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25th March 2021, 04:06 PM
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25th March 2021, 04:07 PM
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Looks like a Scots gnat is amongst us.
Vic
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26th March 2021, 12:13 AM
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#19 I am not a fan of Boris as many on here will agree , but even Boris cannot be blamed for the closure of the Suez Canal , send the ship round the Cape problem solved .
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26th March 2021, 12:42 AM
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The owner of the MV Ever Given, the container ship that is blocking the Suez Canal, has
apologised for the delays caused by its grounding on Tuesday.
k.
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26th March 2021, 05:41 AM
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As is always the case Ivan there are those who will manipulate the system to suit and to make money.
Oil prices of late have been up and down more times than a brides nighty.
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26th March 2021, 05:58 AM
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Lewis McColl
#19 I am not a fan of Boris as many on here will agree , but even Boris cannot be blamed for the closure of the Suez Canal , send the ship round the Cape problem solved .
There you go Lewis! Africa Bound for some it looks like
An excavator is trying to help free a ship stuck in the Suez Canal, but a photo shows how hard that'll be (msn.com)
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26th March 2021, 07:42 AM
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vic mcclymont
Looks like a Scots gnat is amongst us.
Vic
Now that remark IS racist
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26th March 2021, 08:36 AM
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Doc Vernon
best answer to get her under way again ......get 5 of wimpeys irish lads ,,,,pay them a weeks wages tell them job and finish ......give them size 19 shovels ....ant tell them the weeek is theres when she is out......start them digging monday ,,,,job finished tues afternoon ........
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26th March 2021, 08:45 AM
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The IRA would have that free in an hour admittedly minus the bulbous bow. Cappy all our Navvies (Navigational Engineers)are keeping themselves fit and in training waiting on the call up for digging a wee project Boris has in mind
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26th March 2021, 08:48 AM
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BBC have as usual given us a clear cut view of the incident. It is a tanker guys!!!!
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