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Post by icebreaker on Oct 30, 2009 13:32:47 GMT 1
Thanks Sir  , icy |
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Post by Beemer on Oct 30, 2009 19:29:13 GMT 1
Vicount has asked me to post a couple of photos showing how close the Royal Daffodil came to the Ramira.   |
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Post by icebreaker on Oct 31, 2009 12:14:36 GMT 1
And the grey haired lady is still nattering away  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2009 13:49:33 GMT 1
Yes, totally oblivious to whats going on around her but then again, theres nothing like getting a few more words in before popping off for a swim. Or, should that just be popping off  Nice shots of it. Thanks Viscount and Beemer for posting them |
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Post by RICEY on Nov 2, 2009 0:15:09 GMT 1
scary for the people onboard. i was on the ferry the day after and the royal daffodill went tech at seacombe. i was at the pier head but didnt see nothing but as the pics show it was the other side of the tanker
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Post by johnf on Nov 2, 2009 8:25:07 GMT 1
I'm sure that I heard on the radio that a statement had been issued stating that the two craft were never closer than 60 metres. Looks a bit closer than that.
A passenger was also interviewed, and he spoke of people screaming and children crying. He also said that the ferry terminal contained amny people demanding the refund of their return fare, and they were refusing to go back on the Ferry.
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Post by Biggles on Nov 2, 2009 23:30:30 GMT 1
Icebreaker, that greyed haired lady is a neigbour of mine and having spoken to her when I saw this shot she confirmed how close to a major disaster this was, she was actually talking to another passenger about what she would do with a child that was near to her postion if the worst happend, she was far from oblivious to what was happening  She also reckons the ferrry skipper was looking at the flypast and not the river traffic to which she is pointing in the first shot. just shows that photos can and do make people assume things wrongly , this is how the press manage to confuse people btw St-e  |
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Post by RICEY on Nov 2, 2009 23:45:03 GMT 1
yes but there is 2 people on the bridge of the ferry so if one wasnt looking there was still another one in control.
didnt the tanker have a pilot aboard aswel as crew?
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Post by icebreaker on Nov 4, 2009 0:19:13 GMT 1
Icebreaker, that greyed haired lady is a neigbour of mine and having spoken to her when I saw this shot she confirmed how close to a major disaster this was, she was actually talking to another passenger about what she would do with a child that was near to her postion if the worst happend, she was far from oblivious to what was happening She also reckons the ferrry skipper was looking at the flypast and not the river traffic to which she is pointing in the first shot. just shows that photos can and do make people assume things wrongly , this is how the press manage to confuse people btw St-e Never the less - a scary business. It brings to mind an incident that occurred back in the seventies, when a small craft leaving on the outgoing tide, struck the Royal Iris that was berthed at the time (I think it was that vessel !) and sank (I think also that the small craft had problems navigating the 7 knot tide !) |
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Post by Biggles on Nov 4, 2009 22:49:13 GMT 1
"yes but there is 2 people on the bridge of the ferry so if one wasnt looking there was still another one in control.
didnt the tanker have a pilot aboard aswel as crew? "
Correct NTL perhaps someone should ask where he was looking as well. These things do happen more than hits the news I suspect, the only reason this got so much publicity is due to the nature of the event surrounding it and the number of people who witnessed it. Otherwise this probably would not have hit the news this loudly.
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Post by DC-10 on Nov 6, 2009 22:13:23 GMT 1
If she was talking about what would happen in a worst case scenario, Why is she smiling... |
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Post by viscount on Nov 7, 2009 1:13:40 GMT 1
Liverpool use of the understatement as humour in moments of adversity and stress beyond one's control. Just because the situation is serious, you don't have to be glum!
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Post by icebreaker on Nov 8, 2009 15:42:41 GMT 1
Liverpool use of the understatement as humour in moments of adversity and stress beyond one's control. Just because the situation is serious, you don't have to be glum! Your right about our sense of humour in stressful times Vic - if a scouser was burned at the stake, he would ask for more wood to be thrown on because he's freezing |
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She also reckons the ferrry skipper was looking at the flypast and not the river traffic to which she is pointing in the first shot. just shows that photos can and do make people assume things wrongly 
