
hhvferry
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hhvferry
@hhvferry
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
Katılım Aralık 2015
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@thesketchydude Over dinner on Dan Casanova a couple of weeks ago we were discussing/ranking ships we wished we'd sailed on but never had. I ranked Ibn Batouta number 7.
She's fascinating to me too-an early car ferry with Thoresen influence,purpose-built for what was then a quite exotic market.
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@thesketchydude Ha, glad you like it!
I don't think i've ever seen original plans of the Ibn Batouta, I guess the arrangement if not the decor would be broadly on the lines of the Thoresen Vikings/Svea Drott/Queen of Prince Rupert.
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@footyindustryAU It's a shame you don't want NRL followers any more, the bipartisan element used to be a good thing of this account.
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@johnnyddavidson Told us the clubs wanted to kick Catalan out - false
Told us that Toulouse wouldn't be allowed to go up - false
Why do people still listen to this BS when there are really decent RL journos out there?
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Went to Toulouse to see a game when they were in Super League in 2022 and it's a fantastic city, a great stadium and a modern, well-run club. They just need an extended stay in the top flight to build, like Catalans did 20 years ago.
It's funny that most of the current clubs didn't want them in, but winning the Championship grand final and agreeing to pay travel costs completely forced their hand.
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@johnnyddavidson How the hell have you managed to make an article about the appointment of a Company Secretary 😂
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Michelle Maple has been appointed as the new company secretary for Rugby League Commercial. Previously, she was Nigel Wood's executive assistant at the RFL.
(free read) patreon.com/posts/13478672…
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@IanSwire @johnnyddavidson The entire future of the sport rests on taking this seriously. A rogue coach going around the protocols simply can't be allowed to jeopardise that. Given how important this is the findings were pretty lenient.
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@hhvferry @johnnyddavidson I’m pleased that life is so simple for you, there’s no defence against simple!
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@johnnyddavidson @IanSwire A simple reading of all the documents and the protocols show what happened. The He's A Good Bloke defence doesn't help much when put up against that.
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@IanSwire @johnnyddavidson There you go again, shifting blame. It's very clear where responsibility lies, this remorseless thrashing about to help someone who has clearly broken very important rules is just tedious now.
I just wish this thing had been properly reported at the time.
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@hhvferry @johnnyddavidson … but what if it wasn’t done knowingly? The “whistle blowing doctor” admits that she never told Aston and the person she did tell also admits that he didn’t tell Aston. They even had phone conversations on the coach about it and still admit to not telling him!
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@cockwomble12 @johnnyddavidson Tell us more about the "both sides" argument. All we can see is one coach trying to go around the concussion protocols and a bunch of men in the sport and in the media trying to help him get off whilst enthusiastically attacking the people who tried to enforce the rules.
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@johnnyddavidson There's rights and wrongs on both sides. But to see a lifelong servant of the sport getting chewed up and spat out like this doesn't leave a good impression.
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@barnettmike26 @TheRFL It's simplistic in the extreme to read too much into a one-year loss given the nature of the RFL's business and without seeing full accounts. The RL media is always rubbish at financial matters and usually get their knickers in a twist when they see the words "loss" and "debt".
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In what is a depressingly crowded field, @TheRFL is unquestionably the worst-run governing body in UK sport. They are manifestly unfit for purpose. Selling Odsal back to Bradford for a fraction of what they paid for it is borderline corrupt and potentially fraudulent
John Davidson@johnnyddavidson
Breaking: The RFL has today circulated its group consolidated accounts for 2024 showing a loss before tax of £507,000. rugby-league.com/article/63917/…
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@TEnglishSport It's an outdated concept still rooted in the racism and exclusivity that is the hallmark of this sport. Bin it.
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From social history to sporting drama - 137 years young. Why the Lions were, are and hopefully always will be class and contentious, inspiring and infuriating, joyous and heartbreaking. The epic pinnacle. All human life. And death. bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-un…
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@johnnyddavidson @TheRFL @SheffieldEagles What happened to Rugby League journalism.
Deary me, you should be holding Aston to account not whatever the hell this is.
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The @TheRFL will be hoping the Mark Aston/@SheffieldEagles case is going way - it isn't.
More support is gathering, including from a Super League club owner, and up to 40 MPs have been contacted to increase the pressure for reform.
(free read) patreon.com/posts/115090465
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@Templar1356 @implausibleblog Unfortunately they cancelled the key bits of HS2 so any hope of meaningful capacity increases, in the north of England in particular, are off the agenda for the foreseeable future.
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"Portugal introduces €20 monthly rail pass for all train services"
It costs me more than that for a day trip into London from a suburb
Not only does our train network need to be nationalised, but pricing needs to drop significantly to make train travel affordable, and for those outside of the M25 region, how about more frequent trains, and seats for people to sit on

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@ByEricPratt Once you scroll past the Blue Ticks the responses are human and almost entirely negative.
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@senpai_rocky @1estesj @SchottHappens Yeah we kind of asked them to leave, their brand of religious extremism wasn't and isn't particularly British.
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@1estesj @SchottHappens Welcome to France they don’t have Anglo American Puritan values and thank God for that
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@AskeBay @CryptoSkelet0r What about browsing all items in a category? That option seems to have disappeared.
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Is the @eBay mobile app a hot mess or is it just me. I just want to browse a category, so unintuitive it's unusable. I guarantee there must be some bargains on there, because no-one can find them.
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@BBCGuernsey Do you really have to go to Alf Baird every time there is a ferry story? Ever thought about asking someone with a bit more credibility? @JohnFernandez1
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Stena Line pulls out of Channel Island ferry bid bbc.in/3yZz6T3
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