tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post4038111346902947498..comments2023-05-21T15:20:58.352+01:00Comments on The Untrusted: 17/06/10Montana Wildhackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409705185204787671noreply@blogger.comBlogger330125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-54000434313402398952010-06-18T06:09:23.401+01:002010-06-18T06:09:23.401+01:00Hi All
Quick hello from Boston, just back from ...Hi All<br /><br /> Quick hello from Boston, just back from ballgame and of course, pub afterwards. Lots of historically interesting places here, mostly to do with revolutionary war. Pubs are excellent, people very friendly and hospitable. Makes it an enjoyable trip. Red Sox have won the first 3 games of my time here so that pleases greatly.<br /><br /> Viva Mexico! Tremendous result, and hope the French papers scorch them.Boudicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11399010790979190445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-3827708322071900272010-06-18T04:46:01.434+01:002010-06-18T04:46:01.434+01:00Urgh remind me never to post when I have had a few...Urgh remind me never to post when I have had a few drinks.<br /><br />Drunken self pity is never attractive. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-63166277099759824292010-06-18T02:30:46.035+01:002010-06-18T02:30:46.035+01:00From yesterdays Congressional hearings:
"BP ...From yesterdays Congressional hearings:<br /><br />"<i>BP is stressing the failure of a blowout preventer, which was made by a US company, Cameron, as a central element in the disaster. Hayward said the device was supposed to be "failsafe" and that the industry needs to look at the design of such equipment urgently</i>"<br /><br />I worked for the Leeds Branch of Cameron Iron Works in the 70's. A lot of the crucial North Sea control valves and blow out preventers were made there.<br /><br />The Iron Works were part of the Houston Oil Mafia....and always claimed to be the World leader in its field.deano30https://www.blogger.com/profile/12637249297224887297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-2869006914225862072010-06-18T02:19:36.211+01:002010-06-18T02:19:36.211+01:00James Dixon: thanks for that information. I can...James Dixon: thanks for that information. I can't speak highly enough for the need of "drama" to be at the high end of our school's curriculum but it won't because the dominant ruling minority don't want anyone to know what's really going on.chekhovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12579841013364541334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-69349996377181498922010-06-18T02:02:42.416+01:002010-06-18T02:02:42.416+01:00Leni,
Totally agree.
There's a wealth of unt...Leni,<br /><br />Totally agree.<br /><br />There's a wealth of untapped talent/potential that's so often overlooked, or ignored because it's not immediately obvious.<br /><br />Again, it's an indictment of our 'everyman for himself', 'privileged voices' society that this is accepted, and even encouraged!!<br /><br />anyway, night all.James Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299357339538257569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-2257294588124550652010-06-18T01:59:58.263+01:002010-06-18T01:59:58.263+01:00Yea I noticed you still had your Sheffield City Bu...Yea I noticed you still had your Sheffield City Buses before the S Yorks Passenger Exec was started.<br /><br />Even later in the days of the S Yorks Republic bus fares were still amongst the lowest in the UK.deano30https://www.blogger.com/profile/12637249297224887297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-33512347668132771522010-06-18T01:56:19.871+01:002010-06-18T01:56:19.871+01:00One simply has not lived if you ain't ridden i...One simply has not lived if you ain't ridden in an Autobianchi Bianchina Furgoncino at 83 mph downhill (with an assist from a tailwind) on the M62 into Manchester.<br /><br />An awesome shit scaring experience that sets one up for life. Thereafter I never wanted a Porsche.<br /><br />Well that's me away to my sometime outrageous dreams.<br /><br />Good night all....deano30https://www.blogger.com/profile/12637249297224887297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-1304025253047776512010-06-18T01:50:55.449+01:002010-06-18T01:50:55.449+01:00Deano
Used to be great in Sheffield before The Ha...Deano<br /><br />Used to be great in Sheffield before The Hag deregulated public transport. Buses were incredibly cheap and everyone used them. You could get out into the countryside for 10p. And no traffic jams.<br /><br />Now driving in Sheffield is hell and we have one of the most tortuous inner city road systems in the country. How visitors manage who don't know the city, I can't imagine. Bloody nightmare!Sheffpixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683877609100026566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-82843047409580238992010-06-18T01:44:21.614+01:002010-06-18T01:44:21.614+01:00Sheff - so few cars on the roads in Chin's She...<b>Sheff</b> - so few cars on the roads in Chin's Sheffield video.<br /><br />Reminded me that the roads in Leeds were still fairly quiet when I got my first 'wheels' in 1970 it was a racy Italian job:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.autobianchi.org/veicoli/Bianchina/Furgoncino/bigimages/Furgoncino%20tetto%20basso%2001.jpg" rel="nofollow">First Love</a><br /><br />An Autobianchi - aka a Fiat 500 Van. Wow you sure could pull with a machine like that.<br /><br />Cost me £210 with 12,000 miles on the clock lasted till 90,000+. Amazing two cylinder air cooled engine.<br /><br />She was white but I followed up with a Red one for spares and finally couldn't resist one in a classy Navy Blue.deano30https://www.blogger.com/profile/12637249297224887297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-17006532963371105722010-06-18T01:37:20.627+01:002010-06-18T01:37:20.627+01:00Leni
Prog on the World Service about kids in Loui...Leni<br /><br />Prog on the World Service about kids in Louisiana who, having got through the flooding, are now having to face the oil disasterSheffpixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683877609100026566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-33835285815253633002010-06-18T01:31:11.107+01:002010-06-18T01:31:11.107+01:003p4
hallo - long time no post. Happy to make you ...3p4<br /><br />hallo - long time no post. Happy to make you smile.<br /><br /> Perhaps the Hells Angels tormentor was looking for a quick exit from life - can't think what other response he might have expected. Glad both he and puppy survived. <br /><br />James<br /><br />It is a tragedy that so much creative energy is wasted - creativity is an all too often ignored means of expression for poor and marginalised youngsters. <br /><br />research suggests that high esteem people believe that their own merit brings them success and achievements. They will work hard and study in order to reach their goals. People with low self esteem attribute success or failure to outside, situational factors such as social conditions or past experiences. <br /><br />For this reason high self esteemers are spurred on to greater efforts whilst those with low SE tend to be less encouraged by success as they are more likely to put it down to luck or some other factor beyond their control rather than to their own ability or hardwork.<br /><br />Shared group creative activities - such as drama - tend to blur the boundaries , remove onus of personal achievement, take attention away from personal worries. <br /><br />High SE generally produces would be high achievers - they often lead the gangs, initiate anti social behaviour - they will also take lead in creative enterprises although actually relying on ability of the less certain to provide ideas.<br /><br /><br />High SE does not necessarily equate to high ability any more than low SE indicates lack of talent - as we see from so many in public life !Lenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01755748505260253288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-46620638156801254802010-06-18T01:30:07.475+01:002010-06-18T01:30:07.475+01:00James
We could learn a lot from initiatives like ...James<br /><br />We could learn a lot from initiatives like that, pity they get such little coverage. In fact I did hear something about someone somewhere in the UK who was trying to set up something similar. <br /><br />Same with Barenboim's East West divan Orchestra.Sheffpixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683877609100026566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-10489972128304213922010-06-18T01:23:39.927+01:002010-06-18T01:23:39.927+01:00Sheff: just a bit of harmless mischief. I knew you...Sheff: just a bit of harmless mischief. I knew you would take it in the right spirit!chekhovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12579841013364541334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-28117589947241000592010-06-18T01:20:37.053+01:002010-06-18T01:20:37.053+01:00Sheff
Yeah, I came across them a little when I wa...<b>Sheff</b><br /><br />Yeah, I came across them a little when I was writing my dissertation.<br />Another fantastic example.<br /><br />(It's funny, because you rarely see this sort of stuff getting coverage when our media talks about 'broken' Latin America, with it's tinpot dictators and whatnot!)James Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299357339538257569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-69985744546738926882010-06-18T01:16:15.329+01:002010-06-18T01:16:15.329+01:00Deano
but we can be sure that a lot of dollars wi...Deano<br /><br /><i>but we can be sure that a lot of dollars will be spent on legal fees before it all over</i><br /><br />I think most of the 190m cost of the Saville Report went in legal fees, so god knows how much the aftermath of the oil disaster will cost.Sheffpixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683877609100026566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-40216170381610004022010-06-18T01:12:29.855+01:002010-06-18T01:12:29.855+01:00James
'Culture is our Weapon', about the ...James<br /><br /><i>'Culture is our Weapon', about the AfroReggae movement here in Brazil, and found it quite interesting.</i><br /><br />That made me think of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=276oR_tEmbs" rel="nofollow">El Sistema</a> in Venezuela, that has been so successful in getting kids involved in music there. Brilliant idea.<br /><br />chekhov<br /><br /><i>you mean you've forgotten everything I taught you in Sheffield the other week already?;)</i><br /><br />You don't think I'd admit to that on here do you? :-))Sheffpixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683877609100026566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-67932513637208989392010-06-18T01:12:20.692+01:002010-06-18T01:12:20.692+01:00Haliburton could have said - "we don't ce...Haliburton could have said - "we don't cement with any less than 21 devices else we walk"<br /><br />This was a rig working at, or past, the limits of technical expertise attempting to drill the deepest well the world had seen. It was a failure of collective expertise and/or collective greed.<br /><br />Haliburton ain't mitigated in my book and if it had been a member of my family that was killed when the rig blew I would be after all three BP/Transocean/Haliburtondeano30https://www.blogger.com/profile/12637249297224887297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-11503907604785175922010-06-18T01:04:49.137+01:002010-06-18T01:04:49.137+01:00MsChin: thanks for the link to the videos of Sheff...MsChin: thanks for the link to the videos of Sheffield circa 1960-1970.<br />I think one of them was used in the opening credits to "The Full Monty".<br />My Brother In Law does a lot of work in the steel industry in Sheffield as a sub-contractor in his field on the pipe fitting business.<br />He was decent enough to let me work for him in the last recession when the construction industry went into meltdown (just a jobbing drive and deliver sort of thing but I was grateful for it at the time).<br />Anyway, I got to see inside Sheffield ForgeMasters and Brinsworth Srip Mills and all sorts of other industrial strength stuff that most people don't understand.<br />I can clearly remember being up to my knees in ice cold filth at Templeborough and pissing my self laughing at the comeraderie and sense of humour I shared with the people I was working with.chekhovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12579841013364541334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-22915705513878237062010-06-18T00:59:25.141+01:002010-06-18T00:59:25.141+01:00Hi 3p4 - good to see you again friend.
"...h...Hi <b>3p4</b> - good to see you again friend.<br /><br /><i>"...haliburton advised bp (vigourously) that there needed to be 21 devices centering one pipe within another,,for reasons of time and money<br />bp insisted (overruled) that the well go ahead with 6 devices (only),,that was very significant in the screwup,, in this case it mitigates haliburtons role,, (they still suck,,......"</i><br /><br />Evidently they were still happy to risk the lives of their own employees 'cos it was Haliburton staff who were nonthelesss engaged in 'cementing' activity just before the explosion....thus the advice didn't extend to the safety of its own....how serious did they expect anyone else to treat it etc etc........<br /><br /><br /><b>Leni</b> I don't know the answer to your question but we can be sure that a lot of dollars will be spent on legal fees before it all over.deano30https://www.blogger.com/profile/12637249297224887297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-7144183102921732002010-06-18T00:58:27.213+01:002010-06-18T00:58:27.213+01:003p4
Thanks for that.
It's probably not often...<b>3p4</b><br /><br />Thanks for that.<br /><br />It's probably not often that Haliburton will get to be the 'good guy', but it seems like this might be one of them (Obviously, I use that term in a relative sense).<br /><br />Also, I don't know about you, but I'm trying to figure out if he was mad at the Hell's Angels, <i>or</i> the puppy!!James Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299357339538257569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-5025324415911962532010-06-18T00:53:13.868+01:002010-06-18T00:53:13.868+01:00Leni/Chekhov
I noticed a while back that you were...<b>Leni/Chekhov</b><br /><br />I noticed a while back that you were both talking about the possibility of culture/literature/drama etc providing a valuable tool for betterment, social inclusion and whatnot.<br /><br />I read a book the other day, called 'Culture is our Weapon', about the AfroReggae movement here in Brazil, and found it quite interesting.<br /><br />Obviously, they work in a very different situation (They mostly work in Favelas, and aim to provide an alternative to the drug trade for it's residents), but it showed how offering workshops in music, drama and art can have a very positive effect on communities where lots of other stuff had failed.<br /><br />Anyway, just though I'd mention it because I thought about your conversations as I was reading it.James Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299357339538257569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-43803751245109656552010-06-18T00:43:57.189+01:002010-06-18T00:43:57.189+01:00haliburton advised bp (vigourously) that there nee...haliburton advised bp (vigourously) that there needed to be 21 devices centering one pipe within another,,for reasons of time and money<br />bp insisted (overruled) that the well go ahead with 6 devices (only),,that was very significant in the screwup,, in this case it mitigates haliburtons role,, (they still suck,,<br /><br /> <br />main reason for posting :-<br /><br />Reuters) - A German student created a major traffic jam in Bavaria after making a rude gesture at a group of Hell's Angels motorcycle gang members, hurling a puppy at them and then escaping on a stolen bulldozer.<br /><br />German police said on Monday that after making his getaway from the Hell's Angels club, the 26-year-old dumped the bulldozer, causing a 5 km (3 miles) traffic jam near the southern town of Allershausen, local police said. He then fled to his home nearby where he was apprehended by the police.<br /><br />"What motivated him to throw a puppy at the Hell's Angels is currently unclear," said a spokesman for local police, adding that the student had lately been suffering from depression.<br /><br />The puppy was now in safe hands, the spokesman added.<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />finally,, i also find many smiles in posts from Leni,,3p4https://www.blogger.com/profile/05167717085737334780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-3894631916002174802010-06-18T00:43:33.046+01:002010-06-18T00:43:33.046+01:00Deano
Is an oil rig the sovereign territory of t...Deano<br /><br />Is an oil rig the sovereign territory of the owning nation like a flagged ship irrespective of where it is ? Mind this rig was within the territorial waters of the US . Don't know the legalities of this.<br /><br />Thanks for tip on thuggery - will speak to Kali later.Lenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01755748505260253288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-11553094669481838392010-06-18T00:35:23.441+01:002010-06-18T00:35:23.441+01:00Lenni - some of the original thuggees were quite l...<b>Lenni</b> - some of the original <b><i>thuggees</i></b> were quite light weight but adept at strangulation of unaware of travelers<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuggee" rel="nofollow"><b> a thug by any other name</b></a>deano30https://www.blogger.com/profile/12637249297224887297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141707904735688626.post-31666645540328611962010-06-18T00:26:37.226+01:002010-06-18T00:26:37.226+01:00Transocean is based in Swizterland - that well kn...Transocean is based in Swizterland - that well known centre of world wide expertise in oil exploration? My arse, the Swiss know a lot about Chocolate and Cukoo clocks and financial deception and fuck all about oil exploration. They were there to take advantage of a low tax Swiss Canton<br /><br />Obahma should have insisted that all three multi billion dollar firms and potentially guilty parties stop dividend payments pending the outcome of the issue.<br /><br />At the time of the explosion on the rig of a crew of 130+ only about 7 were BP employees??<br /><br />An oil rig at sea is akin to a ship who owned the ship and who employed the Captain and pilots ??<br /><br />Obama is appearing partisan to say the least.deano30https://www.blogger.com/profile/12637249297224887297noreply@blogger.com