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English forum => Small talk => The Chat Lounge => Topic started by: saltydog on August 18, 2011, 08:27:54

Title: What's new
Post by: saltydog on August 18, 2011, 08:27:54: For all sorts of news..

The US has lost both of its hypersonic aircraft..(20 times speed of sound). The Falcon HTV-2..

http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/us-looks-for-answers-after-hypersonic-plane-fails

(http://earth-chronicles.ru/News_5/12.jpg)

(aircraft is too nice a word, they don't carry passengers, they are missiles)
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Captain Cadet on August 18, 2011, 10:56:19: i thought i was good at losing things ;D
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Captain Cadet on August 18, 2011, 11:35:13: Quote from: krytsch on August 18, 2011, 11:32:34
There is always someone who is better
trust me
ive lost loads of things
eaven my bike
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: The Ferry Man on August 18, 2011, 12:31:47: Quote from: Captain Cadet on August 18, 2011, 11:35:13
trust me
ive lost loads of things
eaven my bike

:doh:

That was silly...
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Captain Cadet on August 18, 2011, 17:50:14: Quote from: The Ferry Man on August 18, 2011, 12:31:47
:doh:

That was silly...
so i had to use legs for ages ( which ment waking up earlyer to get to school)
and my freind had it :doh:
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: The Ferry Man on August 18, 2011, 17:55:17: :doh:

In other news...

The Mungo run aground in Littlehampton... leading to some spectacular pics - if I knew before I would have gone to see it...

http://photos.marinetraffic.com/ais/showphoto.aspx?photoid=558696&size=full

http://photos.marinetraffic.com/ais/showphoto.aspx?photoid=558695&size=full
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: IRI5HJ4CK on August 18, 2011, 18:18:07: Woops :doh:
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Wave Music on August 18, 2011, 18:30:36: What an unbearably hilarious fail!

- Average Joe
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Ralphy on August 18, 2011, 18:47:00: Another view :doh:

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/17/article-2027194-0D77E5F900000578-891_964x601.jpg)
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: saltydog on August 20, 2011, 05:53:21: Original Queen Mary to be auctioned..

http://maritimematters.com/2011/08/original-queen-mary-to-be-auctioned/
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: --tractorman-- on August 20, 2011, 10:47:50: Definition of Lost - Something dangerous or embarrassing has happened to them so they are classed as Lost
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: saltydog on August 21, 2011, 09:24:59: Good news.. Laura Dekker, and her ship Guppy, the Dutch girl attempting to circumnavigate the globe as the youngest solo-sailor ever, has succesfully passed the trechourous Torres Strait.. :)
She is now underway to Darwin..

Here's her blog: http://www.lauradekker.nl/English/Home.html

(http://www.sevendays.nl/uploads/pictures/cache/newsartimage_180975_560_9999_scl.jpg)
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: vin_sun on August 21, 2011, 09:38:09: Bombay ........ anything for "entertainment" !! The M.V. Wisdom aground at a popular beach.

(http://stbjp.msn.com/i/AA/D822ACB0A44CFA26B9AF36AFC66FE.jpg)
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Rbsanford on August 21, 2011, 15:57:58: you'd actually have to try to fail that hard. :doh:
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: saltydog on August 24, 2011, 12:52:14: A tight fit.. ;)
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: The Ferry Man on August 24, 2011, 12:54:29: Ouch

Don't lean over the bars... :doh:

Where is that?
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: saltydog on August 24, 2011, 12:57:25: It's in the Corinth Canal in Greece.. :)
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: The Ferry Man on August 24, 2011, 12:58:44: Ahh thanks :thumbs:
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: vin_sun on August 24, 2011, 21:32:17: Inspiration !!! ;D

(http://www.indiavilas.com/jokes/fAdvertisements/5.jpg)
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Wave Music on August 24, 2011, 21:35:55: So he does! :thumbs:
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: The Ferry Man on August 24, 2011, 21:36:40: When you got to go, you got to go...

especially when the wall is telling you to do it :doh:
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: vin_sun on August 24, 2011, 21:41:30: The Ox - Ford ;D

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_--04B_LdBrw/SYFUdS1IRMI/AAAAAAAAAlU/oi-yL0s3EjY/s400/donkey+pulling+car.jpg)
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Wave Music on August 24, 2011, 21:43:35: Looks like they're just carrying it & it's either in Russia or somewhere near.
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: vin_sun on August 24, 2011, 21:52:00: The Best Days of Our Lives ...... ;D

(http://ahmadtaham.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/demotivation-us__life-was-easier-when-apple-and-blackberry-were-just-fruits.jpg?w=600&h=606)
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: saltydog on August 25, 2011, 13:25:57: Drunken passenger drops anchor on moving cruise ship.. An expensive prank.. :P

http://www.seattlepersonalinjuryblog.com/2010/12/drunken-passenger-drops-cruise-ship-anchor.shtml
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/drunk-anchor-drop-plea-453627

(http://cruiselinerooms.com/images/HAL_Ryndam.jpg)
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Rbsanford on August 25, 2011, 16:09:25: uh, wouldint he need access to the bridge to drop the anchor?

i doudt he could just lift the heavy thing and toss it in the water all by himself while drunk.

something seems fishy here...
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: vin_sun on August 25, 2011, 18:17:03: Quote from: Rbsanford on August 25, 2011, 16:09:25
uh, wouldint he need access to the bridge to drop the anchor?

i doudt he could just lift the heavy thing and toss it in the water all by himself while drunk.

something seems fishy here...

Whoa! whoa! ..... Sanford !!! I think you need an "education" about dropping an anchor from a ship.

On some ship, anchors can be dropped from the bridge by remote controlling the machinery (or windlass in nautical terms) and monitoring it on CCTVs. This is not very popular on merchant ships but it may be there on cruise liners. But to do this there is quite some initial preparation.

Anchors are housed inside angled pipes called 'hawse pipes' at the fore end of the ship. Depending on the size of the ship an anchor can weigh anything from 1 ton to 20 tons. So, it's humanly impossible to just pick it and throw it over the side !!! Once an anchor is "housed" in the hawse pipe, a huge and heavy bar goes across the anchor chain. Further, a brake is applied tightly and as a further precaution wire lashings are placed at convenient points.

Well, this drunk guy somehow gained access to the fore part of the ship and released the lashings, opened the bar and finally the brake. He has certainly entered a "prohibited area" which may not have been under surveillance by crew or cameras. The brake is operated normally by turning a big hand wheel and the anchor gets dropped by gravity. The noise created during this operation can be quite loud.

Well are you convinced now, that an anchor cannot be just lifted and tossed into the water ??

To give you an idea as to how 'huge' an anchor can be .........
(http://www.dawson-group.com/dawsongroup/up_files/hall-anchor-marine-hall-anchors-ship-hall-anhcors-china-manufacturers-suppliers.jpg)

Here is a picture of the 'windlass' with the anchor chain lashed with wires and the bar down on it.
(http://www.conveyorss.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Ship-Anchor-Chain-picture.jpg)

The size of just one link of an anchor chain
(http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/Paija/Paija0710/Paija071000007/1862007-rusty-black-metallic-anchor-chain-on-a-ship.jpg)
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Rbsanford on August 25, 2011, 20:48:17: if its a prohibited area, then wouldint there be a locked door saying something like "crew only"?
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: vin_sun on August 25, 2011, 21:00:27: Quote from: Rbsanford on August 25, 2011, 20:48:17
if its a prohibited area, then wouldint there be a locked door saying something like "crew only"?

I am sure there would have been some sign saying so. Some spaces on ships are not kept locked always. Whatever the case may be, this guy was drunk and it wouldn't have registered that it was a prohibited area for him !
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Rbsanford on August 25, 2011, 21:35:35: but shouldint the anchor-room have security cameras?
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: vin_sun on August 25, 2011, 21:46:57: Well if it did, then some one was not keeping a good watch! I am sure some heads would have rolled !!! ;D
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: saltydog on August 25, 2011, 23:13:53: If you read the first article carefully you will see this is about the ships stern anchor..
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Rbsanford on August 26, 2011, 01:27:32: thats right saltydog, good job, you can read. :doh:

btw, what were the penalties this guy faced?
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: saltydog on August 26, 2011, 02:46:08: "According to a plea agreement filed yesterday in U.S. District Court, Rick Ehlert faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine in connection with the November 2010 incident on the MS Ryndam." (quote from second article)
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: vin_sun on August 26, 2011, 06:43:56: Quote from: saltydog on August 25, 2011, 23:13:53
If you read the first article carefully you will see this is about the ships stern anchor..

You are sure right there, Salty ! Even this anchor is a heavy one and does require lashings and brakes to be released for it to drop. All in all I assume surveillance of these prohibited areas was not up to the mark.

(http://www.ilovecruises.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ryndam-stern-anchor.jpg)
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: saltydog on August 26, 2011, 06:50:46: Right Vin, apparently even the stern anchor weighs a hefty 18 ton..
There were surveillance cameras in the area, but I guess no one was watching at the time.
But with the images they were later able to identify the culprit.. :)
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: --tractorman-- on August 26, 2011, 09:49:31: Hefty 18ton? I've towed that on the back of a tractor!

I actually have. :)
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Stuart2007 on August 26, 2011, 09:58:23: I've strayed onto the engineering deck of a well known large cruise ferry because of slack security standards, an open door (which due to it being open I couldn't read the sign saying "keep out").

I was virtually ignored by the personnel on duty and had I just walked purposly through the engineering sections rather than standing and watching I'd probably have been left alone. God knows what I could have done/changed/destroyed had I wanted to do so.
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: saltydog on August 26, 2011, 13:41:13: Still a question lingers.. 30 minutes after dropping the anchor the drunken passenger released a life buoy..
It was only then that the captain noticed there must be an emergency and stopped the ship.
How could he sail half an hour without noticing he was dragging his stern anchor behind him?
All in all it's a good thing they weren't sailing in more shallow waters. Who knows what could have happened had the anchor touched the sea floor..
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: vin_sun on August 26, 2011, 14:35:47: I think the anchor must have been released when in deep sea and may not have touched the bottom. A ship moving at its full designed speed with an anchor dragging across the sea bed will certainly feel the resistance by the 'load' the main engine would show.

Another aspect which surprises me is how they did not lose the anchor and the entire chain. An anchor paying out uncontrolled can gather immense momentum and it is quite normal for the 'bitter end' in the chain locker to be yanked off and thus lose the entire chain and anchor.

Same matter ..... but a bit more detailed

http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=4255
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: saltydog on August 26, 2011, 14:51:29: Perhaps the ships speed was what saved them..I don't know the length of the anchor chain compared to the depth of the sea, but I imagine at cruising speed of 15-20 knots the anchor would be trailing in a diagonal fashion, thus reducing its depth.. I just wonder how much drag that would create, and if the captain didn't question what it was that was suddenly slowing him down..
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Stuart2007 on August 26, 2011, 15:40:02: Naval submarines trailing cruise ships for practice would do well to remember this...
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Wave Music on August 31, 2011, 19:51:58: I was curious/bored:

Tumtum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tumtum may refer to:
Tumtum, a carriage drawn by one or more horses to carry people or cargo. It used to be the mode of transport before the advent of the motor car, in Pakistan, India and neighboring areas, also known as Tonga in some of those regions.
Tumtum (Judaism), a person whose sex is unknown (like some androgynous people or intersex people) by the Halakha
Tumtum people, an ethnic group in the Nuba Hills in Sudan, or their language, one of the Kadu languages. The population is likely below 10,000.
Tumtum, a drum, made from a hollowed-out tree trunk, used in the music of Barbados
Tumtum [təmtəm] is a word in Chinook Jargon that can mean "heart", "feelings", "thoughts", "self", and "character".
Tumtum, Washington, a community in Stevens County, Washington, USA
Tumtum River, a river in the U.S. state of Oregon

So which definition of tumtum applies to toptopic tititle?
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: saltydog on August 31, 2011, 20:08:58: In Holland, Tumtum is an assortment of various sweets.. That's where this name comes from.. ;D
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: dexter7 on August 31, 2011, 21:45:37: Hmm tumtum yumyum ;D
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: saltydog on September 06, 2011, 11:51:35: Woman falls overboard from Newcastle ferry..

http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/breaking-news/2011/09/06/woman-falls-overboard-from-newcastle-ferry-72703-29371139/
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Rbsanford on September 06, 2011, 21:26:10: would you like some epic with that fail? ;D
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: dexter7 on September 06, 2011, 22:18:14: sure, mr. failburger... jumbosize anything and everything ;D
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Rbsanford on September 06, 2011, 23:04:59: okay, wat would you like today at failburger?
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: dexter7 on September 06, 2011, 23:43:08: Quote from: dexter7 on September 06, 2011, 22:18:14
sure, mr. failburger... jumbosize anything and everything ;D
Title: Re: Tumtum
Post by: Rbsanford on September 07, 2011, 01:41:07: so would that be your usual bacon cheeseburger with all the goodies?

btw, what soft drink would you like?
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on September 22, 2011, 07:17:43: Parts of an old NASA satellite (the UARS) are expected to fall to Earth in the next few days (probably Friday)

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/21/exclusive-track-nasas-falling-65-ton-satellite-in-real-time/

(http://popsci.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/28/uars_cover.jpg)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Wave Music on September 22, 2011, 16:57:15: ah so it ' s that tumtum topic ok

keep on postin ' in it !
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on September 24, 2011, 08:13:52: Seems like the satellite has burned up on entry.. You can all take your helmets off now.. ;D

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44632366/ns/today-today_tech/t/satellite-down-nasa-hints-end-has-come/#.Tn2Cj-zX9jg
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on September 24, 2011, 11:39:59: It's safe to come out of your basements guys! BANG! :o
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on September 24, 2011, 17:42:13: Quote from: saltydog on September 24, 2011, 08:13:52
Seems like the satellite has burned up on entry.. You can all take your helmets off now.. ;D

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44632366/ns/today-today_tech/t/satellite-down-nasa-hints-end-has-come/#.Tn2Cj-zX9jg

i sorta knew that would happen. :doh:
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: 2000 on September 27, 2011, 01:17:51: Quote from: dexter7 on September 24, 2011, 11:39:59
It's safe to come out of your basements guys! BANG! :o

rotfl ;D :D :D
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on September 27, 2011, 02:24:34: No it's roflol
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on September 27, 2011, 11:56:47: So what is new?
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: VirtualSkipper on September 27, 2011, 13:36:34: Quote from: dexter7 on September 27, 2011, 11:56:47
So what is new?

My working uniform! :o

Instead of dark purple shirts, we now have light green shirts with on the back written: I'd like to help you! :doh:
<3 PLUS supermarkt....
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on September 27, 2011, 20:25:31: wow. alrighty that's a good answer to my question... :doh: ::)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: VirtualSkipper on September 27, 2011, 20:35:04: Quote from: dexter7 on September 27, 2011, 20:25:31
wow. alrighty that's a good answer to my question... :doh: ::)

I knew it! :doh:
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on September 29, 2011, 10:58:41: This is about news, not a kiddie chat like cookie box.. ;)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Ralphy on September 29, 2011, 11:05:24: Since this is for odd news it seems I will post this epic fail

:doh:

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/itv-accused-of-using-arma-2-game-footage-in-ira-doc-1029776 (http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/itv-accused-of-using-arma-2-game-footage-in-ira-doc-1029776)

and here is a reupload of the video in the article :doh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p98eFvOT4DI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p98eFvOT4DI)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: larsdehaan on September 29, 2011, 14:29:22: Quote from: Ralphy on September 29, 2011, 11:05:24
Since this is for odd news it seems I will post this epic fail

:doh:

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/itv-accused-of-using-arma-2-game-footage-in-ira-doc-1029776 (http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/itv-accused-of-using-arma-2-game-footage-in-ira-doc-1029776)

and here is a reupload of the video in the article :doh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p98eFvOT4DI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p98eFvOT4DI)
yeah i heard that (cause i have the game)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on September 29, 2011, 23:56:17: Keep you helmet handy; Here comes another! http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/27/scitech/main20112503.shtml (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/27/scitech/main20112503.shtml)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on September 30, 2011, 03:01:06: 20$ ses this one will also burn in atmosphere. ;D
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on September 30, 2011, 09:31:39: I'm not so sure..This satellite seems to have more heat-resistant parts, 1.6 tonnes could reach Earth..

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20955-second-big-satellite-set-to-resist-reentry-burnup.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on September 30, 2011, 15:26:53: ime still keeping my bet. ;D
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Captain Cadet on October 06, 2011, 15:37:06: Steve Jobs is sadly dead

(http://images.apple.com/home/images/t_hero.png)

someone who inspired me :(
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on October 06, 2011, 21:01:13: I never really expected that... If it wasn't for him I wouldn't have my iPad!
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on October 06, 2011, 23:18:36: what i want to know is when he died and how he died.

but what i really want to know, is what will happen to apple?
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Ballast on October 06, 2011, 23:21:44: Quote from: Rbsanford on October 06, 2011, 23:18:36
what i want to know is when he died and how he died.

Does that really matter? The point is that he passed away ;)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Cat320DL on October 07, 2011, 14:45:35: RIP Steve Jobs :(

Kyle
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Captain Cadet on October 07, 2011, 15:38:43: Men can think
but
men cant think diffrently
but steve jobs did think diffrently
if it wasent for him
my live would be a LOT diffrent
thanks steve for the good change of life
the world will miss you :'(
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on October 07, 2011, 23:00:32: Quote from: Cat320DL on October 07, 2011, 14:45:35
RIP Steve Jobs :(

Kyle

maybie theyll bury him in a giant ipod case.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on October 07, 2011, 23:18:40: Some times you say amusing stuff... Right now I'm using my iPad
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on October 07, 2011, 23:56:28: ide like an ipad.

at school we have a cart full of ipads that we steal from room to room. we have garage band symphonies; attemps to play "party rock anthem" ;D

Steve Jobs, you were a genious.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on October 13, 2011, 13:49:05: How not to launch a ship.. :doh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Whr801KX4
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: VirtualSkipper on October 13, 2011, 14:54:25: Quote from: saltydog on October 13, 2011, 13:49:05
How not to launch a ship.. :doh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Whr801KX4

LOL, I just saw that video. XD
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on October 13, 2011, 20:10:57: Pretty dumb!
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: The Ferry Man on October 13, 2011, 20:39:10: Woman Drills hole and sinks husbands yacht! (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/06/woman-jailed-sinking-husbands-yacht?CMP=twt_fd)

:doh:
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on October 13, 2011, 20:42:14: Dumb too! :doh:
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on October 13, 2011, 20:48:51: Launching ships with airbags is not uncommon in China.. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZJzWUxPqUM
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on October 13, 2011, 22:32:17: What kind of idiot would do this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv8W4W-iJvE&feature=related
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on October 13, 2011, 22:49:22: Quote from: dexter7 on October 13, 2011, 22:32:17
What kind of idiot would do this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv8W4W-iJvE&feature=related

the idiot who didint check the strength of the cables and the weight of the yacht. :doh:

beutiful boat tho...
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on October 20, 2011, 02:14:29: Put your helmet on this weekend, another satellite is coming down.. ;)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/111019-satellite-fall-earth-rosat-space-debris-nasa-science/

(http://www.noows.de/pictures/img_18.10.2011/resized_jpeg-147EA200B621C670-20111017-img_33065374_onlineBild.jpg)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on October 20, 2011, 03:16:09: wat is it wit all these falling satillites?

wait...

THE ALIENS ARE ATTACKING!!!! ::) :doh: :doh:
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on October 21, 2011, 00:48:30: Well they are surveying earth for an attack
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on October 21, 2011, 02:06:31: FOUR HUNDRED POSTS!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :doh:
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on October 21, 2011, 02:07:15: well now 400 posts. ::) :doh:
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on October 21, 2011, 02:17:30: Noooooo, 399 Small Talk posts don't count...
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on October 21, 2011, 04:38:56: C'mon kids, let's stay on topic.. ;)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on October 21, 2011, 04:59:33: okay saltydog. ille make one nice non-smalltalk post to earn my 400th post.

so wats in the news...

oh, some exotic animals escaped from a wildlife preserve in ohio and are rampaging around. and this guy somewhere took down this huge wild boar with a crossbow.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on October 21, 2011, 05:00:11: aw come on!

stil 399??????????
:doh: :doh: ::) >:(
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on October 21, 2011, 05:35:38: Posts don't count in Small Talk.. ;D
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Post by: dexter7 on October 21, 2011, 11:18:26: Er, uh Oh! I've got one!!! Our old friend Mr. Camping thinks today is the end of the world!
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on October 21, 2011, 18:43:22: aw, come on hes cra-

boom! ;D :doh: :doh:
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: danny on October 21, 2011, 19:05:01: :doh:
My new headset arrived a few days ago, and its shiny and expensive and comfy and... you get the picture :P
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on October 21, 2011, 20:13:07: My New desktop arrives in a few days!
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on October 22, 2011, 02:07:30: i may get a new computer soon!

alienware M17x, probably. ;D
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: The Ferry Man on October 24, 2011, 11:02:48: Meteorite crashes into Kent Coast! :o (http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2011/october/21-1/meteorite_crashes_into_sea.aspx)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on October 24, 2011, 11:25:05: I told you! The aliens are attacking!
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on October 24, 2011, 18:21:30: if they thot it was a plane, it must hav been pretty big.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: 2000 on October 24, 2011, 20:50:58: Quote from: Rbsanford on October 22, 2011, 02:07:30
i may get a new computer soon!

alienware M17x, probably. ;D

OMG :o
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on October 24, 2011, 21:08:54: so wats new in news... i just bought fraps and ill make a video. wat shood it be aboot? :doh:
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on October 25, 2011, 11:24:33: are you trying to say about? :doh: Have it be a navy ship plowing through the waves!
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on October 30, 2011, 13:13:55: Ooo, world population to reach 7 billion tomorrow!
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on October 30, 2011, 17:26:33: humans are sorta like viruses; we keep spreading and multiplying all the time.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on November 04, 2011, 09:34:00: About the Greek crisis, I heard of a nice solution recently..
Instead of pouring money down the Greek drain, and fat rich Greeks transferring it to their Swiss bank-accounts,
why not offer all Europeans a free holiday to Greece? All expenses paid of course.. ;)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on November 04, 2011, 15:46:33: then ille pretend to be european to get a free greece vacation. ;D
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Ralphy on November 04, 2011, 16:43:39: The aliens are attacking us again! ::)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2057502/Giant-asteroid-pass-Earth-moon--closest-shave-35-years.html
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: danny on November 05, 2011, 01:03:52: Pile up on the M5
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-15603124

Half a wall falling down in somerset
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-15599886
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on November 06, 2011, 16:59:46: Last night I happened to be watching a German TV-show called "Wetten Dass", a show of various bets.
In it, a guy had 4 minutes to solve a Rubiks cube puzzle, the last bit he did while submerged underwater holding his breath in a large watertank and blindfolded
Quite amazing.. :)
Here's the video.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2huaQLUWU8
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Captain Cadet on November 06, 2011, 17:25:59: this is what you call living on the edge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-15540048
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: clanky on November 06, 2011, 20:19:13: Quote from: Captain Cadet on November 06, 2011, 17:25:59
this is what you call living on the edge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-15540048

Eeek!
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on November 09, 2011, 15:41:30: The Dakar starts soon.. :)

http://www.dakar.com/index_DAKus.html

(http://www.lonestarcycle.com/bmw/rawhyde/images/dakar12b.jpg)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on December 06, 2011, 12:16:00: If one is interested in having a close encounter with the Titanic, (and if one has some extra cash), there is a company that is organizing two dive expeditions next year..

http://www.deepoceanexpeditions.com/titanic_expedition_2012.html
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on December 06, 2011, 16:57:23: so theyre legitametly sending inexpierienced tourists down something like 4 miles underwater?

that doesnt sound much like a good idea... :-\

hmmm, wat else is new... this is sorta old now, but a guy tried to assassintate president Obama! :o
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: mvsmith on December 07, 2011, 00:15:58: Quote from: Rbsanford on December 06, 2011, 16:57:23
so theyre legitametly sending inexpierienced tourists down something like 4 miles underwater?

Since they are going down in a Russian MIR submersible, the question of experience is irrelevant.
The Russians have been sending tourists down for yearsâ€”since Bob Ballard first found Titanic. Considerable damage has been done over the years by landing the MIRs on the fragile, corroding, hulk.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on December 07, 2011, 03:26:12: i guess ure right... technology has improved greatly since ballard first explored the wreck.

how much will it cost to go down there? i would love to. ;D

ears must pop like mad though. :P

its bad enough in Soudan Underground Mine, a retired iron mine and neutrino lab on Lake Vermillion. huge elevator takes you down 36,000 feet below sea level. elevator goes 50mph (still takes quite a while to get down there) and ears go "BOOM"

please stop me before i keep reminecsing. ::) :P :doh:
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: VirtualSkipper on December 07, 2011, 07:07:02: Quote from: Rbsanford on December 07, 2011, 03:26:12
i guess ure right... technology has improved greatly since ballard first explored the wreck.

how much will it cost to go down there? i would love to. ;D

You should read more carefully....

Quote
In order to secure a place on an expedition, participants will need to place a deposit with us. The deposit schedule will be as such:

1) $10000 as an initial deposit (August 2011).
2) $20000 due by October 31st 2011.
3) $29900 due 120 days prior to the expedition.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: mvsmith on December 07, 2011, 14:13:02: Quote from: Rbsanford on December 07, 2011, 03:26:12

ears must pop like mad though. :P

Why would oneâ€™s ears pop?
You are simply Spam in a canâ€”hermetically sealed in inside a steel or titanium sphere. If the air pressure changes, then you have a problem.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on December 11, 2011, 09:49:24: The Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 is underway, and I just found that the site has a very nice 3D-viewer.
Go to their site and launch the 3D Interactive Race Viewer.. Enjoy..:)

http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/live.html
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: clanky on December 11, 2011, 17:49:34: Quote from: saltydog on December 11, 2011, 09:49:24
The Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 is underway, and I just found that the site has a very nice 3D-viewer.
Go to their site and launch the 3D Interactive Race Viewer.. Enjoy..:)

http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/live.html

Team Puma where here in Lanzarote training a couple of months ago, really nice bunch of people.
Title: Jim Jong Il is dead
Post by: Ralphy on December 19, 2011, 13:21:19: Kim Jong Il, the leader of north korea died of a heart attack on a train on saturday morning. His third son Kim Jong-un is reported to be his successor. The question is now being asked, Will he follow his fathers steps or will he change the way that the army and goverment rules?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/19/kim-jong-il-north-korean-leader-dies

State TV have been showing images of the mass mourning, it seems a bit staged though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pSWN6Qj98Iw
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Gab on December 19, 2011, 15:25:41: ...A bit staged you said? ???

I would like to quote a youtube member.

Quote from: AnjaEs
''I don't see the tears.ï»¿ They cry because they have to.''

It's sad, but it's obviously true... :-\
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on December 21, 2011, 14:46:24: I just watched the succesfull launch live of the Soyuz spacecraft, with on board the Dutchman Andre Kuipers, the American Don Pettit and the Russian Oleg Kononenko (commander). They are now underway to the ISS, eta next Friday.. :thumbs:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/12/21/new-space-crew-set-to-launch-on-russian-soyuz-rocket/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHcuDMCpxA4
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on December 25, 2011, 11:36:23: Sea Shepherd goes high-tech..

http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2011/12/24/sea-shepherd-intercepts-the-japanese-whaling-fleet-with-drones-1299

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-25/sea-shepherd-uses-drone-to-hunt-whalers/3746982
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on December 25, 2011, 12:56:04: Nice! And they even located the Factory Ship! :D
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Cat320DL on December 25, 2011, 15:57:54: That is cool :thumbs:

Kyle
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Post by: The Ferry Man on December 28, 2011, 15:44:36: Massive Solar Storm heading for Earth! :o (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2079352/Massive-solar-storm-knock-radio-signals-produce-amazing-Northern-Lights.html?ito=feeds-newsxml)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: VirtualSkipper on December 28, 2011, 16:56:11: Quote from: The Ferry Man on December 28, 2011, 15:44:36
Massive Solar Storm heading for Earth! :o (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2079352/Massive-solar-storm-knock-radio-signals-produce-amazing-Northern-Lights.html?ito=feeds-newsxml)

Saw this yesterday. :o
http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/1905191/9f1e863d/plasmawolk_op_weg_naar_aarde.html
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on January 22, 2012, 06:24:05: Dutch teen Laura Dekker completes solo voyage around the world..
She arrived in Sint Maarten yesterday..
The youngest person ever to sail around the world alone.. Well done, Laura.. :thumbs:

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/21/world/americas/st--maarten-teen-solo-voyage/?hpt=hp_t2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16656270

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-22/watson-rival-completes-round-the-world-voyage/3786508?section=qld

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Teen-ends-globe-circling-voyage-in-St-Maarten-2664475.php#photo-2142186

(http://cdn.radionetherlands.nl/data/files/imagecache/must_carry/images/lead/article/2011/01/laura_dekker.jpg)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Kevinmcg_ships on January 22, 2012, 10:33:14: Quote from: saltydog on January 22, 2012, 06:24:05
Dutch teen Laura Dekker completes solo voyage around the world..
She arrived in Sint Maarten yesterday.. :thumbs:

I was just reading that on BBC News - well done to Laura! :2thumbs:

I understand she had a lot of problems with the Netherlands social services, who were understandably concerned about a 16 years old girl being on her own sailing around the globe.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on January 26, 2012, 17:00:24: oh this is somewhat new...

I have discovered that I have an evil twin on the forum named "rbsandford1" that I did not create. But how did he get there? :-\
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Captain Cadet on January 26, 2012, 17:18:07: Quote from: Rbsanford on January 26, 2012, 17:00:24
oh this is somewhat new...

I have discovered that I have an evil twin on the forum named "rbsandford1" that I did not create. But how did he get there? :-\
maybe Mad_fred can have a nice word with him saying that there is a member more alest called him and ask him nice would he like a name change
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on March 01, 2012, 01:28:07: lots of news: towns in Missouri and Illinois are destroyed after deadly tornadoes. Among the towns: Branson, Missouri.

Korean leader Kim Jong un said he's ending nuclear threats.

American soldiers in Afghanistan have been witnessed burning Korans, sparking large riots.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on March 15, 2012, 07:15:46: Did the moon sink the Titanic..?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/120306-titanic-supermoon-moon-science-iceberg-sky-sink/
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Captain Cadet on March 15, 2012, 21:43:09: i coulnt have
it would have sunk the icebuge also
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: VirtualSkipper on March 15, 2012, 21:54:16: Quote from: Captain Cadet on March 15, 2012, 21:43:09
i coulnt have
it would have sunk the icebuge also

Curious how ICE can sink in water.... ::)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: The Ferry Man on March 15, 2012, 21:57:29: Quote from: VirtualSkipper on March 15, 2012, 21:54:16
Curious how ICE can sink in water.... ::)

Now... you say that... BUT

Water is the only substance whose solid form floats...
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: VirtualSkipper on March 15, 2012, 21:58:43: Quote from: The Ferry Man on March 15, 2012, 21:57:29
Now... you say that... BUT

Water is the only substance whose solid form floats...

Yup, and still it can't sink! ;D
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on March 19, 2012, 04:17:41: A bit of a panic in New Zealand (and all Australasia) among the many Marmite lovers. Due to earthquakes part of the production plant has been damaged, causing production to stop and stocks in shops to run low..
I sincerely sympathise with them.. ;)

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/marmite-stocks-expected-run-in-weeks-4783474

(http://www.kiwitreats.com/shop/images/marmite.jpg)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: VirtualSkipper on March 19, 2012, 07:30:53: #2 country Stuart will never visit anymore (after Denmark). :P
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on March 24, 2012, 16:04:18: Oops..!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzCeOzjC3LM
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on March 24, 2012, 16:25:45: lol the comments are great:

Quote
SON: "dad can i pull the boat in"
DAD: "sure son"
SON "hold myï»¿ beer, challenge excepted"

Quote
Here at the Exxon Valdezï»¿ school of boating we strive for nothing short of excellence

Quote
costa concordiaï»¿ captain style
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on April 30, 2012, 04:57:54: Plans to build Titanic II...

http://www.smh.com.au/business/clive-palmer-plans-to-build-titanic-ii-20120430-1xtrc.html
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Post by: Cat320DL on April 30, 2012, 12:44:02: Wow.

Kyle
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Gernot1971 on April 30, 2012, 13:01:25: Ähm, do the world need a Titanic II. I think no, i dont know if i stand alone with my point of view. The Titanic was a historical disaster. We dont need a man, who use the name and the sad Fame of the Titanic to use it for commercial success. We dont need a Chinese Shipyard to create the Titanic II. The Chinese are the Master of the Universe in product spionage and copy. At last the risk is too high, that the chinese Imperium copy the Iceberg and the Titanic II crached in it.

I mean, the historic has one Titanic. That was enough.

Let the Lady and their victims rest in peace.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: virtualpilot on April 30, 2012, 15:51:12: Agree entirely.

N
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: danny on April 30, 2012, 16:38:21: Not only is she going to hit the water by 2016, She's going to be escorted by the Chinese navy from her shipbuilders yard to london. The Royal navy and USN Will be invited to escourt her across the atlantic, with the RN taking the Southampton to NYC leg, and the USN doing the return Journey.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: clanky on April 30, 2012, 17:30:01: Don't think the Royal Navy have enough ships left to be escorting passenger ships around the oceans and even if they did then they probably couldn't afford the fuel!
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Gernot1971 on April 30, 2012, 17:44:26: I ask me, why need the Titanic II an escort from the navy for the journey? Will be, that the quality of this chinese ship is so bad? Its better to have an escort? Next newsletter in 2015: Captain Schettino is the new Commander of the Titanic II.

(http://zipmeme.com/uploads/generated/g1327392444347379247.jpg)

Noone of the other Cruiseliner need an escort.

Ahh, i know, they have no trust in that what they build. !:)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: danny on April 30, 2012, 17:45:41: Quote from: clanky on April 30, 2012, 17:30:01
Don't think the Royal Navy have enough ships left to be escorting passenger ships around the oceans and even if they did then they probably couldn't afford the fuel!
The US has even less - Most of theres are flagged in Liberia :doh:
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Gernot1971 on May 04, 2012, 08:03:39: Ferries collide in German port, 1 sinking

http://www.thespec.com/news/world/article/717829--ferries-collide-in-german-port-1-sinking (http://www.thespec.com/news/world/article/717829--ferries-collide-in-german-port-1-sinking)
Title: What if??
Post by: jorge-n-mercy on May 04, 2012, 18:32:37: I gotta good one...what if ship sim came out with a game featuring boats never made into production (Titanic II), or forgotten boats (Britannic I and II)? always wondered how was it to maneuver a diesel-electric ship or what it felt like... any comments?
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on May 04, 2012, 18:38:58: Not a very good idea to change the name of this topic..
Start your own..
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: jorge-n-mercy on May 04, 2012, 18:43:54: lol sorry im new here dont really know how to start one...mind telling me how to post a new topic?
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: The Ferry Man on May 04, 2012, 18:48:03: Quote from: jorge-n-mercy on May 04, 2012, 18:43:54
lol sorry im new here dont really know how to start one...mind telling me how to post a new topic?

http://80.95.161.114/shipsim/forum/index.php?action=post;board=118.0
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on May 04, 2012, 18:49:59: No worries.. :) In the yellow bar above you see "New Topic" There you can start one..
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: jorge-n-mercy on May 04, 2012, 18:53:31: haha....thanks people got it if you would like go to the topic and feel free to post your comments. :2thumbs:
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: saltydog on May 05, 2012, 06:17:40: The ship TÃ»ranor PlanetSolar, the first ship to sail around the world on only solar power.. :)
She arrived back to Monte Carlo yesterday after a voyage of 585 days..

(http://blog.bmykey.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/sept/turanor_planet_solar.jpg)

http://www.planetsolar.org/
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: clanky on May 05, 2012, 08:10:16: Saw that when I was in Sharm el Sheikh a few months ago, had a chat with the guys onboard, very interesting boat.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on May 05, 2012, 16:34:49: very interesting indeed. ;D

is she powered completely by those solar panels?
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: VirtualSkipper on May 05, 2012, 22:25:59: Am I the only one to find this ship beautiful?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0y7xGoku1U

Personally, I like the concept of this. :)
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: Rbsanford on May 06, 2012, 00:13:25: great concept. good SSE material.

but how would she moor in cities like New York or San Fransisco where you have to pass under a bridge to enter? wouldn't those huge masts/sails get in the way?

plus only four lifeboats seems too few for a cruise ship that size.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: clanky on May 06, 2012, 08:21:42: Quote from: Rbsanford on May 05, 2012, 16:34:49
very interesting indeed. ;D

is she powered completely by those solar panels?

Yes, she runs on battery power alone, fully solar powered.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: clanky on May 06, 2012, 08:25:09: Quote from: Rbsanford on May 06, 2012, 00:13:25
great concept. good SSE material.

but how would she moor in cities like New York or San Fransisco where you have to pass under a bridge to enter? wouldn't those huge masts/sails get in the way?

plus only four lifeboats seems too few for a cruise ship that size.

She wouldn't go to ports where she had to pass under a bridge.

Those are the tenders for taking passengers ashore, as well as these there would most likely be a marine evacuation system using slides and rafts.
Title: Re: What's new
Post by: dexter7 on May 08, 2012, 22:04:36: Quote from: Rbsanford on May 06, 2012, 00:13:25
great concept. good SSE material.

but how would she moor in cities like New York or San Fransisco where you have to pass under a bridge to enter? wouldn't those huge masts/sails get in the way?

plus only four lifeboats seems too few for a cruise ship that size.
Erm, Ever hear of a tender?
BTW You're not alone Virtual Skipper!