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I suspect the tobacco was headed their way already, the robbery sounds like a failed attempt to CYA.
I suspect the tobacco was headed their way already, the robbery sounds like a failed attempt to CYA.
I’ve also seen the intended message lost in the noise, for example most people seem to think restore passenger rail want more commuter trains, and aren’t aware that they are actually in favour of intercity rail.
Not only have they achieved nothing but pissing off tradies, but most people think they’re protesting for something else entirely.
One of the reasons people turned against Al Capone was because his men impersonated the police, it’s taken seriously for a very good reason.
The point of a protest should be to gain support, not awareness. If you double the number of people who are aware of your cause, but they now hate you, that’s not really progress.
Yeah, I read that and thought the same thing.
The apprehension part sounds quite confusing if the offender was in uniform, although he was probably pretending to be a detective. Also, the premise behind this sounds so incredibly far fetched it’s not funny.
From what I know about Transpower, the investigation and paperwork from this will be intense.
I bet you could hear a pin drop on site after that tower came down.
I’ve said this before on other posts, but we are far too tolerant of people disrupting the lives of others for the sake of a cause, and it’s time these types of stunts result in stiff penalties.
It’s also not a good way to gain support for your cause.
This is one person buying for two, but that’s perhaps two meals a day, at over $50 for both.
Beats me.
It’s an eye-watering amount of money, they must have been getting every single meal delivered to spend that much.
Yup, this sounds like a genuine case of the partner refusing to repay a loan.
Also, what a deadbeat.
It’s quite funny he didn’t even show up and still won.
Sorta, that was a loss of propulsion, rather than loss of steering control.
Yup, Bluebridge and Interislander both had it happen about a week apart.
They seem to have cock ups around the same time as each other quite often, come to think of it. They both were down to one working boat each not very long ago.
I know, that’s why I already posted it.
This has been posted here already.
Reading the updated story, it definitely sounds like poor procedures.
Looking at the track, they basically did a gradual turn to the right until they ran aground. I imagine someone would have overridden the captain if that happened, they likely lost control over the steering.