work that out....

[theforeman]

"If the project goes ahead, Ark Royal will become the largest artificial reef in the world, only beaten by the former US aircraft carrier Oriskany, which was scuttled off the coast of Florida in 2006.

 

[Reverend Ludd]

"If the project goes ahead, Ark Royal will become the largest artificial reef in the world, only beaten by the former US aircraft carrier Oriskany, which was scuttled off the coast of Florida in 2006.

Motor Boats Monthly perhaps ??

Did you know the MBM is the greatest magazine in the world, other than all the others that are better.

 

[Bru]

I hate imprecise writing of this nature

So what they actually mean is "it will become the SECOND largest artificial reef in the world"

It's like our sign at work that says

All our coffee is 100% sustainable*
* Excludes decaf

Makes me grind me teeth every time I see it! It should read "Some of our coffee is 100% sustainable"

 

[macd]

I hate imprecise writing of this nature

It's like our sign at work that says...

Surely that should be "It's like our sign at work that reads..."

 

[ProDave]

So they plan to sink thousands of tons of scrap in the sea, which many would regard as "polution"

But call it an "artificial reef" and that makes it okay then?


I recall a lot of complain in the news years back when there were plans to sink a disused oil platform. If only they had come up with the idea of calling it an artificial reef, they would have been allowed to do it.

 

[chanelyacht]

With scrap metal rates at an all time high, that sounds a good return for the taxpayers' investment... FFS

 

[Grunter]

 

[simon barefoot]

To be fair though, it's going to take a LOT of pikeys to cart that one away...

 

[gerry99]

I sympathise with you Brigantia. In my job (IT) i get approached by many small vendors claiming to be "the market leading"... "the fastest growing" ... "the world's biggest".... etc. etc.

I ask them to to justify their claims by giving me the metric they use together with the supporting data! Its amazing how many of them are unable to

 

[Bru]

Surely that should be "It's like our sign at work that reads..."

Good point. Drat!

 

[Whiskey Bravo]

I hate imprecise writing of this nature

So what they actually mean is "it will become the SECOND largest artificial reef in the world"

It's like our sign at work that says

All our coffee is 100% sustainable*
* Excludes decaf

Makes me grind me teeth every time I see it! It should read "Some of our coffee is 100% sustainable"

Or even'' Not all our coffee is 100% sustainable''

 

[cgull]

On the M6 toll road there is a sign that says "this sign is not in use". And at night it is illuminated!

 

[Madhatter]

So if I sunk an old truck engine with a chain and buoy on but called it an artificial reef that would be OK then?? It would also make Seajets warning about loosing our moorings not so serious ( and keep the doubters happy )

 

[electrosys]

So - a fair few thousand tons of high quality scrap metal which is currently fetching a premium is to be sunk, rather than be re-cycled - while at the same time millions of car and truck tyres which cannot be so easily re-cycled are being stored on land in huge dumps in the hope that they will evaporate whilst no-one is looking.

If you want an artifical reef - why not sink a few million of Dunlop's finest ? I think they'd make a cracking reef.