On my recent trip back to South Africa, I ate a lot of meat.  I think I tried everything, from springbok carpacio to marinaded ostrich steaks.  One of the best meats was warthog.  Very succulent and far better than pork.  The following story got me remembering.  “…steaks the size of car tires…” Mmmmm.

This is a fascinating article about repossessing 100m long ships.

This repo man drives off with ocean freighters – Los Angeles Times

“I do not want my face seen,” he added.Such tactics were employed in April 1999, when Hardberger was asked to extract a 280-foot cargo ship that had put in for repairs at Drapetsona, a part of the
Greek port of Piraeus. “It’s a place,” he says, “where ship names are repainted quickly.”

The small freighter was Hungarian and, despite the fall of the Soviet Union, was still equipped with a commissar’s office. It contained a secret radio room and the complete works of Lenin.

When the repair company charged four times the agreed-upon price to fix a huge dent in the stern, Hardberger said, the owner refused to pay. Port officials then denied the vessel a clearance to leave.

Just listen to that accent.

The dulcet tones of Stanstead Airport

And people come to England to learn English. Honestly.