For 1987 Years, We Performed It To Meet Joshua Tree Which Set A Root On The Earth Well While Seeming To Be A Dead Tree
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That makes sense….
Note I didn’t say first <-w8 i just did snap.
google joshua tree they look like dog crap pasted on a log of an old pine tree crossed with michael jacksons pet cactus.
You have just stepped on the toes of someone who is more than a little fond of Joshua trees. I challenge you to a duel!
*p.s – I like Joshua Trees too…*
*Have a duel anyway?*
*blows up the interweb, muhahahahahhaha*
The biggest ships by gross tonnage ever constructed were four Batillus-class supertankers built in France at the end of the 1970s, having 555,000 metric tons deadweight (DWT) and a 414 meters length.
Built in the Louis Joubert Lock, they were launched from the shipyard Chantiers de l’Atlantique at Saint Nazaire. The only larger ship was the Knock Nevis (ex Jahre Viking, Happy Giant and Seawise Giant) of 1981, which was originally designed with a smaller tonnage than the Batillus class, but had its length and tonnage increased during construction. If gross tonnage is considered, the Batillus and Bellamya each had a gross tonnage of 275,276 tons. This is the greatest in history, including the Knock Nevis (260,581 gross tons when in service as an oil tanker).
Ships of the Batillus class included:
Batillus, built in 1976, scrapped in 1985.
Bellamya, built in 1976, scrapped in 1986.
Pierre Guillaumat, built in 1977, renamed Sea Brilliance, scrapped in 1983.
Prairial, built in 1979, renamed Hellas Fos, renamed Sea Giant, scrapped in 2003
Those boats didn’t last very long, especially considering initial cost.. I wonder if they were single-hull and maybe got phased out before it was understood Liberia would register them anyway.
If we’re playing around with “toe-stomping moments”, those are ships. The difference is easy; ships carry boats.
Pardon!!
I once was carried on a ship of the Bacillus class, and had terrible seasickness for the entire voyage.
*Pukes over railing*
The only time I was on a ship was when I took a tour of the ‘U.S.S. Hornet’ a GIANT aircraft carrier. It was cool until I almost sprained my ankle on one of the knee-knockers! :.(
Those tankers were 2.5 times the displacement tonnage of a Nimitz class flat-top, so probably about 3 times the displacement of the Hornet.
That’s pretty BIG!
Mention of an Irish band’s song . . . with the UK’s flag on a pin. Tsk tsk.
Album. It’s 5 AM. My mind isn’t what it should be.
If the problem is that it is 5AM, then apparently your mind isn’t WHEN it should be. Get some more sleep and don’t call me in the morning.
It _is _ a pretty old band, but I never suspected it to be this old. They have something alien about them
. But the explanation leaves even more questions unanswered, for instance: what did they perform to meet the tree, and who’s Joshua?
I think you’ve just identified why this is a true Engrish, and not just an “a native English speaker wouldn’t say this”.
Joshua trees are an astounding ancient plant native to rapidly shrinking areas of the southwestern United States. They have the misfortune of being native to the Las Vegas area. They are a keystone species, meaning other species are dependent on them and are unique to the planet. They are at the bleeding edge of extinction due to climate change, habitat loss, and ass-hat humans. The name is a biblical reference derived from the bewildered, dehydrated, hallucinating minds of the early white settlers.
Thanks for the clarification.
Seeing these guys on the skyline at night camping in high desert is extraordinary, the stars are bright all the way to the horizon with the black shapes of the trees in front. They have quite a presence. I want them to stick around.
Who — the Joshua Trees or U2? *smirk*
All three. *smirk*
You rang?
It’s too early to be smirking and ringing.
Oh, I never smirk while ringing. If I’m going to smirk, I make sure there’s a designated ringer.
*Ring Ring!*
I Speck Btettre Enklish!
Apparently they don’t get the idea of “Too old to rock.”
Thank God!!! There’s no such thing.
Performing for 1987 years is a looong time. Admit it, JohnB.
Time to fade peacefully into the twilight zone.
Kiss is still playing shows these days, I guess I kinda have to agree with you there
Yeah, but Kiss always sucked, so the fact that they do now means nothing. But Springsteen is doing some of his best work ever. The Stones still put on a great show. Clapton never stops creating. Aerosmith has been rocking the rafters for decades and still does. I’m not saying there’s not great rock around now. There are many great rockers around now. But quality music is quality music, and does not pass with time.
“Springsteen is doing some of his best work ever” – Absol-fragging-lutely!! And I’ve been a fan since “Greetings From Ashbury Park, NJ”.
Same here. Both “Magic” and “Working on a Dream” just blew me away. In fact, it’s a good time for one now. Which one…? (Fortunately, my office mate is a rock fan with mostly compatible tastes.)
I love Iggy Pop, even if he does look like a mummy. I’ve noticed he now does shows sitting down sometimes.
Kiss had a few that I liked, I’m not terribly familiar with a lot of classic stuff. Being a 22 year old metal head with a mild interest in oldies doesn’t help :\
I’m a huge U2 fan, but I love this
It was in year 22 when they began to perform to meet Joshua tree.
I did the math!
Look, who the hell is Joshua Tree?
You rang??
I don’t know why anyone would hate U2. they’re bloody amazing. They’re coming to the Bay Area (CA) soon and I hope I win tickets cos i sure can’t afford them. I saw them in Houston years ago but I was in the rafters …. Anyway, I love Engrish and this site is so much fun, arrways makes me raff….. peace out
How about because their singer is a narcissistic self-important twerp who wears sunglasses indoors? Oh, all right, tell you what, can we split the difference? I won’t hate U2, I’ll just loathe Bono, but only if their guitarist gets a proper name.
And just how many rock bands have front men who are NOT narcissistic self-important twerps? It seems to be part of the job description.
Oh, and I don’t see why guitarists need proper names, either. The Edge isn’t bad at all, but though I’m not a big fan of Guns ‘n Roses (speaking about narcissistic front men), Slash is hard to beat. (I really love his work now that he’s free of Axl.)