scotty123
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Who on here fancies travelling the world in a yacht built around 56tons of liquid hydrogen?
Bill Gates new yacht?
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Poignard
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Having travelled around in close proximity to a nuclear reactor without seeing daylight, I should think it would be something of an improvement!
scotty123
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That explains a lot.Having travelled around in close proximity to a nuclear reactor without seeing daylight, I should think it would be something of an improvement!
Mr Googler
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Poignard
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I don't mind the piss-taking, it's like water off a duck's back as far as I'm concerned.
What gets me is the ingratitude.
The best years of my life spent, at some personal risk and often a great deal of discomfort, keeping the Bolshevik hordes at bay so that you can spend your days sitting on your high stool in your warm office, poring over your ledgers or your files; or lounging in front of your television set; all the while oblivious to the fact that night and day, out there on, or under, the cold grey ocean, a dedicated and fearless team of highly-trained professionals watches over you and keeps you safe.
Sometimes, I wonder why I bothered!
scotty123
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You probably held hands with capsensible, in those romantic off watch moments sailors luv.I don't mind the piss-taking, it's like water off a duck's back as far as I'm concerned.
What gets me is the ingratitude.
The best years of my life spent, at some personal risk and often a great deal of discomfort, keeping the Bolshevik hordes at bay so that you can spend your days sitting on your high stool in your warm office, poring over your ledgers or your files; or lounging in front of your television set; all the while oblivious to the fact that night and day, out there on, or under, the cold grey ocean, a dedicated and fearless team of highly-trained professionals watches over you and keeps you safe.
Sometimes, I wonder why I bothered!
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Poignard
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These strange obsessive thoughts you have can't be healthy. Oughtn't you to seek some help?
Mr Googler
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Am I in the lounge??
stelican
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Beyond help
scotty123
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Isn't he.
BruceK
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I always found it rather bizarre that the most advanced nations on earth looked at each other and said "Play nice or I will destroy the whole planet. A hundred times over for good measure. "
Makes you wonder who is advanced and who is backward.
Makes you wonder who is advanced and who is backward.
Greg2
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I don't mind the piss-taking, it's like water off a duck's back as far as I'm concerned.
What gets me is the ingratitude.
The best years of my life spent, at some personal risk and often a great deal of discomfort, keeping the Bolshevik hordes at bay so that you can spend your days sitting on your high stool in your warm office, poring over your ledgers or your files; or lounging in front of your television set; all the while oblivious to the fact that night and day, out there on, or under, the cold grey ocean, a dedicated and fearless team of highly-trained professionals watches over you and keeps you safe.
Sometimes, I wonder why I bothered!
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Your fault for being a crabmariner. I did the same as a skimmer so had the benefit of fresh air and a view, not to mention some great runs ashore ?
Back on topic it is good to see those with the wherewithal to do it are pushing the boundaries with different technologies.
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scotty123
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Turns out he is not buying it.
Trundlebug
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Lots of talk in the Meeja about Hydrogen, and all this perception that it's environmentally friendly because "it burns to create just water".
No-one has stopped to think about where the Hydrogen is coming from...
The vast majority (87% I heard ) currently comes from oil, via cracking of methane.
Yes you can make it from electrolysing water, but it's slow, energy intensive (not very efficient I understand) and anyway we don't have the spare generating capacity.
Hey ho.
No-one has stopped to think about where the Hydrogen is coming from...
The vast majority (87% I heard ) currently comes from oil, via cracking of methane.
Yes you can make it from electrolysing water, but it's slow, energy intensive (not very efficient I understand) and anyway we don't have the spare generating capacity.
Hey ho.