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[Nikitas]

Pipe and cable layers must by definition be capable to heave to in rough weather, precisely because they cannot cut and run. Tugs are seaworthy enough to go and help larger ships in trouble, in any weather. Announcing weather problems for either type of ship when the weather hits force 7, which is relatively tame by the way, is bullshit.

And how do they stop work part way through the pipe laying, when the pipe is suspended mid depth? What anchors the end of that pipe? The pipe layer hands the loose end to another ship, or just drops it loose and buggers off. Amazing that this 80 mile project is proving more difficult than the trans Atlantic cable laying operations.

Some of us have worked with ships long enough to know the situation.

[Lordo]

mavro laoman.

cable laying is being compared to pipe laying of this size. of course they are just two peas in a pod. like you and kikko.

i am lost for words and that is in all my 90 years of life.

[repulsewarrior]

...i don't get it, this is "the project of the century", and i get clips of American movies to see instead of the activity itself, not because they (these images) have been banned from the internet, but because they simply don't exist. strange, from the country that made Diplomacy a fine art, so little thought has been put into alleviating the anxiety of so many people who look forward to its reward, and who hold Turkey, in the highest esteem. it is hard to take this project seriously, especially because it comes from the very same interlocutor who left the population without water, now for years into decades, unable to manage the civil works they found with their (illegal) occupation.

...what will ''you'' do Lordo, if by next summer, this project is still late. is there a Plan 'B'?

[Lordo]

we have waited for 60 years, we can wait for another 60 years. next summer is nothing. project of this magnitude and complexity may be delayed for for up to a few years at least.

you dont seem to understand the significance of this project rw.

tcs have not paid a penny for this project thus far. the water is the most valuable commodity known to mankind, more so then oil. israel would love it if terggy continued with this pipeline and took the water to israel too and pay for the project like they are doing for tcs. you would be out of mind to refuse such an offer. if you dont like the water price you do not have to buy it.

why are you all pre-occupied with delays. remember some foolish people here who had us believe it cannot be done and it was all a myth. that it was an impossible task. kiko even worked out that it would collapse under pressure with the hel of the arch charlui-de-mathematission. the arsholes have been found wanting.

[Lordo]

apparently groc has worked out that the water will be just sufficient for tcs. not enough for gcs too. has anybody told them the about my friend bernoulli and all his good work. i suspectnot the church is too busy explaining the the age of earth from 5,000 years to 5 bilion years. i am sure they will get to it though later rather then sooner.
v equals q divided by a or even better 4q dived by diameter squared miltiplied by pi.
gavole mavre its a bloody greek letter too mavroyerimo namini. 3.14159265359

Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIKEFER9wM0

[Lordo]

enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2RSggUYJJ0

[repulsewarrior]

...more fluff.

[Lordo]

more fluff indeed. this makes interesting reading for our bravekiprohearts.

http://cyprusobserver.net/2014/11/10/turkish-navy-authorized-over-gas-crisis-with-greek-cyprus/

[Nikitas]

The solution is simple, but Turks pretend not to see it: they accept the Law of Sea and become members of the agreement for the gas. They already apply the Law of the Sea in the Black Sea, but they like to playact in the Mediterranean invoking the doctrine of the "closed sea" . You have to be a naive MF to believe that the Med is more closed than the Black Sea. Look at the map and figure.

The gas has already been earmarked by American companies like Halliburton and Noble, while French, Italian, Spanish and Korean firms are in the act too. It goes too far for the Turks to announce rules of engagement involving direct attacks against the installation of these companies. So they threaten that if they are attacked they will retaliate, BFD.

The missing part here is the TCs, who have kept their mouths hermetically shut. They know they will get more out of the gas if the RoC exploits it, and they know they will get sweet FA if Turkey gets its greedy hands on it. But none of their political "leaders" have the nerve to state the obvious.

The water is the bait in the idiot trap. Take some water and give me the gas is the ploy. And our resident chief propagandist is busy pushing the Turkish bait.

[Nikitas]

"magnitued" "complexity" it is an eighty mile pipeline for heavens sake.