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Title: oil tanker anyone??
Post by: Danny on 19 November 2008, 15:35:40
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Oil-Tanker-Hardly-Used_W0QQitemZ200277393156QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_3?hash=item200277393156&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A3%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

it was only a matter of time
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Post by: waspy on 19 November 2008, 16:02:30
 ;D ;D ;D

Typical >:( They've outbid me by £1.00, i aint going any higher :-[
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Post by: Mr Skrunts on 19 November 2008, 16:14:16
Are the tanks full

What size pistons does it have.

Can you repaint it for me.

Any more stupid questions you can think of
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Post by: waspy on 19 November 2008, 16:20:52
I wonder if their insurance covers them for piracy :-?

Bummer if it doesn't ;)
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Post by: Mr Skrunts on 19 November 2008, 16:25:03
Ah, is this the one thats been on the news?
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Post by: Martin_1962 on 19 November 2008, 16:31:17
Need to take it back use some force, then carpet bomb the town the pirates are using as a base
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Post by: waspy on 19 November 2008, 16:42:02
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Need to take it back use some force, then carpet bomb the town the pirates are using as a base

I'd like to see that :) :) :)
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Post by: dieseldean on 19 November 2008, 17:44:44
how many miles on a full tank? is the underside waxoyled? will they take tractor as part-ex?
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Post by: Pitchfork on 19 November 2008, 18:44:00
and there it was -- Gone!!!
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Post by: albitz on 19 November 2008, 18:47:45
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Need to take it back use some force, then carpet bomb the town the pirates are using as a base
Any town ive ever been in has had approx. 90% good decent people, sometimes with 10% rsouls in the mix causing trouble. ;)
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Post by: Martin_1962 on 19 November 2008, 20:56:03
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Need to take it back use some force, then carpet bomb the town the pirates are using as a base
Any town ive ever been in has had approx. 90% good decent people, sometimes with 10% rsouls in the mix causing trouble. ;)


They have whole towns based on htis industry
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Post by: Bandit127 on 19 November 2008, 21:07:47
The auction is no longer available...

No doubt the owners got in there with a good "how much to end it now" type offer.  ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Peter H on 19 November 2008, 22:16:54
Hope the crew come out of it okay.  By which I mean alive.

This is not uncommon, the only rare thing is the size of the vessel.

If no-one pays up the usual way to end it is to kill the crew and sink the ship.

Incidentally 2 major shipping lines say that the Gulf of Aden is too dangerous, so they are not using the suez canal, thereby sending all east west traffic around the Cape.  Extra time, fuel, money.  Carbon footprint?  If the Govt gave a damn about the environment they would get this sorted out rather than hassling motorists.

Rant over.

p.s. I am a serving Chief Officer in the Merchant Navy, so slightly biased. ;)
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Post by: MartinP on 20 November 2008, 22:54:21
This is one of those occasions where the news item should be;

The SAS have returned control of the tanker to the shipping company, NONE of the pirates survived the incident  :y