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Thread ID: 121000	2011-10-07 04:24:00	Ship at the Mount - need to reconvene PC World Rescue group	Digby (677)	PC World Chat

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1236069	2011-10-24 19:51:00	Don't expose too much ignorance B.M. You know you can't be an expert on everything.	Richard (739)
1236070	2011-10-24 21:04:00	You can fool all of the people some of the time, and all of the people some of the time	gary67 (56)
1236071	2011-10-25 07:13:00	:clap That’s better, a meeting cancelled. HERE (www.sunlive.co.nz) "Bay of Plenty Regional Council Maori policy manager Kataraina Belshaw says her staff are providing iwi liaison support to Maritime New Zealand in managing the oil spill so were not available to run the conference". :lol: so many things to consider. :lol:	B.M. (505)
1236072	2011-10-25 20:13:00	Don't expose too much ignorance B.M. You know you can't be an expert on everything. No stopping genius Richard, when it's on a roll.	Cicero (40)
1236073	2011-10-25 20:32:00	Karl duFresne summed it up yesterday in the Dompost. OPINION: Kibitzer is a wonderful Yiddish word for which there is no precise equivalent in English. It means someone who stands around giving unwanted advice. Kibitzers, usually men of a certain age, have had the time of their lives since the Rena hit the rocks. Tune into any radio talkback show and you'll hear them expounding on all the things the authorities have done wrong and how, with a pair of tin snips, a garden hose and a roll of duct tape, they could have had the containers offloaded, the oil pumped out and the ship safely refloated within 24 hours. If only someone had asked them. Listening to talkback radio, I am agog at the depth of engineering knowledge and salvage expertise acquired by Kiwi blokes who have spent a lifetime changing the oil in Mark II Cortinas, sharpening the blades of a lawn mower and clearing blockages under the kitchen sink. I mean, who would have thought? Speaking of the Rena, I worry for Britain, because it seems we've pinched all its experts on maritime safety and salvage operations. As was also noticeable in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes, a striking number of the officials who appear on the television news each night to update us on developments speak with British accents. There was a time in New Zealand when almost every union spokesman had an accent that identified them as English or Scottish. Nothing puzzling about that: they were simply carrying on the class war. But can anyone explain why so many British immigrants end up working for regulatory authorities?	martynz (5445)
1236074	2011-10-25 22:09:00	As a matter of interest, the salvage company working on the job, Svitzer, is a part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, who I believe are the biggest shipping company in the world.	Richard (739)
1236075	2011-10-25 23:50:00	As a matter of interest, the salvage company working on the job, Svitzer, is a part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, who I believe are the biggest shipping company in the world. Ah yes but do they have an armchair? I doubt it so they won't be any good	gary67 (56)
1236076	2011-10-26 02:38:00	Has it ever occurred to you that you maybe a bit looney? I'd prefer it if we didn't revert to personal attacks. I'd like to think that most PC World forum members are fairly intelligent just by the fact that they are computer users.	Digby (677)
1236077	2011-10-26 02:40:00	Containers will float even if they have holes drilled in them. If you open the doors they will still float. I think waiting to get the oil off first is the right decision. EDIT: its a shame they cant warm the oil so it flows better What do you base that assertion on ? I am sure most metal boxes with a couple of holes in them will sink.	Digby (677)
1236078	2011-10-26 02:41:00	BM and I are now off to Taranaki to fix the gas pipe line.	Digby (677)
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