My respect for Tom Clancy just about evaporated once he started to do those "branded" novels written by other authors... Russia is apparently...
Yes, wouldn't we all like to know what really happened...?! I've come across lots of rumours and suggestions, none of which could probably be...
Back in the late '90s, I had the mixed-pleasure of dealing with an American-owned 150ft yacht whilst she was in Cannes. On my way to the...
I once had the misfortune to assist with the delivery of a 40m motor yacht to Cyprus. Operating with a reduced crew, the skipper and I were doing...
What goes on in a great white's brain in these situations...?! "Ooooh look, is that a tiny little yellow kayak up ahead?!" [Internal check]...
Hehe, I almost forgot this was a yachting forum! About those low default rates when it comes to boats...is that overall or for a certain size...
René, human-beings cannot be guiltless (unless perhaps, they are Bushmen who communicate mainly in "clicks" or similar and have negligible impact...
Amen. To use your term "the little guy", well, that's who has been most "on my mind" of late. In a wider context, the "little guy" seemingly...
No lesser a figure than the BBC's own business news editor, Robert Peston, appears to share my own sentiments with regard to the "free-handout...
Does anyone else find this debate a little weird, or is it just me? It's just that 99% of the content of the posts by some protagonists appear...
I stand to be corrected (by First Pericles) or others a little less ignorant than myself obviously, but I believe the reason you might find salt...
First Pericles, rarely have I encountered anyone who appears to lack even an ounce of empathy (see a description of empathy here). I dare you...
Interlude... Dis-informazion jes come mah way mon: Cayman Islands gonna get hit real hard. Aye bin readin up about them "spezial regulashuns"...
Surely you mean it has "too much class" to qualify...?! :D Did a Feadship ever go down to Antarctica...?! :confused:
Lacking the capital, I've never ever been able to put any of my ideas into practice: :o Another thought in response to RFID tags: The...
Clarification: Thoughts form in my brain and then I try to put them down in writing. A lot can happen in between. My ideas are probably not very...
Best understatement of the year (to date): If you don't mind me saying so, one might also add to this the awful suspicion that noone,...
(In my system), any attempt "to fry" any installed RFIDs would immediately set off a general alarm. The yacht's CCTV systems would immediately...
"15 years away from retirement and still confident that whatever you're stashing away will allow you freedom at last?!" In my humble opinion,...
Central bank intervention: mere subvention or averting market meltdown...?! Last week, it appears that central banks intervened massively on a...
