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That Big Pile of Stuff in the Docks

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  • 25-01-2010 2:14am
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    Dunjohn
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    You know the huge pile that's sometimes out in the middle part of the docks, looks like nets or something? What is that? IS it nets? Where do they come from? Where do they keep vanishing to? Why do they keep coming back?

    I've been meaning to ask for, like, two decades now.


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    fatleomessi
    Registered Users Posts: 40 ✭fatleomessi


    Scrap metal going to Germany


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    civis_liberalis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭civis_liberalis


    What do the Germans need all that metal for... The plot thickens... :eek:


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    F.Galway
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭F.Galway


    What those crafty germans make there cars out of! :D


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    Dunjohn
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    Ah. That's slightly cooler than nets! Cheers.

    Creeps me out the way it doesn't build up. It just appears, then vanishes, then appears again.


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    mossfort
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    it comes from galway metal co in oranmore to be loaded onto the ships.
    seemingly there are no foundries in ireland to process it.


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    Storm 10
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    There is a ship in the docks at present loading the scrap


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    ronnie3585
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    What's a ship?


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    josey_whale
    Registered Users Posts: 284 ✭✭josey_whale


    Dunjohn wrote: »
    You know the huge pile that's sometimes out in the middle part of the docks, looks like nets or something? What is that? IS it nets? Where do they come from? Where do they keep vanishing to? Why do they keep coming back?

    I've been meaning to ask for, like, two decades now.

    http://homepage.eircom.net/~galwaymetal/


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,220 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Dunjohn wrote: »
    Ah. That's slightly cooler than nets! Cheers.

    Creeps me out the way it doesn't build up. It just appears, then vanishes, then appears again.

    I imagine they keep it at their premises until they have enough for a ship load


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    HoPpiE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 492 ✭✭HoPpiE


    ronnie3585 wrote: »
    What's a ship?

    A-Ship$27s-Boat-Attacking-A-Whale,-1813.jpg


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    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    That's not a ship, that's a boat!


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    bonzodog2
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    Malice_ wrote: »
    That's not a ship, that's a boat!
    There is a ship in the background ...


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    HoPpiE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 492 ✭✭HoPpiE


    Malice_ wrote: »
    That's not a ship, that's a boat!

    Take it up with Google if you've got a problem.


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    Original Steyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 181 ✭✭Original Steyr


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    There is a ship in the background ...

    Indeed, an old Royal Navy Tall Ship. Looks like the Boat in the foreground is Whaling.


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    Bobeagleburger
    Registered Users Posts: 45,491 ✭✭✭✭Bobeagleburger


    Original Steyr wrote: »
    Indeed, an old Royal Navy Tall Ship. Looks like the Boat in the foreground is sailing.

    fyp :D


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    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    There is a ship in the background ...
    Damn you and your good eyesight :).
    HoPpiE wrote: »
    Take it up with Google if you've got a problem.
    Who said I had a problem?


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    happyoutscan
    Registered Users Posts: 6,036 ✭✭✭happyoutscan


    Original Steyr wrote: »
    Looks like the Boat in the foreground is Whaling.

    Wexford? Jeez that was fast.


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    thesandeman
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    Its the pile of cans collected from The Spanish Arch each evening. There is another pile around the corner of Buckfast bottles.


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    HoPpiE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 492 ✭✭HoPpiE


    Malice_ wrote: »
    Damn you and your good eyesight :).

    Who said I had a problem?

    I'm sure someone, at some stage in your life, said you had a problem.

    But I am unaware of their identity.


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