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kwonitoy

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  1. Not me, I'm retired now
  2. After construction a cleaning pig is run through the pipeline, these are run at about 30 psi of air, if it should get stuck you just depressurize and put air on the other side to push it back to it's launcher During construction on the pipelay ship a cable is pulling a sizing plate inside the pipe that's several hundred meters behind the ship, if there is a buckle as it's called the ship can then start backing up cutting off the pipes its just welded to bring up the damaged section and replace it After the construction process a caliper or sizing pig through the pipeline prior to hydro testing. This ensures that there are no dents/buckles or size deformations. The client is paying for 48" of usable pipe and that what is they get, any pipe out of tolerances is up to the construction company to remedy. After construction when the pipeline is in service an electronic or "smart" pig is run through the pipe after several years of use to check and monitor things like coating continuity and pipe wall loss. Nordstream isn't old enough to require this yet though. These don't get stuck, the pipe is of the correct size. I've been reading on various websites about how a pig could have explosives on it to damage the pipe. To do this you have to have a flow of gas through the pipe, Nordstream wasn't in use so no gas flow and no way to move a pig
  3. The bigger car dealers will have bank account with all the major branches. My last truck, Got notification my truck was in. Go to the dealer tell them I deal with SCB bank, get there SCB bank account number Go to bank, transfer the amount of the truck from my account to the car dealers account. Return to the dealer with the transfer slip, they check there account Get keys to new truck.
  4. Safe to assume sabotage, But the kicker is who? Lots of finger pointing going on now. I worked on NordSteam 2 before it got sanctioned, the pipe is 48" diameter with wall thickness of 25mm and 4-6 inches of concrete coating. Even when doing controlled burst testing on land it takes quite a charge to set up a catastrophic failure So now you've got several hundred kms of pipeline that is equalizing to ambient pressure and will fill with seawater. How to wreck several billion dollars worth of infrastructure.
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucha_massacre https://www.state.gov/war-crimes-by-russias-forces-in-ukraine/ How anyone can make your claim above is beyond belief. None so blind as those who will not see indeed
  6. Thought I was well travelled around my country, never heard of King Edward Island
  7. He spent 13 years in Canada fighting deportation while living in Whistler B.C. A very nice, very high end ski resort
  8. Being up to date on vaccinations is a condition of my employment
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