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22nd November 2020, 10:11 PM
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Edinburgh Live
Headlines for this electronic newspaper "Mega tanker docks at Leith"
Read thinking of a vlcc or ulcc, instead this mega tanker is 79m long and 2404 dwt.
Ignorance is bliss.
Vic
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22nd November 2020, 10:26 PM
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Re: Edinburgh Live
Whats a couple of hundred thousand tons here or there Vic. No one will notice . Today one has to take most newspaper reports with tongue in cheek. They lost credibility a long time ago . Days of proof readers and such are long gone. Today its who can tell the biggest porkie and get away with it. JS
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22nd November 2020, 11:10 PM
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Re: Edinburgh Live
no doubt by 'Our special shipping correspondent'
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23rd November 2020, 12:11 AM
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Re: Edinburgh Live
Probably sent him across to Bergen from North Shields to Bergen on the Jupiter to gain his experience. Probably got a raspberry from the hailing station wishing him a fond farewell and dont come back as they passed. JS
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