You'll be pleased to know I'm currently on fire but putting on a brave face. I go on the high speed thing, didn't hear about the fire at all? A couple of weeks ago one of their other ferrys just crashed into docks! Excellent driving skills Apparently it was on Sky News people were trapped and injured and their docking bay is well and truly screwed along with the ferry. Just in time for the holiday season. Hurrah. They'll be putting the prices up again then. I currently pay £170 per month for the privelage at the moment.
it was a Wightlink Catamaran Fire in the engine It was called the Lady Pamela if you're on first name terms with your vessels
RE: it was a Wightlink Catamaran Ah Lady Pamela, I've been in her a few times. erm...WightLink is the compnay that operates the Ryde to Portsmouth routes. I'm on Red Funnel which has all the Southampton Routes. are you bored yet? If not, here's an interesting article about a boat: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/4795670.stm
Not yet, please tell me more about Red Funnel if you had the choice, what would be your preferred crash style ? Ferry Car Train
Probably lose a limb And you might end up with a facial expression like that of Helen Daniels, of Neighbours fame Get plenty of sympathy though, space in the cabbage patch at football matches, people will take you to the seaside and buy you ice cream, and you can tell fat people that they're really fat without anyone minding
I suppose you're right. A good plane crash question would be if you were involved in one would u prefer it to be a crash into the sea, crash landing with full power etc but no landing gear or landing gear but no engines/one engine etc?
RE: Probably lose a limb sounds cushy. I'll go for ferry then, it might hurt less to lose a limb in the sea, what with all the salt and that. Can I count on a vinegar spillage as well.
I'm ok in a plane crash I'm just going to jump up in the air at the moment of impact - that way I'll be in mid air when it crashes so will be virtually unscathed - the same principle applies to a lift that plummets to the floor
RE: I'm ok in a plane crash It's such a simple concept. Is there any reason why they don't open the doors so you can simply step out just before impact, do 3 forward rolls and dust yourself off? All this crap about taking your shoes off, seems ill thought out to me.
I've seen that on the TV though on mythbusters on sky. poor old buster (crash test dummy) 'died' unfortunatly. apparently you jump at about 30 mph so if you are falling at 80mph (the average if you was falling in a lift) then you'd still hit the ground at 50mph which kinda hurts.</p> or I could have made those figures up.</p>
Is there any reason for the taking shoes off thing? The way I see it, if a plane has 300 passengers on board then all that taking your shoes off achieves is 599* shoes flying around to hit you in the back of the head or trip over.</p> *I'm assuming that on every plane load there is on average one person with a leg missing or broken foot meaning they only have one shoe on.</p>
RE: Is there any reason for the taking shoes off thing? excellent assumptions SuperTyke, I'm not entirely sure of the reason, but my guess is that it's so you can slide down the inflatable shute more smoothly when you crash down 'safely' onto the water. I just feel sorry for the crew member that has to stand there issuing those coconut matt things for you to sit on and stop people pushing in before it's their turn.
