paswt Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Oh look, it's you again, just popping in to spread a little bit more love and joy I see... Just telling it like it is. Sorry if it it's not what people might like to hear, but it's how I, and a lot of other people, feel. Name these "lot of other people" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTail Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 John, Peter, Jack, Lucy ...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 N T have you got your hand up Spookies shirt? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 but we'd have to demolish central Douglas to build it. most of it already has been Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 (edited) We have a multi million cruise terminal. It was built less than 10 years ago. It consists of a ramp and a cattle shed. It doubles up as a search area and has another use which is slightly less glamorous. You can easily see it from the Port side of the BMC, or starboard side of the Crapannan when alongside. Cruise tenders used to drop passengers at the stone steps, now considered unsuitable for fat, elderly Americans. You lot have very short memories. In another couple of decades it would have paid for itself. Guernsey gets in the region of 200 cruise visits a year, our illustrious leaders get a trouser bulge if we get double figures. Edited May 28, 2015 by x-in-man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Oh look, it's you again, just popping in to spread a little bit more love and joy I see... He is an utter cunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 well done Steam Packet. sailed on through the bad weather and not a word said. where are all the critics today !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Still recovering from the crossing probably 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I think the point is they have cancelled sailings in far better conditions than yesterday's, thus proving it's a financial rather than health and safety decision 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 If I was running it on a horrible winter's day with only about 50 passengers booked and the freight loadings were such that I could spread 'em over the next few sailings and save a small fortune in fuel I would cancel the sailing too. No brainer. Based on the forecast likely conditions, I would also cancel the ones that go to Heysham and come back because they can't get in through the fog. Been on the receiving end of that, and it isn't fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Makes sense...why won't the steam packet be as honest as that when they do it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 my point was the iomsp get slagged all the time on here. If they do well like yesterday,you hear nothing. They kept the inward TT moving which is in all our interests as an Island which depends on it in so many ways. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 They did well yes..which only proves that they can sail in those conditions when it's financially worth their while 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I think the point is they have cancelled sailings in far better conditions than yesterday's, thus proving it's a financial rather than health and safety decision I beg to differ. It's not how bad the weather looks or how rough the sea looks to us from here, but whether the Ben can get in AND out of Heysham on time, that matters I'm not sure why some are saying the weather was that bad yesterday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 why? is it harder to get in and out in a near empty boat than a completely full one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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