AntarcticPilot
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But how clever do you need to be to outsmart a fish?
Skipper fined £26,000+ for going wrong way in Dover Strait
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DJE
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There was a yacht going the wrong way down the lane and transmitting AIS when we crossed a few weeks ago.
Pye_End
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Several transmissions by Dover Coastguard reminding one or two vessels of their responsibility in the TSS (and their failure to follow) a couple of days ago.
penberth3
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The HSE has been taking this route for a few years, charging a generous hourly rate for any action they take, even for simple improvement notices. I guess it's a Govt policy to make regulators finance themselves?
Puffin10032
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Cleverer than me evidently. We used to go fishing when I was little and I never ever caught anything
AntarcticPilot
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Me too!Cleverer than me evidently. We used to go fishing when I was little and I never ever caught anything
AntarcticPilot
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Most Government Agencies are required to be self-financing to some extent, though some of that financing takes the form of a notional contract to supply services to the Government. There are quite complex Treasury Rules governing how much they can charge, but a fundamental principle is that they must not charge less than a commercial enterprise could for the same service. Given the rates barristers can charge for their services, especially specialists such as in marine law, I don't think the costs will have been inflated.
All Government Agencies are subject to routine oversight and auditing, and having worked for an organization subject to such oversight, I can assure you it ISN'T a rubber-stamping operation, and frequently results in major changes.
LittleSister
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Cleverer than me evidently. We used to go fishing when I was little and I never ever caught anything
And me too.
Aged maybe about 8, I took it into my head to go fishing. I splashed out precious pocket money to buy a toy rod from Woolworths and caught the bus to Clissold Park (N. London), but approaching the pond I was apprehended by the Parkie, who told me it was out of season. (I was unaware there was a fishing season!)
Subsequently I've realised that I am content for clever people like Captain Birdseye, John West, and others to do my fishing for me.
johnalison
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I've caught loads of mackerel. Well, not loads, several really, but they tasted good. Our children contrived to catch a gar with our mackerel line. The line took hours to disentangle.
Major_Clanger
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Reminds me of a story about two ships that strayed out of their lanes in a TSS and collided. One ship was carrying red paint and the other blue........ It was a serious collision and most of the crew were marooned.
I'll get me coat.....
I'll get me coat.....
johnalison
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Don’t bother. I’ll get it for you.
Bouba
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I used to go to Clissold Park in the early sixties
LittleSister
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Funny, I don't remember seeing you there.
Perhaps you looked a lot different then from your current avatar.
Bouba
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If you are the kid who tried to take my ice-cream....I hope that you profited all your life from the lesson in life that you receivedFunny, I don't remember seeing you there.
Perhaps you looked a lot different then from your current avatar.
Fr J Hackett
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Surely you do that ugly kid, runny nose, big ears nobody could understand what he was forever harping on about.Funny, I don't remember seeing you there.
Perhaps you looked a lot different then from your current avatar.
LittleSister
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Bouba
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Try to take my 99 again and see what you get'Tweren't me, honest. 'Twere the other boy!
Fr J Hackett
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Better keep off the beaches, you don't want sand kicked in your face.Try to take my 99 again and see what you get