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« Reply #2125 on: November 07, 2022, 04:57:06 pm »

Nothing like as much as the bits of HS2 that are likely to be cancelled and then there is the £5.5 billion on the Ajax armoured car that doesn't work & is likely to be scrapped.

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« Reply #2126 on: November 07, 2022, 06:06:18 pm »

There is huge public waste everywhere caused by inefficiency and failure to use joined up thinking. The NHS is a dreadful example. I am now blind in one eye following cessation of treatment that left me with some useful vision in it. The 8 weekly injections were costing the local NHS trust around £800 each. A court case against the suppliers three years ago cleared the way for the NHS to use an alternative at around £30 a time (from the same pharma firm) but hardly any NHS trusts have taken advantage of it. Medications are prescribed like sweeties irrespective of cost and if you have repeat prescriptions they are rarely reviewed to check if they are still necessary. It's not a question of cutting budgets but in improving management competence, sharing good practice and attention to detail but all the systems seem geared to prevent that happening.

The Ajax tank is a classic example of throwing good money after bad in the hope that somehow the situation can be retrieved. A proper engineering evaluation might have determined the the design was a lost cause but there would have been too much egg on face in high quarters so the project has been blindly continued. Many, many other examples can be cited and we are all individually literally the poorer for it. The'National Yacht' was an obvious turkey right from the start making no sense whatsoever in today's world. Boris Johnson just wanted an opportunity to swan around the world grandstanding.

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« Reply #2127 on: November 07, 2022, 07:27:29 pm »

It's always been so and those that are old enough will remember industry guru's such as John Harvey-Jones in the early '90's followed by Jerry or Gerry, whose surname I forget, going in with proper management outlook and questioning just how money was spent.The answer from the mandarins then was "Lessons will be learnt" as it is now.
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« Reply #2128 on: November 07, 2022, 08:06:59 pm »

Damn it! I wish we could press reset and have someone else run our country other than politicians?
Just for a change........

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« Reply #2129 on: November 07, 2022, 08:30:23 pm »




  The news I heard was that cancelling the new Royal Boaty would enable them to spend the allocated money on building a specialist vessel to guard the sea bed communication cables in the north sea .   I presume there is no great urgency in this.
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« Reply #2130 on: November 08, 2022, 10:47:42 am »

But not as far down the slipway as TSR2, Nimrod Etc.  O0


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« Reply #2131 on: November 11, 2022, 09:04:09 pm »

Good video of 'Big Lizzie' leaving Portsmouth on deployment yesterday 10th November 2022.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdzTv-X7EiU

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« Reply #2132 on: November 11, 2022, 10:04:16 pm »

Good viewing...........180 degree U turn?.......what is the little 2 story white building on the shore/quay side?.........Derek
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« Reply #2133 on: November 11, 2022, 10:13:44 pm »

Nice bit of footage Colin - I was curious to know why the radar was going ninety to the dozen when she came away from her berth, until I realised it was fast forward footage  :embarrassed:


Some nice footage of other vessels going about and of course the "xxxxx" taking a dive, as if it saw what was coming  {-)

Edit : the system didn't like my bird name S h a g

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« Reply #2134 on: November 11, 2022, 10:18:10 pm »

It is a house on Portsmouth Point called Beth's Place Derek.

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« Reply #2135 on: November 12, 2022, 07:36:42 am »

Good viewing...........180 degree U turn?.......what is the little 2 story white building on the shore/quay side?.........Derek


Quabec House, one of the oldest buildings in Portsmouth.


https://www.hampshire-history.com/quebec-house-old-portsmouth/
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« Reply #2136 on: November 12, 2022, 09:38:16 am »

I didn't know it was called Quebec House, I was trying to look it up without much success. Thanks for the link, it cerainly has an interesting history. I've seen it often enough when passing through Portsmouth entrance.
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« Reply #2137 on: November 13, 2022, 10:00:16 am »

I didn't know it was called Quebec House, I was trying to look it up without much success. Thanks for the link, it cerainly has an interesting history. I've seen it often enough when passing through Portsmouth entrance.
Colin


I remember the Butcher boats harbour tours in their little blue open boats passing the building and hearing the phrase "And on your right, the white building is Quebec House. One of the oldest..." etc. You loose some of the charm with the bigger Solent Cruise vessels.
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« Reply #2138 on: November 13, 2022, 02:38:12 pm »

Just harking back a few days to the comments about government waste, I noticed a "suggestion" today that part of the savings to be made are by increasing the "digitisation" used in government. Is it just me hearing alarm bells ringing {:-{
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« Reply #2139 on: November 13, 2022, 09:06:23 pm »




  probably going to have all OAP,s microchipped to keep track of em.
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« Reply #2140 on: November 13, 2022, 10:02:49 pm »

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Why? They don't go too far at their age....









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« Reply #2141 on: November 13, 2022, 10:49:48 pm »

My wife and I are already tagged so our family can check on us if we fall or have a 'turn'. Our family phones can locate each other even overseas.   Authorities are looking to more accurately locate mobile phones so why have an implant?
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« Reply #2142 on: November 14, 2022, 10:26:38 am »

To be honest, I wasn't thinking about that aspect but more about the previous failures that governments have had with the "digital revolution" and just how much it has cost us all, so putting it forward as a potential saving is a bit of very wishful thinking. As far as the rest is concerned, we're all numbered in so many ways, especially since very few of the numbers cross-refer, that personally I couldn't give a toss about adding another {:-{ 
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« Reply #2143 on: November 14, 2022, 10:33:58 am »

If you have an older relative that gets lost, you can always pop an airtag in their pocket.

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« Reply #2144 on: November 14, 2022, 11:25:06 am »

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of the coat that they forgot to put on when wandering off in their nightie...
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« Reply #2145 on: November 14, 2022, 02:48:36 pm »




   Our local area Facebook page  always has the Police asking the community to look out for some bewildered or other who has gone AWOL.
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« Reply #2146 on: November 15, 2022, 02:00:19 am »

Svitzer Australia advises a 'lockout of Employees' of their Tugs in all Australian ports due to a failure of a 3 year attempt to resolve a new Enterprise Agreement with ships Tug Unions

Svitzer has a 'near' total monopoly in the supply of Tug services to all Australian Ports

1. So, previously our Members suggest that these Tugs are on some sort of continuous engine preheat during an outage between work shifts..........what happens here?
2. Does Svitzer have 'near' total monopolies in other Countries?
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If my memory, Svitzer has also been awarded a Contract to supply Tug Services to our RAN Australia wide

 ......https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=1e203306c9e0fde7JmltdHM9MTY2ODM4NDAwMCZpZ3VpZD0xYTRmYWU1MS05Yzk0LTZiNDUtMjQyOS1iZmFjOWRhNjZhNmImaW5zaWQ9NTQwMw&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=1a4fae51-9c94-6b45-2429-bfac9da66a6b&psq=Svitzer+has+also+been+awarded+a+Contract+to+supply+Tug+Services+to+our+RAN&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWF3YW5kZXJlci5vcmcvc3ZpdHplci1hdXN0cmFsaWEtYXdhcmRlZC10b3dhZ2UtY29udHJhY3QtZm9yLXJveWFsLWF1c3RyYWxpYW4tbmF2eSM6fjp0ZXh0PVN2aXR6ZXIlMjBBdXN0cmFsaWElMkMlMjBBdXN0cmFsaWElRTIlODAlOTlzJTIwbGVhZGluZyUyMHRvd2FnZSUyMHByb3ZpZGVyJTJDJTIwaGFzJTIwYmVlbixEZXBhcnRtZW50JTIwb2YlMjBEZWZlbmNlJTJDJTIwc2VydmljaW5nJTIwdGhlJTIwUm95YWwlMjBBdXN0cmFsaWFuJTIwTmF2eS4&ntb=1

"As the winner of the Defence Marine Support Services Package 3 tender, Svitzer will provide towage services for Australia’s naval fleet, the management of Navy towage assets, and the development of naval personnel training in major ports around Australia.
With a network of over 20 ports nationally and as the largest employer of Australian seafarers, Svitzer Australia will continue to promote and support Australian and local maritime industries and jobs as part of this long-term contract"

So I expect our new Federal Government may step in here pretty quick with some emergency powers to advert a pre-Christmas national shipping shutdown

Derek

NB......this posting is not intended to report on any Political input, but absolutely important for Tugboat matters with a Worldwide supplier of Tugboat services
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« Reply #2147 on: November 21, 2022, 11:17:51 am »

Earwigo again, Type 26s late and over budget, same old same old  :-X


 Latest seems to be a drive problem  %)  But the Navy are testing 40Ft. (19mtr) Radio controlled (by 2 sailors) Missile launchers. Wonder if the ESCs will suffer from FET problems????


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« Reply #2148 on: November 29, 2022, 02:52:42 pm »

Travelling steerage class.
Three stowaways apparently made the trip from Lagos Nigeria to Gran Canaria  , some 2400 miles, perched on the rudder of an oil tanker . Reported by the Spanish Police to be de-hydrated but otherwise OK.



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« Reply #2149 on: November 29, 2022, 03:42:42 pm »

they could have at least asked the skipper for a pot of paint - so they could paint the bottom of the boat while they were doing nothing and paid for their passage. %% %% %%


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