Weeping woman - "What is the zig-zag line drawing you keep showing me?"
Official - " It's the seismograph record of the tremor which collapsed the building your husband died in"
Weeping woman - (screaming) "Are you out of your effin mind?"
Exactly! If, by 'nylon' the author means synthetic fibre then it will almost certainly be machine made.
I should expect the Chairman's office to carpeted in wool based imported from UK 🫠
The boat would hold as many people as the Captain chose to take on. The maximum number permitted would be on the license........er......Does it have a marine license?😋
The Force Majeure is a clause which usually appears in contracts and insurance policies but, if, as the expert explains it specifically includes earthquake damage and ItalThai signed up to that they are liable.
I think the Myanmar junta want money, meds, survival equipment, heavylift plant, generators etc but not foreigners with skills. Britain in pledging GBP10 million but what form will that take?
Off topic but still on safety. I am watching the media reaction to todays earth tremor outside the site of a multistorey building collapse. A woman walking by was wearing a large floppy-brimmed hat with a safety helmet perched on top.🙄
My interpretation of this is that a junior and obsequious employee of the Foreign Ministry will visit each Ambassador in turn and present them with a basket of birds nest essence.