Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
March 28, 2024, 12:38:39 PM

Login with username, password and session length

Search:     Advanced search
we're back, baby
*
Home Help Search Login Register
f13.net  |  f13.net General Forums  |  General Discussion  |  Topic: Awesome Pictures Thread 0 Members and 3 Guests are viewing this topic.
Pages: 1 ... 258 259 [260] 261 262 ... 324 Go Down Print
Author Topic: Awesome Pictures Thread  (Read 2873940 times)
Goumindong
Terracotta Army
Posts: 4297


Reply #9065 on: November 08, 2013, 12:59:31 AM

At least they're not shipping
Paelos
Contributor
Posts: 27075

Error 404: Title not found.


Reply #9066 on: November 08, 2013, 06:32:55 AM

Loose lips sink shipping ships if they slip.

CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
Pennilenko
Terracotta Army
Posts: 3472


Reply #9067 on: November 08, 2013, 08:29:10 AM

A ship-shipping ship, shipping shipping ships.



Fixed cool

"See?  All of you are unique.  And special.  Like fucking snowflakes."  -- Signe
Lantyssa
Terracotta Army
Posts: 20848


Reply #9068 on: November 08, 2013, 10:25:11 AM

Holy ship!

Hahahaha!  I'm really good at this!
ajax34i
Terracotta Army
Posts: 2527


Reply #9069 on: November 08, 2013, 01:49:23 PM

Name of it appears to be Blue Marlin, so I googled that, and yup.
Lakov_Sanite
Terracotta Army
Posts: 7590


Reply #9070 on: November 08, 2013, 07:41:19 PM

I guess you have to deliver ships on ships now because, reasons?

~a horrific, dark simulacrum that glares balefully at us, with evil intent.
Miasma
Terracotta Army
Posts: 5283

Stopgap Measure


Reply #9071 on: November 08, 2013, 08:38:06 PM

Name of it appears to be Blue Marlin, so I googled that, and yup.
Video poster added rock music to that for some reason...

At any rate I almost assumed it was some joke photoshop because how on earth would they load/unload such a cargo but then the video shows that this mothership is semi submersible so the whole thing just sinks itself to offload.  Pretty amazing although the ships on top don't actually seem that big when you watch the video, they are only about twice as wide as the tug boats.

I'd like to know why they felt such a crazy delivery method was needed, my only guess is that those ships aren't themselves strong enough to be blue water ocean going so they needed the mothership to get from assembly point to where they will be operating.
Trippy
Administrator
Posts: 23611


Reply #9072 on: November 08, 2013, 08:42:28 PM

They don't have engines. So presumably the hulls were built somewhere else and had to be transported to the final assembly point.
MahrinSkel
Terracotta Army
Posts: 10857

When she crossed over, she was just a ship. But when she came back... she was bullshit!


Reply #9073 on: November 08, 2013, 09:05:33 PM

They're also flat-bottomed, which means they're intended for inland waterways.  Why somebody wanted a fleet of self-propelled rivercraft, I don't know, but I'd expect it's some sort of bulk carrier (ore or coal, maybe grains) in a location where the normal tug-and-barge approach isn't viable for some reason (narrow channels, small locks, shifting bottoms).  With nothing else to base a guess on, I'd say ore carriers built in China for use in Africa.  They're being ferried on the submersible carrier because they're not designed for blue water.

--Dave

Edit: They do have engines, but the screws are wierd, with shrouds.  Another sign they're intended for use in marginal waterways where the normal arrangemnt would have have screws eating mud or azipods getting torn off.
« Last Edit: November 08, 2013, 09:15:14 PM by MahrinSkel »

--Signature Unclear
Miasma
Terracotta Army
Posts: 5283

Stopgap Measure


Reply #9074 on: November 08, 2013, 10:34:53 PM

Found this video.  I had assumed that these ships were built in the heavenly shipyards of the Netherlands and then shipped off to China but it is actually the other way around...  I guess now China even mass produces our river barges and then mass exports them to the Netherlands for engines/final touches.

That is basically a bunch of cheap Chinese mass produced imports being sent to Europe, holy shit that is scary.
IainC
Developers
Posts: 6538

Wargaming.net


WWW
Reply #9075 on: November 09, 2013, 07:44:01 AM

Those ships go up and down the Rhine, carrying containers, coal and aggregates between Rotterdam, the industrial centres in Westfalia and the gravel quarries in the Northern Alps.

- And in stranger Iains, even Death may die -

SerialForeigner Photography.
ajax34i
Terracotta Army
Posts: 2527


Reply #9076 on: November 09, 2013, 08:39:59 AM

I'd like to know why they felt such a crazy delivery method was needed...

Probably for the same reason that a train would be used for transportation instead of a long convoy of trucks.
Selby
Terracotta Army
Posts: 2963


Reply #9077 on: November 09, 2013, 09:28:37 AM

I had assumed that these ships were built in the heavenly shipyards of the Netherlands and then shipped off to China but it is actually the other way around...  I guess now China even mass produces our river barges and then mass exports them to the Netherlands for engines/final touches.
China makes practically everything in the world now.  It's just cheaper to do it that way (nevermind the questionable quality that sometimes comes out).
Venkman
Terracotta Army
Posts: 11536


Reply #9078 on: November 10, 2013, 07:11:54 AM

Stumbled across the Felkirk Wheel reading about Antonine Wall.

rk47
Terracotta Army
Posts: 6236

The Patron Saint of Radicalthons


Reply #9079 on: November 10, 2013, 08:43:43 AM



Colonel Sanders is back in my wallet
Ironwood
Terracotta Army
Posts: 28240


Reply #9080 on: November 11, 2013, 02:23:51 AM

Stumbled across the Felkirk Wheel reading about Antonine Wall.

Were you trying for the accent there ?

 why so serious?

"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
Mrbloodworth
Terracotta Army
Posts: 15148


Reply #9081 on: November 11, 2013, 07:51:55 AM

Name of it appears to be Blue Marlin, so I googled that, and yup.

That fucking music. "Daddy where are you I am depressed" bullshit.

Today's How-To: Scrambling a Thread to the Point of Incoherence in Only One Post with MrBloodworth . - schild
www.mrbloodworthproductions.com  www.amuletsbymerlin.com
Tale
Terracotta Army
Posts: 8558

sıɥʇ ǝʞıן sʞןɐʇ


Reply #9082 on: November 12, 2013, 07:34:00 PM

I've a feeling this may be a BW. However, this guy was just jailed in Singapore.

Sky
Terracotta Army
Posts: 32117

I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.


Reply #9083 on: November 13, 2013, 07:30:48 AM

Bruce Wayne is turning Javanese, I really think so
think so
think so
Sky
Terracotta Army
Posts: 32117

I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.


Reply #9084 on: November 13, 2013, 09:29:11 AM



« Last Edit: November 15, 2013, 02:28:31 PM by Sky »
Tale
Terracotta Army
Posts: 8558

sıɥʇ ǝʞıן sʞןɐʇ


Reply #9085 on: November 13, 2013, 12:52:24 PM

RhyssaFireheart
Terracotta Army
Posts: 3525


WWW
Reply #9086 on: November 13, 2013, 01:12:29 PM

That is awesome and looks damn fun!

Evildrider
Terracotta Army
Posts: 5521


Reply #9087 on: November 13, 2013, 02:03:42 PM

That is awesome and looks damn fun!

Yeah I agree, I think the parents are having more fun then the kids!
Khaldun
Terracotta Army
Posts: 15157


Reply #9088 on: November 13, 2013, 08:30:52 PM

Also really well photographed.
RhyssaFireheart
Terracotta Army
Posts: 3525


WWW
Reply #9089 on: November 14, 2013, 07:24:55 AM

Their Facebook is awesome as well.  All dinos need a ketchup keg stand, just sayin'.

Lakov_Sanite
Terracotta Army
Posts: 7590


Reply #9090 on: November 14, 2013, 08:03:12 AM

I still don't get the tree picture.

~a horrific, dark simulacrum that glares balefully at us, with evil intent.
Trippy
Administrator
Posts: 23611


Reply #9091 on: November 14, 2013, 08:12:40 AM

It looks like a golf ball was stuck between two trees.
Sky
Terracotta Army
Posts: 32117

I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.


Reply #9092 on: November 14, 2013, 09:42:53 AM

Tree grew around a golf ball that got stuck between the trunks a few years prior. Lucky cut exposed it.
Evildrider
Terracotta Army
Posts: 5521


Reply #9093 on: November 14, 2013, 06:51:31 PM

Ironwood
Terracotta Army
Posts: 28240


Reply #9094 on: November 15, 2013, 01:51:54 AM

Um, No ?

No ? 

NO ?

NO NO NO NO NO NO ?

"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
Teleku
Terracotta Army
Posts: 10510

https://i.imgur.com/mcj5kz7.png


Reply #9095 on: November 15, 2013, 02:13:18 AM

Somebody call child services.

"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants.  He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."
-Stephen Colbert
Tannhauser
Terracotta Army
Posts: 4436


Reply #9096 on: November 15, 2013, 05:20:07 AM

Those tattoos are temporary right?  RIGHT?
Merusk
Terracotta Army
Posts: 27449

Badge Whore


Reply #9097 on: November 15, 2013, 08:36:37 PM

Those tattoos are temporary right?  RIGHT?

The tattoos by the age of 1 are how you know he's going places in life. He's special and his parents want you to know it NOW.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
Samwise
Moderator
Posts: 19212

sentient yeast infection


WWW
Reply #9098 on: November 15, 2013, 08:53:12 PM

I approve of braincake.

"I have not actually recommended many games, and I'll go on the record here saying my track record is probably best in the industry." - schild
Paelos
Contributor
Posts: 27075

Error 404: Title not found.


Reply #9099 on: November 15, 2013, 09:05:53 PM

I find it disturbing and intriguing. The tats on the baby make me believe this probably happened in mine or a neighboring state.

CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
Pages: 1 ... 258 259 [260] 261 262 ... 324 Go Up Print 
f13.net  |  f13.net General Forums  |  General Discussion  |  Topic: Awesome Pictures Thread  
Jump to:  

Powered by SMF 1.1.10 | SMF © 2006-2009, Simple Machines LLC