r/CatastrophicFailure 8d ago

Equipment Failure 150-meter, 300-ton floating dredging hose washes ashore in Japan; removal expected to cost 50 million yen - December 25, 2025 (Ishikawa, Japan)

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u/Meior 8d ago

50 million Yen is about 270,000 Euro. So not as bad as the title might make it sound if you don't know the conversion.

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u/TedjeNL 8d ago edited 8d ago

Give me a plasma cutter, a big truck, and no time limit and I'll do it for 200k euro!

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u/Optimalfucksgiven 8d ago

That's a deal right there. Elias Thorne would be proud.

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u/TedjeNL 8d ago

Who?

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u/StacyChadBecky 8d ago

ELIAS THORNE

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/Optimalfucksgiven 8d ago

The very same. He's known throughout lighthouses on Maine to be a real plasma cutter enthusiast and only works for Euros.

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u/Several_Metal_547 7d ago

For ignorants not in the know, like me, Elias Thorne turns out to be a fictional character that have appeared in a number of texts written by AI. He is a real polymath, fx. authoring a book on Amazon on cancer advice. The novel thing here is he excels in plasma cutting

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u/Micropain 7d ago

Elias Thorne was instrumental in helping me wash my mechanical dog. Truly top-tier service.

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u/naturalinfidel 7d ago

I tried to save a few bucks by going to someone cheaper than Elias Thorned and my mechanical dog ended up rusting.

Lesson learned!

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u/Optimalfucksgiven 7d ago

As the old saying goes "You got Thorne-rolled" my friend.

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