MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Falkland Islands cruise ship season looking “relatively healthy”
The Falkland Islands cruise ship season is looking “relatively healthy” to date, according to Sulivan Shipping Tourism Coordinator Samantha Marsh, with a third of the estimated 45,000 (total) passengers scheduled still to visit during February. The season got underway in October and to date 12,300 passengers have landed from 41 vessels of varying sizes. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesPaging Mr Think
Jan 24th, 2014 - 09:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0Think is still hiding under his bed.
Jan 24th, 2014 - 10:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0i “think” he has lost his “voice”
Jan 24th, 2014 - 11:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0All good for the Falklands, can only see it getting better as the Falklands unofficial publicity agent, Mr Tinman, keeps the Falklands name at every meeting
Can only imagine how busy things will be as the oil workers report how fantastic the islands and the people are.
The falklands will litterally be printing money, which unlike the Argentine government who also prints money, the falklands money will be worth more than the paper its printed on
brilliant..
Jan 24th, 2014 - 02:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What's with the generalisations...?
Jan 24th, 2014 - 04:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Relatively healthy....relative to what?
February looks like a very busy month ...
...expected to visit....
...is she a politician....we may have an oil industry....
5 A_Voice (#)
Jan 24th, 2014 - 05:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Jan 24th, 2014 - 04:53 pm
Relative to Argentina you stroker.
“Stroker” lmao
Jan 24th, 2014 - 05:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0haha you mean relative to fcuk all....visits...like last year...
Jan 24th, 2014 - 05:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I think it is safe to say the term “relatively healthy” has been used in order to say things are going well, obviously they could be better, but things are going well so far! Passenger numbers are only ever estimates until the ship actually arrives - so of course she is going say “expected to visit”! She wouldnt be able to say ” there will definitely be 15,000 guests arrive in February would she?!
Jan 24th, 2014 - 05:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Cognitive dissonance
Jan 24th, 2014 - 06:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“The scholarship includes a trip to Antarctica, South Georgia, Ushuaia, and Punta Arenas,”
Jan 24th, 2014 - 06:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0ushuaia?
mmm...nope
(2) lsolde, dahling.....
Jan 24th, 2014 - 06:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Article says...:
“The scholarship includes a trip to Antarctica, South Georgia, Ushuaia, and Punta Arenas, ... on-the-job training in expedition cruising related skills plus coaching in securing a seasonal job with an IAATO operator...
“This is an amazing opportunity for someone between the ages of 18 to 92 to experience the expedition industry and possibly build a career within it...
The closing date for applications which should consist of a letter outlining enthusiasm for the role and two letters of reference is February 7...”
I say...:
An “amazing opportunity”...
My “letter outlining enthusiasm” is on the mail...
Would you and sweet Mr. I please write those “two letters of reference” for me...?”
;-)
Rgs are just envious that these cruise ships aren't calling CFK's “patria” , instead.
Jan 24th, 2014 - 09:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And Voicey, no spelling mistake in your # 8 ? dickhead...
@11 Think,
Jan 24th, 2014 - 09:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If that makes you feel better, but of course, dahling.
lt wouldn't be worth too much as l haven't personally met you & you may be older than the age limit? lol.
However, l feel that l know how your mind works, so it would be kein problem.
Would you like it sent to your ltalian address?
(13) lsolde dearest...
Jan 24th, 2014 - 09:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No time to send them to my Italian adress (how sweet of you to remember it)....
Please send directly to...:
“El Think Scholarship”
Davis Street, Puerto Estanley, Malvinas Islands
FIQQ 1ZZ - Argentina
Yours
El Think.
Davis Street, Stanley, Falkland Islands FIQQ 1ZZ
Jack out of the box...
Jan 24th, 2014 - 09:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm all for abstract thought and even comments....but ..WTF are you talking about...?
Think
Jan 24th, 2014 - 09:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I sent a letter to the address that you posted, I got a strange reply:
Dear Mr MonkeyMagic
We received your letter to the Malvinas Islands Argentina, I must admit to be confused as to how you found us...it is such a small window November 1832 - January 1833 your time machine must be very accurate.
We don't know an “el think” but he sounds like a bit of a penis. Sorry, we don't have much time to write much more....we have just murdered Esteban Mestevier and now are raping his wife in front of their children.
We will shortly be informing the leader of the small civilian business here...Matthew Brisbane, that he isn't British but Argentine.
Gotta go, I can see a ship on the horizon...looks like it says Clio on it....I am sure it's nothing to worry about, after all there are 50 of us brave souls...including a few vagrants, vagabonds and conscripts.
Take care for now
Pinedo....
Dear Sr. Thinko;
Jan 25th, 2014 - 03:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0Do you THINK a character reference would be helpful, in your case?
signed,
Perplexed
@ 5 A_Voice
Jan 25th, 2014 - 03:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0“Relatively healthy....relative to what?
February looks like a very busy month ...
...expected to visit....
...is she a politician....we may have an oil industry....”
Ever heard of British understatements?
Look'm up.
- and besides: it says “15,500 cruise ship passengers currently expected to visit.” Currently means “for the time being”, indicating that there may come more, but we don't know yet and thus don't say they'll come.
Looks like the Groucho law is as successful as the oil prosecution :)
Jan 25th, 2014 - 08:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0TWIMC...:
Jan 25th, 2014 - 11:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0A little bit of Touristic Perspective...
Last year, Sammy & Co. did estimate ~55,000 passengers for their 2012/2013 Malvinas Cruising Season.
They got ~23,000 Pax ( Due to adverse “WEATHER” conditions ;-)
This year, Sammy & Co. estimate ~45,000 Pax for their 2013/2014 Malvinas Cruising Season.
Season is 2/3 over and they only got ~12,300 pax (Due to ..............................? ;-)
Anyhow, those ~12,300 Pax that visited Malvinas through the first 3½ month of the season are ~40% MORE than the 7,000 Pax guesting Ushuaia............... DURING THIS WEEKEND.... ;-)
http://www.tiempofueguino.com/12039-los-cruceros-traeran-unos-7-mil-turista-este-fin-de-semana.html
Dear Sammy & Co...... As you surely know from MercoPress...., we are quite busy “Strangling” your Pirate Fishing and Oil activities...
But rest assured that, as soon as we can, we will, again, turn our full attention at your line of business....
Yours
El Think
Chubut, Continental Argentina.
@Think
Jan 25th, 2014 - 12:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 040% MORE than the 7,000 Pax guesting Ushuaia............... DURING THIS WEEKEND.... ;-)
Shared amongst? “population of Ushuaia, Argentina is 58028 ”
population Falklands 3,500 :-)
Think...strangling isn't working, Falkland is still booming! After all, who wants to visit Ushuia? Damp Rugby pitches, dirty faded mythical Malvinas monument, beaver damaged forests, run down poverty stricken place that is only suitable for passing through quickly. Better to visit vibrant islands with cheerful well off people. Shops stocked up with Waitrose and M&S goods and abundant unspoiled wildlife. Carry on crying into your empty glass.
Jan 25th, 2014 - 01:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ think
Jan 25th, 2014 - 02:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yes you are very good at wrecking economies and sporting of you to start on your own first.
“Falkland is still booming! After all, who wants to visit Ushuia?”
Jan 25th, 2014 - 03:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0who wants to visit ushuaia says a kelper??
lol
let´s compare them.
ushuaia:
gourmet tour, heliskiing, vinciguerra glacier, ski in cerro castor, the valley of wolves, several ski resorts, mare australis cruising, the beagle, the southernmost train in the world, trekking and canopy in the martial glacier, lago escondido and lago fagnano.
falklands:
penguins. that´s all.
Always the same cognitive dissonance from those who are desparate to have the Falkland Islands.
Jan 25th, 2014 - 04:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.interpatagonia.com/ushuaia/paseos_i.html
Jan 25th, 2014 - 04:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0beautiful ushuaia
http://www.interpatagonia.com/ushuaia/paseos_i.html
do you really think the islets are a tourist attraction???
lol
@24PaulCedron
Jan 25th, 2014 - 05:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Every paper in the UK tells people to visit ushuaia, every TV program now mentions ushuaia rather than St Moritz, Monaco, Greece etc, every one wants to go to ushuaia. Even France 24/CNN/etc. mention ushuaia.
#24 #26 - have you ever been to Ushuaia? Obviously not Lol!
Jan 25th, 2014 - 05:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ever been to Falklands and our other Islands - no?
Have you ever been to our other Islands - no!
And...you have no soul.
And, I didn't like the piles of burning tyres and the greasy looking thugs or shifty looking policemen either. You can shove it.
#15...WTF am I talking about ?? read yr #8 moron, or are you blind as well ?
Jan 25th, 2014 - 05:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0i used to go to ushuaia once a year during 8 years.
Jan 25th, 2014 - 05:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0clearly you have never been there.
and you are right, i have never been to the islets.
having the option to go to ushuaia, why i would go there?
30 Paul
Jan 25th, 2014 - 06:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We all think you are better off in Ushuaia, not visiting the Fslklands.
A win-win, you are happy because you know no better, and we are happy because La Campora are not welcome.
trolo
Jan 25th, 2014 - 06:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0i´m exactly in the opposite extreme of la campora.
like your countryman (or islet-man?) captainsilver, all you know about argentina is what this 3rd class newspaper reports, so you think everybody here is a la campora member.
about tourism in the falklands, well, that is a fraud.
you cannot offer a tourist this:
http://www.falklandislands.com/
i mean, fishing and hiking??
you must be joking
Paul, what I'm going to say now is not a provocation...only a simple question : you asked “having the option to go to ushuaia, why i would go there?”, referring to the FI....well, in my opinion, travel does not have to become an excluding option, “either here, or there ”...why not visit both, and reap the benefit from both experiences ??
Jan 25th, 2014 - 06:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 029
Jan 25th, 2014 - 06:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What planet have you been living on Jack...?
....“haha you mean relative to fcuk all....visits...like last year...”
There are no spelling “mistakes” in that sentence....
I really want you to think hard about that....Jack....as you are starting to embarrass yourself....
33.
Jan 25th, 2014 - 07:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0jack
agree with you.
now, when you have 3 or 4 guys talking sh*t about your country, well, you react in a similar way.
Paul,
Jan 25th, 2014 - 08:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Say what you will, believe what you will.
I think you are only trying to convince yourself, we have no doubts.
We had another (?) persona on here who insisted there was no point in traveling outside Argentina, he could surpass every experience the world could offer, by traveling Mendoza, Patagonia, or BA.
He had never been out of Argentina, either.
In addition, he too declared he disagreed with CFK about the Fslklands, but still he believed all the propaganda and Peronist re-writing of history that he learned in school.
#24/26
Jan 25th, 2014 - 08:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I have never been to Ushuia but I have friends who have. Their kindest description was that of a “effing tip”
The Falklands are not competing for the same tourist market as Argentina.
The old type of cruise visiting various cities is giving way to specialist cruises calling in at more out -of -the- way destinations In the southern hemisphere, the Falklands is one of these. People like to see easily accessible places for wild life tours and feel safe while doing so, not the case for Argentina.
Could you tell us the number of muggings, thefts or attacks on any tourist ship that has called at the Falklands.
Voice @34, well then, why don't you show me how clever you are and spell it out for me ?
Jan 25th, 2014 - 09:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0troy
Jan 25th, 2014 - 10:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0im not trying to convince myself of anything.
and clearly you are confusing me with that person.
i love to travel outside argentina, and i think there are a lot of different, and sometimes more beautiful places than argentina.
clearly they are not the uk or the falklands, but spain, italy, france, greece are good examples of better / different places to visit.
second, the true history is not peronist propaganda, you should go back to school.
clyde
maybe your friends don´t know skiing or boarding, or maybe they are to fearful to fly, or maybe they are too stingy to go to a gourmet restaurant?
otherwise, they would have had a good time in ushuaia.
totally agree with you.
the falklands and argentina do not compete in the same tourism market.
in fact the falklands and argentina do not compete in anything.
how can argentina compete with a pair of islets with a bunch of penguins as their best attraction, when we have:
dozens of first class ski resorts, one of the biggest waterfalls in the world, the 2nd tallest mountain, with thousands of kilometers of seaside, puerto madryn and the whales, buenos aires, rosario, cariló, pinamar, mendoza, las leñas, el valle de la luna, one of the best opera houses in the world, the best racionalist architecture of south america, the best wineyards and wineries of the americas, etc
Argentina is a beautiful country, unfortunately it's full of Argentineans.
Jan 25th, 2014 - 10:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 039 Paultroon
Jan 25th, 2014 - 10:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If you had ever left Argentina, you would not be posting the way you do on this site.
You are fooling nobody.
troy
Jan 25th, 2014 - 11:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0i could say the same about you then.
and considering that you don't know a word in any other language except in isleño english, and that your communication with the real world is reduced to 1 flight per week (or per month?) to.......chile (lol), i guess im totally right.
42Pdron- Who has only one Int flight a week or month? Not the Falklands -= we have 3 Int flights a week in and out that we and any others can book seats and freight on - and no limits on foreign currency purchases to travel! From 2015 the frequency will rise further.
Jan 25th, 2014 - 11:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As for why tourists want to visit the Islands- well among the 2500 due in Sunday are several hundred Argentine tourists who have booked the following coach and 4WD off road tours:
Volunteer Point- King penguins-Elephant Seals-Gentoo Penguins
Bluff Cove Lagoon - penguins,ducks,swans and other birds - and a nice cafe.
Both the above with 4WD off road driving experiences.
Darwin and GooseGreen - military cemetery and battlefields- Spanish speaking guides. Includes a visit to GooseGreen Community Hall where 128 Islander civilians held with little food etc for 28 days in blatant breach of Geneva Convention on rights of treatment for a civilian population.They also hear our side of the dispute- which many have never heard before and are always very interested in.
Mountain Battlefilelds - all about the 1982 war how it happened and was fought etc.
Short Guided tours around Stanley and its attractions
Bus Shuttle to Penguins, and other marine wildlife at Gipsy Cove, just 10mins from the tourism centre and landing stages.
Walking tours around the town.
or just do it yourself, having an English beer and some pub food and touring the souvenir shops etc.the museum and the maritime heritage trail.
For the more adventurous- charter a light plane and fly around the Islands seeing them from the air.
Or go on a farm tour and see how a traditional Falklands Sheep Ranch works- horses and dogs not motorbikes for stockwork. Try your hand at shearing a sheep - and chat with the farmer about it all over homemade cakes and teas.
39 Paultroon
Jan 25th, 2014 - 11:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“how can argentina compete with a pair of islets with a bunch of penguins as their best attraction, when we have:
dozens of first class ski resorts, one of the biggest waterfalls in the world, the 2nd tallest mountain, with thousands of kilometers of seaside, puerto madryn and the whales, buenos aires, rosario, cariló, pinamar, mendoza, las leñas, el valle de la luna, one of the best opera houses in the world, the best racionalist architecture of south america, the best wineyards and wineries of the americas, etc”
I rest my case, you sound just like “Nostrils, the ignoramus”.
32 paulcedron
Jan 26th, 2014 - 12:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0''about tourism in the falklands, well, that is a fraud.
you cannot offer a tourist this:''
Don't understand this post at all. Are you saying that we don't have world class fishing, or that no-one would want to come here and do it? What is the 'fraud'?
islander / monty
Jan 26th, 2014 - 12:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0i'm sure you have good thing to offer to the tourist.
what i tried to show is that those posts saying that ushuaia is an “effing tip”, or that buenos aires is a dump, etc, are just ridiculous.
every place has its good and bad things.
these guys here only see the bad ones.
(43) Islander1
Jan 26th, 2014 - 01:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0You say...:
“Goose Green Community Hall where 128 Islander civilians held with little food etc for 28 days in blatant breach of Geneva Convention on rights of treatment for a civilian population.”
I say...:
And then you have the Chutzpah of accusing the Argie Malvinistas of lying....?
Shame on you....., you Falklandist Kelper...
Tink.
Jan 26th, 2014 - 08:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0Shame on you, ya tink.
@48
Jan 26th, 2014 - 12:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Oh dear, someone struck a nerve, were you there THINK? So really you can't comment as you do not know for sure do you?
Comment removed by the editor.
Jan 26th, 2014 - 01:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@48
Jan 26th, 2014 - 01:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Don't suppose this happened too?
About 70 Argentine army officers can be charged with torture of their own soldiers during the 1982 Falklands War, a federal appeals court has ruled.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8122794.stm
#48
Jan 26th, 2014 - 03:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Are you accusing the people held in the community hall on Goose Green of lying ?
Where is your evidence of this ?
Or is it just another of your inane ramblings.
@48
Jan 26th, 2014 - 04:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You say...:
“Goose Green Community Hall where 128 Islander civilians held with little food etc for 28 days in blatant breach of Geneva Convention on rights of treatment for a civilian population.”
And while the islanders at Goose Green were not given adequate toilet facilities, the Argentine theives who used their houses couldn't work out that you take a dump in a toilet-but instead shat in bedrooms and everywhere else other than the toilet.
This clearly demonstrates the Argentine soldiers couldn't even shit properly. But I'll wager that when they stopped bullying unarmed civilians and the paras attacked, many of the Argentines shit their pants instead.
It was different when they were bullying unarmed civilians (well they were used to doing that in Argentina), but they soon surrendered when an inferior number of troops attacked.
As an aside, I heard an interesting story that one of the Argentine soldiers at Goose Green was a scouser who had visited relatives in Argentina and got conscripted! So the Argies had to press gang Brits into fighting for them! Anyone heard of this?
And another aside, when are the Argentines going to hand out arrest warrants for the captains of the tourist ships who land in Stanley?
51
Jan 26th, 2014 - 06:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0get a visa to go to those islets?
to do what, you dimwit?
those islets are a cesspit even if you compare them with bolivia.
55 Paul
Jan 26th, 2014 - 07:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“those islets are a cesspit even if you compare them with bolivia”
Yes Paul, keep telling yourself that. You need to believe that - to try to make sense of your world.
You must be afraid to go to the Islands. It would be simple to do, it would prove you and your indoctrinated are telling the truth about the Falklands, right?
If the Falklands aren't what you say they are, maybe some other things ain't quite true, either.
Do ya think?
Chuckle chuckle
I've been to both Ushuaia and the Falklands. Given a choice I'd be more interested in returning to the latter. Cleaner, safer, better maintained, friendlier.
Jan 26th, 2014 - 07:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@55 paulcedron,
Jan 26th, 2014 - 08:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0lf OUR(that is in, NOT YOURS) lslands are so horrible, why does Argentina so desperately want them? eh paul?
And l can assure you, that they are definitely not a cesspit.
Argentina has no hope of ever getting their thieving paws on the Falklands.
You had your chance & blew it.
Sad
58. isolde
Jan 26th, 2014 - 08:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0because they are an integral part of our territory and they were stolen in 1833?
like gibraltar is an integral part of spain or north ireland an integral part of republic of ireland, and both were stolen by the uk?
it seems the uk is the common denominator here.
yes, i think that is the reason.
anyway, i do not care too much if the islets are argentinian or british.
what we want is the islets or the uk or whoever stop drilling the offshore platform.
they will provoke another disaster like deepwater horizon sooner than later.
british oil companies are not the most trustable, are they?
58
Jan 26th, 2014 - 08:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Correction....
Not YOURS Isolde....
The concept of YOU is Three score and ten...give or take...
You are like a parasite on a host, there for the duration, then replaced by others...
....don't take it personal...it applies to everyone....
59 Paultroon
Jan 26th, 2014 - 09:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0great ecological concern from a brainwashed supporter of selfish thieves who are deliberately trying to fish the squid to extinction to destroy fish stocks.
Or, were you saying it was “YOUR” oil to extract and exploit as you decide?
Either way, you are a hypocrit with no moral conscience.
Keep posting, you confirm it with every rant you repeat.
Moron
:-)
trolazo
Jan 26th, 2014 - 09:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0as always all you can do is insulting.
so sad. just shows your high level of ignorance.
who said something about if the oil is our, your, british, or whatever?
as i said before, i do not care
there is more petrol in the tank of my 1972 HD Electra Glide.
@58 paulcedron,
Jan 26th, 2014 - 09:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0These lslands are NOT & NEVER have been an integral part of Argentina.
We claimed this land before Argentina even existed. Please stop lying, paul.
lt is a proven lie, which generations of Argentine schoolchildren have had drilled into their impressionable young brains.
lf you Argentines really believe that OUR(that is NOT YOURS)lslands belong to you, then why doesn't your country take your ridiculous “claim”to the ICJ?
And as the lslands are OURS, paul, then we will do as much drilling for oil as we like & its got absolutely NOTHING to do with you or your silly country.
ln other words, mind your own business & keep your nose out of our affairs.
l cannot make it any clearer than that.
@60 A_Voice,
Correction,
l have more right here than you do.
l am not a parasite, l pay for everything that l do/have.
lf you are not from the Falklands, then you have no right to even comment on Falkland issues.
You may have an opinion, but you should keep that to yourself.
Thank you, the two.
62 Paultroon
Jan 26th, 2014 - 09:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“as i said before, i do not care
there is more petrol in the tank of my 1972 HD Electra Glide.”
Hmm, not sure if this is a deliberate diversion?
Do you use the word “petrol” in SA, or “benzina” or what?
A '72 “HD”?
What is that, a “HonDa” or a “HunDai”, perhaps?
Either way, sounds like it's very old and probably clapped out.
We tend to have newer vehicles here, I replace mine every two years.
Those old V-twins were very noisy, inefficient, and underpowered - all show and no 'go'.
Can you get new parts, at least?
Are you sure you're not just 'projecting', you really have a 2-stroke Vespa??
It seems to me that another Troll has been mentioning his motorcycle(s) repeatedly, in a contrived, “off-hand” manner to show off and introduce the subject into the conversation.
You are very desperate for approval and attention.
63 isolde
Jan 26th, 2014 - 10:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“And as the lslands are OURS, paul, then we will do as much drilling for oil as we like & its got absolutely NOTHING to do with you or your silly country.”
the thing is, isolde, that the ocean is only one.
so if the islets or the uk provoke another disaster (and counting), we all have to suffer it.
you should be more sensitive and ask to those 3rd class companies to stop drilling the platform.
64 tempestilent
you don't know what it is.
that's fine
who cares?
guess you are more accustomed to ride sheeps there in the islets, no?
65 Paultroon
Jan 26th, 2014 - 10:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0”63 isolde
“And as the lslands are OURS, paul, then we will do as much drilling for oil as we like & its got absolutely NOTHING to do with you or your silly country.”
the thing is, isolde, that the ocean is only one.
so if the islets or the uk provoke another disaster (and counting), we all have to suffer it.
you should be more sensitive and ask to those 3rd class companies to stop drilling the platform.
“you don't know what it is.
that's fine
who cares?
guess you are more accustomed to ride sheeps there in the islets, no?”
Oh, Paul. Don't pout now, it's so unbecoming.
You seem to care though, it must be important to you, or you never would have bragged about it.
I do hope you don't park it in the street.
Imagine if your neighbour were to decide you don't deserve it, and it should more rightly be his.
He's probably thinking that way, and just waiting for an opportunity to take it.
After all, he did go to the same school as you and was raised with the same examples.
Lock up tight.
“Just sayin'... ”
66 trolazo
Jan 26th, 2014 - 10:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0luckily my neighbour is not english or isleñito, so there is not any risk.
anyway, your example is pretty good to explain the attitude of britain to other (hundreds) of countries.
the british decided that the argentinians, spaniards, irish, venezuelans, chagos islanders, etc, etc, etc, did not deserve their land, and it should be more rightly to be british.
and they really know / knew how to do it, because it was the only thing they have done for ages.
okay, that and slave trade.
the paradox is they did not count that they would have to maintain 3000 parasites in malvinas and 30000 parasites in gibraltar.
must be like a backfire, no?
63
Jan 26th, 2014 - 11:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ha ha bloody ha...
Is that an example of women's logic..?
...“lf you are not from the Falklands, then you have no right to even comment on Falkland issues.
You may have an opinion, but you should keep that to yourself.”
You do of course realise this is a forum for opinions....?
Are you saying that you and everyone not from Argentina have no right to comment on Argentinean issues..?
...Seems that way...
Let me remind you, that you were not born on those islands....you are a white settler that married into the situation....
You have no more rights to those islands than I do....
Anyone could marry into a place...Oooo I married an islander..they are now my islands....
You would be surprised at my rights...I sometimes live in the US...but I'm not an American, but I do have a right to live there....I also pay my taxes....
It doesn't mean the USA belongs to me.....
You only ever have one argument...The islands are OURS....will they be yours when you are dead.....
No ....you are a living tenant....
67 Paultroon
Jan 27th, 2014 - 12:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0I'm sure your next door neighbour is Argentine and Spanish-speaking, “looks like you” and has the same values instilled into him at school.
That's precisely why I'm saying, you can't trust the Argentinian living next door“.
Your ”HD” (HonDa?) will go missing as soon as you let your guard down.
“no no”, you say, “ it is mine. it has always been mine, and before that, my father's!” “ He cannot have it, I looked after it and worked on it with my ”Papi ”(apologies to 'Sussie') We fixed it together, and it belongs to our family! We are proud of it and he is just jealous - it means nothing to him!”
Get it ??
No, don't answer - it's only a rhetorical question.
Just ask yourself.
answer what?
Jan 27th, 2014 - 01:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0that?
no
get a brain, troy
70 Paultroon
Jan 27th, 2014 - 01:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0“answer what?
that?”
Paul,
Do you know what a “rhetorical question” is?
Nope, I guess not.
Paul, I don't think you read 1/2 the replies, and understand even less.
I notice that you cherry-pick link headlines to post, without reading them.
Frequently, your own link undermines your argument.
It is just as acceptable for your neighbour to take your property as it does for the Falklands to be stolen by its neighbour, Argentina.
BTW,
You posted it before, tell me more about “the Evil English” burning down Washington DC, in 1812
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Jan 27th, 2014 - 02:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0i referred to answer THIS thing:
“”Your ”HD” (HonDa?) will go missing as soon as you let your guard down.
“no no”, you say, “ it is mine. it has always been mine, and before that, my father's!” “ He cannot have it, I looked after it and worked on it with my ”Papi ”(apologies to 'Sussie') We fixed it together, and it belongs to our family! We are proud of it and he is just jealous - it means nothing to him!””
have you read it after writing it?
it is as we say here una sarta de pelotudeces.
and even worse, it is boooring.
get a life
Paul Troon
Jan 27th, 2014 - 04:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0I repeat, do you know what “rhetorical question” means?
Again, you turn to insults, but you have no logical answer to dispute the comparison.
Paul,
- you have no “moral high-ground”
- you have no ethnic or racial (ist) superiority
- you have no intellectual or cultural superiority
- You have historical claim on the Islands
- You have no legal claim on the Islands
- there has never been an Argentine culture connected to the Islands
- the rightful owners have lived there for 180 years - that's 20 years longer than there has been an Argentinian state.
Tell us again how you Malvinistas justify wanting something that does not, and never has, belonged to you?
@68 A_Voice,
Jan 27th, 2014 - 09:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, l concur, you do have the right to state your opinion on the Falklands or anywhere else.
l was just getting annoyed with the constant lies, that the Argentines come out with & their never ending insults.
Then they expect to be taken seriously.
paulcedron is a case in point. lt has been proved many times that Argentina does not own the Falklands, yet they persist.
l'm guessing that they're trying to wear us down, but unfortunately for them, thats not going to happen.
And as reminding me of my status, that is unnecessary.
True, l married into the local population, but l am a mouthpiece for my Falkland marriage partner, who absolutely hates the Argentines.
l am extremely moderate compared to him.
But l do disagree with you on rights.
lf you are not a resident or a citizen, then you have no rights here beyond normal tourist rights.
How could it be otherwise? lf it were not so, then Argentina could flood the place with people who then would vote to join their “motherland”.
l don't trust them not to do this.
They want our lslands right or wrong & will do anything or tell the most outrageous lies to get them.
And if you must know, my use of capital letters serves many purposes, not the least because it annoys people like you! ha ha.
So there you have it. Just in case you didn't understand, l will reiterate:-
The Falkland lslands are OURS(i.e. NOT yours). Hope this helps.
#40
Jan 27th, 2014 - 11:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0Gourmet restaurant ? Who in God's name would go there to experience“ gourmet dining”. My friends were on various occasions joining cruise ships sailing to ANTARCTICA . They never left the town until the ship sailed.
I would in no way be disparaging about the landscape but I saw several talks and slide shows from these trips including round about the town.
Their description, accompanied by pictures, was that it was a seedy dump or more colloquially an “effing tip”. Not a place to visit by choice but only to catch a ship out.
As an adjunct, they had stop-overs in Chile, which they enjoyed.
#59
They seem to be doing OK in the North Sea.
I presume that you feel the same about Brazil's off shore drilling or any attempt from Argentina to do the same ?
“ like Argentina was stolen from it's original inhabitants” ?
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Jan 27th, 2014 - 01:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0tourism in ushuaia is not designed for “isleñitos”, but for real tourists.
i mean those who know skiing, who want to try heliskiing or heliboarding, etc.
you know, something called turismo aventura.
nobody expects that a bunch of isleñitos good for nothing can do anything of that.
and of course, it is incomparably better than the islets. no doubts about it
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Jan 27th, 2014 - 04:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 077.
Jan 27th, 2014 - 10:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0the typical keyboard warrior who is a big coward in real life.
you faggot, are afraid even of your own shadow
Is faggot still an insult in Argentina?
Jan 27th, 2014 - 10:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Wow they really are 30 years behind the rest of the planet!
I'd prefer to be a faggot than stupid..... seems Paul is the opposite.
l was brought up to understand that a “faggot” was a bundle of firewood or a mischievous puppy, while “fag” was a cigarette.
Jan 27th, 2014 - 10:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0How the language changes.
Anglotino,
Jan 28th, 2014 - 04:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0Did you notice that “loyal” Paulo is duped by his own Argentine brothers?
Even Think and pals ridicule him.
He is easily manipulated, with predictable knee-jerk responses.
The ultimate 'blunt instrument'
i thought a faggot was a pork and onion ball served with gravy, oh well times change
Jan 28th, 2014 - 12:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0we seem to be drifting away from the fact that tyre burning and thugs don't stop tourists from the falklands, but they do seem a little worried about setting foot in Argentina, well, not all, just the non Argentinian ones
makes sense to not be bothered about foreign visitors (that's sarcasm by the way)
#77
Jan 28th, 2014 - 02:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0OK why not try New Zealand, they have all this and a FRIENDLY population.
Been there, seen it, but would not try skiing or any other suicidal sport.
Explain whom you mean by isleňitos.
85
Jan 29th, 2014 - 02:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0isleñitos = little islanders, just a bit of rant
skiing a suicidal sport?
just because there is 1 or 2 fatal accidents every ten years?
#84
Jan 29th, 2014 - 02:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Michael Schumacher ? If a man with his reactions can come a cropper, what chance do lesser mortals have Excluding “death”, how many people have injuries relating to this sport. However, bob sleighs and sliding down a run on a tea tray must be the ultimate form of lunacy.
@76
Jan 30th, 2014 - 10:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0“tourism in ushuaia is not designed for “isleñitos”, but for real tourists.”
Yes, especially that little known specialist tourist group the International Burning Tyre Appreciation Society who come to Ushuaia (after being settled by the native population you despise- founded by the British as a religious location to HELP the local Fuegans) to enjoy everlasting ecstacy as the locals burn their tyres during that marvellous ritual, a great example of Argentine culture.......
#84
Jan 30th, 2014 - 12:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0ition.cnn.com/2013/01/14/sport/skiing-risks-deaths-injuries/index.html
When I posted this about skiing being dangerous, it was a gut reaction to what I thought I knew.
Since then I checked on the figures and it is even more dangerous than I thought.
STATISTICS ON SKIING/SNOWBOARDING
Fatalities - According to the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA): During the past 10 years,
about 41.5 people have died skiing/snowboarding per year on average. During the 2011/12
season, 54 fatalities occurred out of the 51.0 million skier/snowboarder days reported for the
season. Thirty-nine of the fatalities were skiers (33 male, 6 female) and 12 of the fatalities were
snowboarders, (10 male, 2 female). The equipment type was not reported for three of the 54
incidents. Regarding helmet use, 36 of those involved were reported as wearing a helmet at the
time of the incident. The rate of fatality converts to 1.06 per million skier/snowboarder visits.
(See Table 1).
Serious Injuries - Serious injuries (paralysis, serious head, and other serious injuries) occur at
the rate of about 44.7 per year, according to the NSAA. During the 2011/12 season, there were
510 serious injuries. Thirty-eight of the serious injuries occurred with skiers (30 male, 8 female)
and 10 were snowboarders, (9 male, 1 female). Among the serious injuries, 30 of those involved
were reported as wearing a helmet at the time of the incident. The rate of serious injury in
2011/12 was one per million skier/snowboarder visits.
The statistics for EUROPE show 50,000 casualties requiring hospital treatment.
I don't think that you did any research on this before you posted.
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