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[Peerie Maa]

It would be far better for the US if it were the other way round.

Laying off the public servants is moronic....

[Peerie Maa]

Ted...

[Peerie Maa]

Towns along the old A6 are spaced at about 7 miles apart, I read that stage coaches needed to change horses every 7 miles or so to run with fresh cattle....

[Peerie Maa]

The thread and its demise seem to have evaporated.
Looking at the other bilge crud that is still here, I suppose it must have been the content and...

[Peerie Maa]

It is difficult enough to get some of them to speak English....

[Peerie Maa]

Dying of cancer does not wipe away the racism, or bestow talents on her that justify the celebrity status....

[Peerie Maa]

The cult of celebrity, like that racist waste of space Jane Goody that rose to fame in The Big Brother House....

[Peerie Maa]

They own and vote for the system.
The US ran out of statesmen, and the GOP decided that they did not want to be governed by statesmen, some time...

[Peerie Maa]

^ Testing the new boundaries?

[Peerie Maa]

Excellent. The photos seem to have sorted themselves again.

[Peerie Maa]

From the beeb.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66873495

Not a total ban at all atall....

[Peerie Maa]

The hull form suggests that they may be double skinned, so the pressure hull may be intact. Still a fair bit of work to replace the damaged systems and...

[Peerie Maa]

Did you miss my post just above yours, posted at 03:58 PM and the subsequent post on VAT?...

[Peerie Maa]

If you want your nation's infrastructure to work, the tax on goods would really make your eyes water. No more cheap food, drink or fuel....

[Peerie Maa]

Way back when, I and a couple of others were loaned to a sister company. The standard fitters tool kit was an adjustable wrench and a flat blade screwdriver....

[Peerie Maa]

Bring it on but be aware, our waters have strong tidal currents...

[Peerie Maa]

I have just seen the report on the Beeb, with more information.
They used fire to char the logs where they wanted to cut halving joints, and then...

[Peerie Maa]

Is it a windy location, or flat calm most of the time.

I see a sail straining at those whips.

[Peerie Maa]

South of Blackpool the bottom was muddier, and would not support the trawl head of a beam trawl, so 10’ 6” wide shanks were used. This is the same...

[Peerie Maa]

There is more

Now to the actual shrimp trawling. There were two methods, one for sandy bottoms using light weight beam trawls, and one for...