Suez
About Suez
Suez is a seaport city in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal. The city is the capital and largest city of the Suez Governorate. The modern city of Suez is a successor of the ancient Egyptian city of Clysma, a major Red Sea port and a center of monasticism.
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Driving tests were suspended in the Second World War, which makes sense. They were suspended again during the Suez crisis, which is quite weird, and especially given that during the Suez crisis, learners were allowed to drive unaccompanied.
from 231: No Such Thing As A 24-Minute Podcast, 2018-08-24 at 00:21:07 · read transcript
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He said, well, let's just go to India then. Really? Yeah. Whenever anyone asked him why, he said, oh, I'm the Suez Crisis. I think the government has handled that so badly that I want to leave the UK and I want to go to India. but it's actually because his wife was a pissout. Because I read a few reasons that he gave. One was that he was broke as well.
No Such Thing As The Farto Phone, 2024-05-30 · listen
Haldane was at Cambridge and she got arrested for drunken disorderly. He said, well, let's just go to India then. Really? But whenever anyone asked him why, he said, oh, the said, Oh, I am the Suez crisis. I think the government has handled that so badly that I want to leave the UK and I want to go to India. It's actually because his wife was a piss head.
533: No Such Thing As The Farto Phone, 2024-05-30 · listen
Basically tugboats, just tiny little boats because they can't turn it. Those little things are able to shift an entire ship. A maritime pilot, which I always think is quite cool that you have the pilots who wait in the harbors or at difficult channels like the Suez. These are the real pros who just know that very specific area of water and they leap on the boat and tell you how to do it.
428: No Such Thing As Free Urine In The Uber, 2022-05-27 · listen
Because they can't turn it, but those little things are able to ship. an entire ship. A maritime pilot, which I think always think is quite cool, that you have the pilots who wait in the harbors or at difficult channels like the Suez. These are the real pros who just know that very specific area of water and they leap on the boat and tell you how to do it.
No Such Thing As Free Urine In The Uber, 2022-05-27 · listen
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