Dave W
@fahrwud.bsky.social
Kontorpotet, technical trades, maritime shipping follower. Opinionated Scottish rants possible.
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Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.
January 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.
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Harper said the “modest” trade deficit that the U.S. has with Canada is largely because the country buys so much oil and gas from Western Canada — fossil fuels sold at a “discount” because the Canadian market relies so much on the sole customer of the U.S.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Stephen Harper has ‘a real problem’ with Donald Trump’s claims about Canada
The former prime minister described Trump's recent statements as incorrect and out-of-sync with the longstanding friendship between Canada and the United States.
www.thestar.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Harper said the “modest” trade deficit that the U.S. has with Canada is largely because the country buys so much oil and gas from Western Canada — fossil fuels sold at a “discount” because the Canadian market relies so much on the sole customer of the U.S.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Is it just the January doldrums that cause it, or does every British documentary host go to the same broadcasting school and learn that obnoxious, condescending tone like every word is its own sentence? You’d think they’d be out of old Etonians by now…
January 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Is it just the January doldrums that cause it, or does every British documentary host go to the same broadcasting school and learn that obnoxious, condescending tone like every word is its own sentence? You’d think they’d be out of old Etonians by now…
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Open the Door,
by William Soutar.
Open the door for the auld year
It is the pairtin-time:
Open the door for the new year
And lat the bairn win hame.
Bundle your winter’d joy and grief
On the back o’ the year that’s düne:
Open your hert for the new life
And lat the bairn come in.
by William Soutar.
Open the door for the auld year
It is the pairtin-time:
Open the door for the new year
And lat the bairn win hame.
Bundle your winter’d joy and grief
On the back o’ the year that’s düne:
Open your hert for the new life
And lat the bairn come in.
December 31, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Open the Door,
by William Soutar.
Open the door for the auld year
It is the pairtin-time:
Open the door for the new year
And lat the bairn win hame.
Bundle your winter’d joy and grief
On the back o’ the year that’s düne:
Open your hert for the new life
And lat the bairn come in.
by William Soutar.
Open the door for the auld year
It is the pairtin-time:
Open the door for the new year
And lat the bairn win hame.
Bundle your winter’d joy and grief
On the back o’ the year that’s düne:
Open your hert for the new life
And lat the bairn come in.
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Canadian House of Commons Member Charlie Angus: Canadians are very proud of our traditions. We know, having lived next door to our neighbors… that while our taxes might be slightly higher, it doesn’t cost us a dime to go to the doctor…
December 28, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Canadian House of Commons Member Charlie Angus: Canadians are very proud of our traditions. We know, having lived next door to our neighbors… that while our taxes might be slightly higher, it doesn’t cost us a dime to go to the doctor…
Designer babies? Now that’s hubris… 🤣😎 www.wired.com/story/your-n...
December 11, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Designer babies? Now that’s hubris… 🤣😎 www.wired.com/story/your-n...
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should be word of the decade honestly
December 9, 2024 at 7:32 PM
should be word of the decade honestly
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Algoma's straightback laker remains.hard aground in the St Lawrence seaway, despite Canada's two most powerful tugs trying to pull her out. Lightering seems to be the next option now, no easy feat.
ottawa.ctvnews.ca/efforts-to-f...
ottawa.ctvnews.ca/efforts-to-f...
New plan in the making to free cargo ship stuck in St. Lawrence River
A new plan to free the Tim S. Dool, a large cargo ship that ran aground on a shoal along the St. Lawrence River near Morrisburg, Ont. last week is expected to be finalized early next week.
ottawa.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Algoma's straightback laker remains.hard aground in the St Lawrence seaway, despite Canada's two most powerful tugs trying to pull her out. Lightering seems to be the next option now, no easy feat.
ottawa.ctvnews.ca/efforts-to-f...
ottawa.ctvnews.ca/efforts-to-f...
Jimmy Carter - centenarian nuclear engineering badass… nuclearheritage.com/jimmy-carter...
Jimmy Carter and the NRX Accident – How Legends Grow - Society for the Preservation of Canada’s Nuclear Heritage
Morgan Brown wrote this article for the North Renfrew Times about former President Jimmy Carter's role in the cleanup following the NRX accident in 1952,
nuclearheritage.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Jimmy Carter - centenarian nuclear engineering badass… nuclearheritage.com/jimmy-carter...
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11,000hp behemoth towboat launched in the US, capable of pushing 77,000 tons of barges on the river.
professionalmariner.com/acbl-christe...
professionalmariner.com/acbl-christe...
ACBL christens most powerful towboat on Mississippi River – Professional Mariner
professionalmariner.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:32 PM
11,000hp behemoth towboat launched in the US, capable of pushing 77,000 tons of barges on the river.
professionalmariner.com/acbl-christe...
professionalmariner.com/acbl-christe...
Distractive idiot circus up front, keep the grift going in the back…
November 21, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Distractive idiot circus up front, keep the grift going in the back…
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it’s not like trump’s nominees are going to stay in their posts for long
November 19, 2024 at 8:20 PM
it’s not like trump’s nominees are going to stay in their posts for long
Always make an entrance…
The Scotch whisky capital cycle is still very much in the supply expansion phase.
That's two new copper stills getting piped into Ardgowan today.
That's two new copper stills getting piped into Ardgowan today.
November 8, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Always make an entrance…