From UK DIY. A link to the ROV's working on the oil spill.

http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=9033572&contentId=7062605

Sadly fascinating.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Mike Barnard

Oh, FFS.

Look, you like riding bikes, right? Ones that go really fast, yes?

Cool. Me too.

Thing is, to get the fuel to do this and eat nice food, heat your house
to a comfortable level, run a fridge, go on holiday, that sort of
shit...

See, the odd seabird is going to die. Some otters too, I shouldn't be
surprised. Maybe the occasional polar bear, who knows?

Tough. We're smarter than them, such is life.

Deal with it, or **** off to a cave to gnaw raw sinews and berries.

That is all.

 

Get back on your high horse, FFS. The link wasn't about the
enviromental damage, there's a page on that site about the shore
cleanup if I wanted to point out that.

It's a chance to see the work they're doing and the way they have to
do it. The ROV's, the tangles of control cables, the lack of vision,
using huge claws from a Bionicle to do delecate tasks... It makes
keyhole surgery seem simples.

 

Mike Barnard took a blunt brush and painted...

Half of our company is working on a project for that.

Keeps us in donuts, biscuits and company summer days out

 

I think he means "sadly" in an anorak sense as opposed to an environmental
one.

james