slothrop@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoLawyer here: I concur!lemmy.caimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1681arrow-down17
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minus-squareradiofreebc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down1·1 day agoHave these guys never been to an airport? There are trucks like this all over the tarmac.
minus-squareNeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up117·1 day agoA port made entirely of air? Who do you think I am, some kind of idiot?!
minus-squareBillegh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·1 day agoNo, it’s Japanese so the port side is on the right.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 hours agoWait, are port and starboard reversed in Japan?
minus-squareBillegh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·28 minutes agoNo, but it seemed like it would make a good joke at the time.
minus-squareHonoraryMancunian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoFun fact! The literal translation of airport in Japanese is ‘sky harbour’
minus-squareDeacon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day 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:
Have these guys never been to an airport? There are trucks like this all over the tarmac.
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.
Wait, are port and starboard reversed in Japan?
No, but it seemed like it would make a good joke at the time.
Fun fact! The literal translation of airport in Japanese is ‘sky harbour’
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: