-Caveat Lector- Excuse me, our frigate's out of petrol [by mike tait, metro2/7/01] Royal Navy bosses had to phone a garage in the Outer Hebrides [remote scottish atlantic islands] for help after one of its warships ran out of fuel during a major NATO exercise. Top brass were also caught out when mobile phones bought for the war games failed to work because no one realised the Orange Network did not work so far north. [any professional folk musician would have told the royal navy that the only phone networks that supply are Vodaphone and BTCellnet - these share a common transmitter in central scotland, military intelligence have a big budget to harass scots musicians its ironic they got caught like this :) in a typically unintelligent way] However, when the Navy asked filling station boss Calum Morrison for petrol, he refused to fill up their cans until the next day - because it was the Sabbath. Ironicaly, the garage at Timsgarry on the Isle of Lewis - where sunday ferries and planes are also banned - is one of Britains [and Europes] most expensive. Petrol costs 94p a litre and there is not another station for 30 miles. Crew from supply ship HMS Roebuck collected six 25 litre petrol cans from the pier at nearby Valtos for the inflatable dinghies used to speed commandos on raids during the exercise, which had run out of fuel. The ship had been taking part in a massive joint operation off Lewis called Joint Maritime Course, involving the biggest warship in the world - the American navy's carrier - the USS Enterprise - as well as 45 warships, five submarines, 100 aircraft and 14,000 soldiers. Mr Morrison said: 'at first I thought it was a joke when a posh voice rang up and asked for fuel for the navy. but when I realised it was genuine I told him I would rather carry out the transaction on Monday. So I left the cans after midnight at valtos pier and they collected them. I had seen the boats whizzing about all week but I never expected they would need my petrol. But I am glad of the business. It has been tough for rural filling stations recently, although our customers normally arrive by road.' A spokesman for the Royal navy said it respected the local culture and understood why it could not get fuel on a Sunday. andrew hennessey <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
