reasons-unknown-floating-russian-oil-base-greece-abruptly-shifts-south That article ends with a question.

This is an excellent example (amongst thousands) of the current Idiocracy. Which, by a death of a thousand cuts, destroys the UK/EU/NATO ability to sustain any prolonged operations. What we did have we've outsourced beyond usable reach, not enough industry/manufacturing, a shortage of skilled people, a broken supply chain ... the list goes on. But, maybe it's a good thing? Despite the sound-bite sabre-rattling of people like Chief-Clown Boris, the physical reality will prevent too many being sucked into current and future conflicts?