timber 3 #1 January 10, 2009 Nice job on piloting the canopy on that oil tanker!! Next time can you land it at our DZ so I can buy a jumpship! If pirating can bring these thugs this kind of payoff :because the worlds most powerful Navies are run by a bunch of politically correct pussies lets go to work!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #2 January 10, 2009 Quite your bitching and get sailing! When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #3 January 10, 2009 I don't know how "paid", but that canopy is being remotely controlled. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1110585/Pictured-The-moment-3million-ransom-parachuted-Somali-pirates.htmlSo I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #4 January 10, 2009 Another question is "who capsized the get away boat?" QuoteThe weather was so terrible that it blew the boat over, then sank it. Look at the pics of the landing of the ransom. That really doesn't look "so terrible." I wonder how long did the pirates take to leave? Why would they choose to leave a safe location that they had been on for months and had what seemed to be a rapport with the hostages in the middle of "terrible" weather? It really sounds to me like it was either some truly ignorant pirates (which is possible) or a "plausible" cover story Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #5 January 10, 2009 Canopy type? Wing loading? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #6 January 10, 2009 QuoteMoodys just upgraded the Somali pirates to AAB and they are currently negotiating a buyout of Citigroup for a 32% stake in the company. AND, have you noticed global warming seems to be taking a break this year. Coincidence? I think not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #7 January 10, 2009 Global warming goes in cycles.... as does the news reporting of global warming (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deibido 0 #8 January 10, 2009 Quote It really sounds to me like it was either some truly ignorant pirates (which is possible) or a "plausible" cover story I have no idea what you could possibly be talking about. The worst things happen at sea you know. "User assumes all risk" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #9 January 10, 2009 Quote Global warming goes in cycles.... As do pirates. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #10 January 10, 2009 Quote Quote It really sounds to me like it was either some truly ignorant pirates (which is possible) or a "plausible" cover story I have no idea what you could possibly be talking about. The worst things happen at sea you know. Yes... And it's amazing how choppy an apparently calm sea can become when somebody starts lobbing 4"-HE shells into it!Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JackC 0 #11 January 10, 2009 Quote Quote Moodys just upgraded the Somali pirates to AAB and they are currently negotiating a buyout of Citigroup for a 32% stake in the company. AND, have you noticed global warming seems to be taking a break this year. Coincidence? I think not. Obviously not Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,384 #12 January 10, 2009 Nothing like a news story with a heart-warming ending: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090110/ap_on_bi_ge/piracy "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #13 January 10, 2009 I'm glad the bastards drowned. Hopefully a similar fate awaits other pirates. Lord Nelson had the right idea with pirates when he bombarded the Dey of Algiers. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #14 January 10, 2009 Quote I'm glad the bastards drowned. Hopefully a similar fate awaits other pirates. Lord Nelson had the right idea with pirates when he bombarded the Dey of Algiers. I dunno. Did the money go down the drain, too? In a weird way, it might have been better if it circulalted in the economy. Oh, well, as pirates say, "Arrrrh!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #15 January 10, 2009 Good way to keep the cops off your arse...... (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #16 January 10, 2009 Quote I'm glad the bastards drowned. Hopefully a similar fate awaits other pirates. They were in such a hurry to get home and spend it that they couldn't wait until the sea conditions were safe. Doh! QuoteDid the money go down the drain, too? In a weird way, it might have been better if it circulalted in the economy. How so? That would just demonstrate the profit available in piracy, and encourage more of it. I'm in favor of paying the ransom to free the boat and crew, and then when the pirates depart, an Apache helicopter appears and blows the pirates to smithereens before they get back to their shoreline. A Marine amphibious force is on the way to patrol that sea lane. We'll soon have liberals crying about what horrible bullies we are for picking on the poor little pirates. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,384 #17 January 10, 2009 Quote I'm in favor of paying the ransom to free the boat and crew, and then when the pirates depart, an Apache helicopter appears and blows the pirates to smithereens before they get back to their shoreline. Why just one Apache?"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,340 #18 January 11, 2009 Quote Quote I'm in favor of paying the ransom to free the boat and crew, and then when the pirates depart, an Apache helicopter appears and blows the pirates to smithereens before they get back to their shoreline. Why just one Apache? Why waste the fuel sending more than one??"There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #19 January 11, 2009 Quote Why just one Apache? Just to make it sporting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 0 #20 January 11, 2009 Much more likely to be a AH-1W SeaCobra They'll be shitting themselves all the same. ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #21 January 12, 2009 Quote I'm in favor of paying the ransom to free the boat and crew, and then when the pirates depart, an Apache helicopter appears and blows the pirates to smithereens before they get back to their shoreline.... We'll soon have liberals crying about what horrible bullies we are for picking on the poor little pirates. As I said earlier, the main deck gun shells are far cheaper, safer to deliver, sufficiently accurate, and much more anonymous.The ransom, once paid is properly considered lost. What's happened is that these pirates won't have the pleasure of spending it.Thus, navies work to stamp out Piracy as a profitable career the same way navies always have. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yarpos 4 #22 January 12, 2009 QuoteI don't know how "paid", but that canopy is being remotely controlled. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1110585/Pictured-The-moment-3million-ransom-parachuted-Somali-pirates.html I dont buy that, my neighbours brothers second cousins sister said the DB Cooper Jr was in the container.regards, Steve the older I get...the better I was Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #23 January 12, 2009 Quote I'm glad the bastards drowned. Hopefully a similar fate awaits other pirates. Lord Nelson had the right idea with pirates when he bombarded the Dey of Algiers. Hang them in the harbors and leave them for the crows - just like in days of olde. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #24 January 12, 2009 QuoteLord Nelson had the right idea with pirates when he bombarded the Dey of Algiers. Hang them in the harbors and leave them for the crows - just like in days of olde. There's actually a proposal now to take the fight to the pirates - on their home bases. Because as long as they are safe there, they'll continue to raid shipping forever. And it takes an inordinate amount of protection, to cover a lot of open sea, when they get to freely choose when and where to attack. So the ultimate solution is to attack the pirates at home and wipe them out. Wipe out their nests, and then you don't have to worry about the open sea anymore. How many people here are willing to approve of that strategy? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 143 #25 January 12, 2009 QuoteAnother question is "who capsized the get away boat?" QuoteThe weather was so terrible that it blew the boat over, then sank it. Look at the pics of the landing of the ransom. That really doesn't look "so terrible." I wonder how long did the pirates take to leave? Why would they choose to leave a safe location that they had been on for months and had what seemed to be a rapport with the hostages in the middle of "terrible" weather? It really sounds to me like it was either some truly ignorant pirates (which is possible) or a "plausible" cover story I wouldn't have thought they would do a drop in winds so bad that it would blow a boat over. It would have made spotting extremely difficult.Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
