slothrop @lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoLawyer here: I concur!lemmy.caimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1704arrow-down17
arrow-up1697arrow-down1imageLawyer here: I concur!lemmy.caslothrop @lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareNeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up119·5 months agoA port made entirely of air? Who do you think I am, some kind of idiot?!
minus-squareBillegh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·5 months agoNo, it’s Japanese so the port side is on the right.
minus-squareHonoraryMancunian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoFun fact! The literal translation of airport in Japanese is ‘sky harbour’
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoWait, are port and starboard reversed in Japan?
minus-squareBillegh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoNo, but it seemed like it would make a good joke at the time.
minus-squareDeacon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoI think you are thinking of belt loaders, which have a long flat bed on them. Except, BAM - it’s not a flat bed, it’s a moving conveyor belt that is raised to carry the bags and cargo from those carts into the plane. Unless you’re thinking of something else. But I think you’re thinking of something like this:
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A port made entirely of air? Who do you think I am, some kind of idiot?!
No, it’s Japanese so the port side is on the right.
Fun fact! The literal translation of airport in Japanese is ‘sky harbour’
Wait, are port and starboard reversed in Japan?
No, but it seemed like it would make a good joke at the time.
I think you are thinking of belt loaders, which have a long flat bed on them.
Except, BAM - it’s not a flat bed, it’s a moving conveyor belt that is raised to carry the bags and cargo from those carts into the plane.
Unless you’re thinking of something else. But I think you’re thinking of something like this: