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Stuck In Suez
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Bearing in mind all the chinese tat I've ordered on Aliexpress always fails within a week, does that mean it's not even worth opening the stuff I've got on order that's late? Dead on arrival?Originally posted by NickFitz View Post'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!
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If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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They should pay the crew proper wages as then they may get people who don't make costly mistakes.Originally posted by xoggoth View Post"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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The blamestorming has started
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...uez-Canal.html
Indian crew of the Ever Given face ARREST as Egyptian authorities probe crash that blocked the Suez Canal for a week – amid fears they will be made 'scapegoats' for the chaos- Union officials fear the 25-man Indian crew onboard Ever Given could be arrested and 'made scapegoats'
- Bow of the 220,000-ton Ever Given was finally dislodged from the sandy bank of the Suez Canal on Monday
- Fleet of tugboats used high tide to pull on the ship while rescue teams vacuumed sand from the canal bank
- It remained unclear how long it would take to fully re-open the canal with £6.5bn of trade held up every day
- Japanese-owned vessel got wedged in crucial trading passage last Tuesday, disrupting global shipping
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I was reading a Beeb article about day trippers who went to see it arrive.
I want to know what's on it."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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MF’s sledgesOriginally posted by SueEllen View PostI was reading a Beeb article about day trippers who went to see it arrive.
I want to know what's on it.
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According to the article, so do the people buying the stuff... which I found a little odd, surely there is an exact inventory?Originally posted by SueEllen View PostI was reading a Beeb article about day trippers who went to see it arrive.
I want to know what's on it.
A lot of perishables which have to be destroyed, though presumably not too gross as the containers are climate controlled - are they?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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