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• Eric commented on The light at the end of the tunnel (is not necessarily an oncoming train)
  Oy vey, now I know where Howard Tayler (Schlock Mercenary) gets that sort of shipnaming from (probably)... (I still/yet haven't read Banks. Yes, I intend to fix that very soon!)...
• Eric commented on The light at the end of the tunnel (is not necessarily an oncoming train)
  Oh. Whoops. Sorry. But yes, and many other examples there too....
• Eric commented on The light at the end of the tunnel (is not necessarily an oncoming train)
  According to Wikipedia, there have been at least 8 vessels of the Royal Navy named HMS Beagle, and they're named after the dog breed, yes. (Reference: Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.)...
• Greg Tingey commented on The light at the end of the tunnel (is not necessarily an oncoming train)
  Fast Radio Bursts definitely extra-solar HERE In other news a "doctored" (Coated) graphene sheet can filter seawater for a fresh output ......
• Jean Lamb commented on The light at the end of the tunnel (is not necessarily an oncoming train)
  One last ship name: HMS BECAUSE WE CAN. (Unpacking: Jay Leno once made a joke about Al Qaeda fighters protesting against being bombed from 30,000 feet. Mr. Leno said, "Why do we do it? Because we can.")...