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Rock on, Rockall! (it's back)

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    #482
    janfebmar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭janfebmar


    droidman123 wrote: »
    Grand,so i,ll stick a plague on a big mansion in dalkey and that means it will be mine,happy days

    Maybe Leo could go out and be the first Irishman to land on the island?


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    #483
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    janfebmar wrote: »
    Only if it was yours to begin with and on your property since 1810. Rockall is closer to Scotland than to Ireland or Iceland. Every other piece of land at that latitude in the world belongs to some country. It is land.

    No, I saw an info graphic today that showed Rockall/Scotland 460 Kms and Rockall/Donegal 430 Kms


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    #484
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,768 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    vicwatson wrote: »
    No, I saw an info graphic today that showed Rockall/Scotland 460 Kms and Rockall/Donegal 430 Kms

    If it's an infographic it has to be true.


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    #485
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 66,938 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    recedite wrote: »
    That would be a foolish assumption.
    What election BTW? Their next parliamentary election is not due until 2021.

    The UK has been in election mode for sometime. The SNP are anxious to claw back votes that have gone to the Tories.

    It's all calmed down today. Sturgeon's language today was very much the language of a climb down.


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    #486
    droidman123
    Registered Users Posts: 5,409 ✭✭✭droidman123


    janfebmar wrote: »
    Only if it was yours to begin with and on your property since 1810. Rockall is closer to Scotland than to Ireland or Iceland. Every other piece of land at that latitude in the world belongs to some country. It is land.

    Ok so by that logic the malvinas are closer to argentina than the uk so......


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    #487
    droidman123
    Registered Users Posts: 5,409 ✭✭✭droidman123


    There are no natives on rockall to be "civilised" so why would the uk want it anyway.i thought their usual modus operandi was not to steal land but to take it just to civilise the natives


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    #488
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,993 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    The UK has been in election mode for sometime. The SNP are anxious to claw back votes that have gone to the Tories.
    The only election I know about is the one for a new leader within the Tory party.


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    #489
    janfebmar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭janfebmar


    vicwatson wrote: »
    No, I saw an info graphic today that showed Rockall/Scotland 460 Kms and Rockall/Donegal 430 Kms

    From wiki, and lots of other websites: Its approximate distances of Rockall from the closest large islands are:

    301.3 kilometres (187.2 miles; 162.7 nautical miles) west of Scotland;
    The nearest permanently inhabited place is North Uist, an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, 370 kilometres (230 mi) to the east.



    423.2 kilometres (263.0 miles; 228.5 nautical miles) northwest of Ireland;


    and 700 kilometres (430 mi) south of Iceland.


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    #490
    janfebmar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭janfebmar


    droidman123 wrote: »
    Ok so by that logic the malvinas are closer to argentina than the uk so......

    By that logic the Canaries are closer to Morocco than Spain so....


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    #491
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 66,938 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    recedite wrote: »
    The only election I know about is the one for a new leader within the Tory party.

    You would want to have slept through the last 2 years to have missed the talk of a GE.
    Anything is possible in the UK chaos atm.

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/11/general-election-brexit-parliament


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    #492
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 66,938 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    janfebmar wrote: »
    By that logic the Canaries are closer to Morocco than Spain so....

    So what????


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    #493
    janfebmar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭janfebmar


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    So what????
    Do pay attention Francis. I was replying to the point:
    droidman123 wrote: »
    Ok so by that logic the malvinas are closer to argentina than the uk so......


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    #494
    Junkyard Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    janfebmar wrote: »
    ...

    I see yer Ma was on the Buckfast again.

    https://twitter.com/conalrs/status/1138024839317508097


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    #495
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,993 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    You would want to have slept through the last 2 years to have missed the talk of a GE.
    Just as well I wasn't holding my breath. Will it be long now?


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    #496
    janfebmar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭janfebmar


    Junkyard Tom wrote: »
    I see yer Ma was on the Buckfast again.

    https://twitter.com/conalrs/status/1138024839317508097

    She is not my Ma. Fear not, Francie has plans to re-educate her though once the reunification comes, won't be long now.:D


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    #497
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 66,938 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    janfebmar wrote: »
    Do pay attention Francis. I was replying to the point:

    Yes. And the question was ; So what does it mean that the Canaries is closer to Morocco than Spain?


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    #498
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,993 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    vicwatson wrote: »
    No, I saw an info graphic today that showed Rockall/Scotland 460 Kms and Rockall/Donegal 430 Kms
    So I just measured it, and Rockall is 300km to St Kilda, and 420km to Tory Island (these are the exact points to measure to, being the nearest inhabited parts of each country).


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    #499
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 66,938 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    recedite wrote: »
    Just as well I wasn't holding my breath. Will it be long now?

    You do know what it means to be on an 'election footing'?

    Around these parts we knew one was possible when a FG TD smiled or spoke to you.
    They have all been on election footing in the UK.


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    #500
    janfebmar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭janfebmar


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Yes. And the question was ; So what does it mean that the Canaries is closer to Morocco than Spain?

    It means the Canaries are Spanish and the Falklands are British.

    droidman123 had said:
    Ok so by that logic the malvinas are closer to argentina than the uk so......
    so I replied to that. Do pay attention in the back of the class Francis.


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    #501
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    recedite wrote: »
    So I just measured it, and Rockall is 300km to St Kilda, and 420km to Tory Island (these are the exact points to measure to, being the nearest inhabited parts of each country).

    It's an uninhabited rock. No one has ownership.


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    #502
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 66,938 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    janfebmar wrote: »
    It means the Canaries are Spanish and the Falklands are British.

    droidman123 had said:
    Ok so by that logic the malvinas are closer to argentina than the uk so......
    so I replied to that. Do pay attention in the back of the class Francis.

    Somebody just put their foot in their mouth yet again...:D:D:D


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    #503
    janfebmar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭janfebmar


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    It's an uninhabited rock. No one has ownership.

    Any other uninhabited rocks at that or these latitudes in the world are owned.

    What about when it was inhabited by Maclean and others? Who owned it then?


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    #504
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    janfebmar wrote: »
    Any other uninhabited rocks at that or these latitudes in the world are owned.

    What about when it was inhabited by Maclean and others? Who owned it then?
    You should move there permanently to claim ownership for Britain.

    Unfortunately there's no internet so, unless you train the periwinkles to carry messages, we will have to do without your complete lack of knowledge on any subject whatsoever.


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    #505
    archer22
    Registered Users Posts: 2,116 ✭✭✭archer22


    The only way the issue can be resolved is by war.

    Plus it would be entertaining to have a funny little war in the North Atlantic between Scotland and Ireland over a rock :)

    If it's decided by a shooting war Scotland will win, but if it's decided by insults,snide remarks and chest thumping Ireland will win.


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    #506
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    archer22 wrote: »
    The only way the issue can be resolved is by war.

    Plus it would be entertaining to have a funny little war in the North Atlantic between Scotland and Ireland over a rock :)

    If it's decided by a shooting war Scotland will win, but if it's decided by insults,snide remarks and chest thumping Ireland will win.



    LET'S ROLL!

    :cool:


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    #507
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    This has nothing to do with Fishing or a stupid rock.

    Its a declaration of war on the negotiations.

    The British are sly and the Scottish are biddable to them.

    They have no shame.

    They have threatened to board Irish ships by force.

    That isn't something you do to a neighbour its something you do to an enemy.


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    #508
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 27,947 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    This has nothing to do with Fishing or a stupid rock.
    Its a declaration of war on the negotiations.
    The British are sly and the Scottish are biddable to them.
    They have no shame.
    They have threatened to board Irish ships by force.
    That isn't something you do to a neighbour its something you do to an enemy.

    I guess we got our retaliation in first then when we detained two Northern Irish vessels?

    https://www.thejournal.ie/dup-on-the-attack-over-heavy-handed-tactics-after-naval-service-detains-two-uk-registered-trawlers-4518726-Mar2019/

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #509
    janfebmar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭janfebmar


    archer22 wrote: »
    The only way the issue can be resolved is by war.

    .

    Only problem is they have the fourth most powerful navy in the world. It used to be the most powerful 60 or 70 years ago but at least it's heading in the right direction now, according to Francis. Could we just keep them in the EU for another few decades and then go to war?


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    #510
    janfebmar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭janfebmar


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    I guess we got our retaliation in first then when we detained two Northern Irish vessels?

    https://www.thejournal.ie/dup-on-the-attack-over-heavy-handed-tactics-after-naval-service-detains-two-uk-registered-trawlers-4518726-Mar2019/
    Not to mention when we f***** up the Brexit negotiation on them....


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    #511
    RobMc59
    Registered Users Posts: 4,831 ✭✭✭RobMc59


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »


    LET'S ROLL!

    :cool:

    You're all doomed!!!
    https://youtu.be/ESsVydlq8cM


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