Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners

[andrewc]

“It’s hot during the day & cold during the night “


https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/sep/02/burning-man-festival-mud-trapped-shelter-in-place

[andrewc]

Serious sploshing…..


https://x.com/dwnews/status/1698048325046444450

[ian]

“Thames Valley” illustrated with stock photo of some arriviste USAnian namesake river instead of the one that flows through Oxfod, Reading, Staines, London’s famous London, ect.  i diskard them.

Well spotted, I was pondering the same. I suppose it flows past New London. Also, they do pronounce Thames phonetically, which is always a delight. They also now say Nor-witch rather than Norrich for Norwich, unless they're really old people, who cling to the latter. Reminds me of the time I was in Tanzania with a good old southern boy, and his pronunciation of the country name really didn't borrow from either of the established pronunciations. Locals would gather to hear it. It meandered like the Mississippi.

My great aunt Peta, who hailed from Himeville in SA, pronounced Tanzania as tan-ZAR-nia.  Orange shitgibbon pronounces it tan-ZAY-nia.

Trump’s pronunciation is actually correct. I’m surprised he didn’t go with Tarzania though.

[rogerzilla]

Serious sploshing…..


https://x.com/dwnews/status/1698048325046444450

Also what happens when you're riding past a roadkill badger that's been lying in the sun for a week, and it goes pop.

[spesh]

Florida man arrested after trying to cross Atlantic in hamster wheel vessel. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66733230

The best bit is that he's got previous for this sort of stunt.

[SoreTween]

Florida man arrested after trying to cross Atlantic in hamster wheel vessel. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66733230

The best bit is that he's got previous for this sort of stunt.

Compared to Ben Carlin (plus rolling cast of wives) who repeatedly attempted to circumnavigate the planet (and eventually succeeded, surprisingly) in an amphibious jeep this seems entirely reasonable.  Yes, those amphibious jeeps noted of having the buoyancy of a rock in anything greater than a 4" swell. 

If you get the opportunity to watch the 'it's a small world' 2 part interview (leftpondian televisual presentation m'lud) it's well worth it.  Barking mad in all the right ways.  Really - absolutely barking.

[Mr Larrington]

I read the first of Mr Carlin's books, about his Atlantic crossing as a small Mr Larrington and even then thought “NUTTER”.

[mrcharly-YHT]

I'd heard of him before. Amazing, the lengths people will go to in order to get out of Northam.

He strikes me as an absolute idiot. Didn't conduct any sea trials, no idea of fuel consumption (originally set off with 200 galleons, final successful trip took 735 and still ran out, refueled by a ship). No idea of handling of car/boat, and had to construct new rudders to make it steer.

An absolute idiot. His only virtue was perseverance.

[Cudzoziemiec]

no idea of fuel consumption (originally set off with 200 galleons, final successful trip took 735 and still ran out, refueled by a ship).

Like sending the Spanish Armada to Tobago!

[Jaded]

^

[Rod Marton]

Back in the nineties, I was briefly retained as a consultant to a group planning to do an amphibious vehicle circumnavigation. This was because, at the time, I was one of the few people in the country to have travelled overland in eastern Siberia and they wanted information and advice on the region. Though they weren't all that keen on my advice, which was to wait for winter and drive down the rivers. Amphibious vehicles might cope with land and water, but they certainly aren't up to trackless bog.

I've no idea if they even started. Certainly sounds as if they didn't finish.

[mrcharly-YHT]

no idea of fuel consumption (originally set off with 200 galleons, final successful trip took 735 and still ran out, refueled by a ship).

Like sending the Spanish Armada to Tobago!

Is that TBAGO?

[Cudzoziemiec]

no idea of fuel consumption (originally set off with 200 galleons, final successful trip took 735 and still ran out, refueled by a ship).

Like sending the Spanish Armada to Tobago!

Is that TBAGO?

This one: https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=123362.msg2732386#msg2732386

[spesh]

When ABC journalist Kirsten Drysdale gave birth to her third child, she decided to put the Births Deaths and Marriages register to the test...

The Grauno: Australian journalist calls her baby ‘Methamphetamine Rules’ as a test of naming regulations

[Auntie Helen]

From the continent - Brits as foreigners playing fast and loose with certifications. Freed from EU rules perhaps.

https://m.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/betrugsvorwuerfe-gegen-aog-technics-safran-aeussert-sich-19194044.html

Couldn’t find this report in the UK press at first.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/engine-maker-cfm-says-up-96-planes-affected-by-fake-parts-probe-2023-09-20/

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

They said they were first alerted to the alleged forgery by a Portuguese maintenance and repair company in June, prompting a scramble to discover the extent of the issue.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency, in a filing first reported by Bloomberg, said in August it was examining reports of parts with suspected falsified documents supplied by AOG. Britain's CAA said in August it was "investigating the supply of a large number of suspect unapproved parts".

I guess the CAA got the heads up from EUASA.

[TimC]

From the continent - Brits as foreigners playing fast and loose with certifications. Freed from EU rules perhaps.

https://m.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/betrugsvorwuerfe-gegen-aog-technics-safran-aeussert-sich-19194044.html

Couldn’t find this report in the UK press at first.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/engine-maker-cfm-says-up-96-planes-affected-by-fake-parts-probe-2023-09-20/

UK regulations are exactly the same as EASA, and are governed by international agreement. AOG appears to be a company acting criminally. Its location in the UK is irrelevant to the case against it.

[Auntie Helen]

Yes, that was a tongue-in-cheek comment about the Brits changing the rules.

It would be interesting to find out how this went on for so long before it was spotted.

[andrewc]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66921563  "Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat"   


Do we have a resident sexpert who could explain how remote controlled anal beads could be used to cheat at chess ?  Morse code ? 

[quixoticgeek]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66921563  "Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat"   


Do we have a resident sexpert who could explain how remote controlled anal beads could be used to cheat at chess ?  Morse code ?

There seems to be a real buzz of excitement about this story. But as yet, I've not heard anyone explain exactly how one communicates via vibrating probe...

J

[MattH]

It's alien technology, they've been working on it for years. Think about it - how close Las Vegas is to Area 51. Coincidence? I don't think so.

[rafletcher]

Freshers week in Japan?

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230925/p2a/00m/0na/003000c

[Bledlow]

From the continent - Brits as foreigners playing fast and loose with certifications. Freed from EU rules perhaps.

https://m.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/betrugsvorwuerfe-gegen-aog-technics-safran-aeussert-sich-19194044.html

Couldn’t find this report in the UK press at first.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/engine-maker-cfm-says-up-96-planes-affected-by-fake-parts-probe-2023-09-20/

UK regulations are exactly the same as EASA, and are governed by international agreement. AOG appears to be a company acting criminally. Its location in the UK is irrelevant to the case against it.

Indeed.

I looked up AOG. I think it was set up as a scam by a couple of Venezuelans/Colombians, & is probably a front for one or more makers of fake parts. The employee profiles on LinkedIn are almost all fake or probably fake: photos lifted off the net (e.g. Shutterstock), no other Internet presence, & an extraordinary lack of connections.

The founder calls himself British, but he's called himself Venezuelan elsewhere, & there's someone with an address in Venezuela with exactly the same name & birthday. So, either he's really Venezuelan or he's stolen a Venezuelan's profile. Another person who may be real appears to be Colombian.

[spesh]

Anyway, back to the sort of content this thread was created for...

And surprisingly, this one's not from Florida:

See you later: emotional support alligator denied entry to Phillies game

Security turned away Joie Henney’s TikTok-famous, leashed reptile Wally from Philadelphia baseball game on Wednesday

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/29/emotional-support-alligator-phillies-baseball-game

What he needs is one of these: https://www.etsy.com/listing/629107095/emotional-support-honey-badger 

[Mr Larrington]

Anyway, back to the sort of content this thread was created for...

And surprisingly, this one's not from Florida:

See you later: emotional support alligator denied entry to Phillies game

Security turned away Joie Henney’s TikTok-famous, leashed reptile Wally from Philadelphia baseball game on Wednesday

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/29/emotional-support-alligator-phillies-baseball-game

What he needs is one of these: https://www.etsy.com/listing/629107095/emotional-support-honey-badger 

Sold out chiz, but while Daniel Ricciardo is in dock with that wrist injury…