Forum: The Pig & Whistle
6th September 2017, 10:48
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Replies: 1,844
Views: 858,333
You've got to laugh ...
(This event took...
You've got to laugh ...
(This event took place in Charlotte , North Carolina)
A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, and then insured them against, among other things,...
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Forum: Sports Talk
6th September 2017, 10:35
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Replies: 33
Views: 30,561
Well, the last test match of the season starts...
Well, the last test match of the season starts tomorrow at Lord's and I shall be there for most of the five days..
Wonder which WIndies team will turn up ... and, for that matter, which England...
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Forum: Sports Talk
30th August 2017, 10:59
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Replies: 33
Views: 30,561
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Forum: Sports Talk
21st August 2017, 13:22
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Replies: 33
Views: 30,561
Know what you mean Bob!
The very same applied...
Know what you mean Bob!
The very same applied to Holding, Marshall (who was considered the fastest of all), Roberts, Walsh and Daniels (who never got a look-in).
Two lovely stories emerge from...
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Forum: Sports Talk
20th August 2017, 09:24
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Replies: 33
Views: 30,561
Blink ... and it's all over!
What a one-sided...
Blink ... and it's all over!
What a one-sided affair the "much heralded" day-night test turned out to be!
WIndies walloped in three day/nights by England ... like watching a bulldozer crushing a...
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Forum: Sports Talk
18th August 2017, 10:12
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Replies: 33
Views: 30,561
Day/Night cricket .... pah, I'd rather watch...
Day/Night cricket .... pah, I'd rather watch "Game of Thrones" or even paint dry!
And I'm not colour blind ...
Cricket with a pink ball, dew soaked outfield, ball swinging around like a bullocks...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
18th July 2017, 09:28
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Replies: 162
Views: 85,524
Having spent my entire career at sea on tankers...
Having spent my entire career at sea on tankers (company man - Athel) I could not agree more, Bob.
They are the life blood of the whole planet, regardless of the taboo they carry (hydrocarbons etc)...
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Forum: Sports Talk
17th July 2017, 09:01
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Replies: 33
Views: 30,561
It will all be over just after tea today -...
It will all be over just after tea today - England losing by some 200 ish runs.
Get rid of Jennings (Stoneman) Ballance (Buttler) and 'Bollywood' Dawson (Rashid).
A shame Woakes's season is over...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
12th July 2017, 11:06
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Replies: 75
Views: 38,467
Would love to JJ, but being a Ludite in the...
Would love to JJ, but being a Ludite in the purist form, I'm afraid I am not savvy enough to "open a new" thread!
Also the memory fades a tad ... but I'd be happy to share the most frightening...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
12th July 2017, 10:28
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Replies: 75
Views: 38,467
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Forum: Sports Talk
10th July 2017, 09:49
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Replies: 33
Views: 30,561
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Forum: Sports Talk
9th July 2017, 22:28
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Replies: 33
Views: 30,561
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Forum: Sports Talk
9th July 2017, 22:26
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Replies: 33
Views: 30,561
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Forum: Sports Talk
7th July 2017, 09:57
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Replies: 33
Views: 30,561
Top man is Joe Root.
Captain's innings leading...
Top man is Joe Root.
Captain's innings leading from the front, ably supported by Stoksey and Mo.
PS - Hate to say this ... but ... told you so.
Ballance predictably LBW after poking and prodding...
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Forum: Sports Talk
5th July 2017, 08:27
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Replies: 33
Views: 30,561
What a dull, conservative and highly...
What a dull, conservative and highly unenlightening team Root has chosen for his first test against South Africa. Five quicks with Liam Dawson (rated 9th best spinner in England) as the only spinner...
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Forum: Aviation
28th June 2017, 18:18
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Replies: 63
Views: 58,904
Longest flight?
Hmmm ... including an...
Longest flight?
Hmmm ... including an unintended "stop-over" was 5 days.
Flying out to join my chemical carrier as 2/O in Port Swettenham, Malaysia - c. May 1972, the office bods, in their wisdom,...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
24th June 2017, 09:54
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Replies: 162
Views: 85,524
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Forum: Sports Talk
15th June 2017, 18:11
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Replies: 33
Views: 30,561
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
5th June 2017, 17:43
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Replies: 162
Views: 85,524
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
5th June 2017, 08:46
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Replies: 162
Views: 85,524
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
4th June 2017, 10:56
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Replies: 162
Views: 85,524
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Forum: Sports Talk
30th May 2017, 11:44
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Replies: 33
Views: 30,561
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Forum: The Bridge
12th May 2017, 16:42
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Replies: 31
Views: 29,990
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Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends?
12th May 2017, 16:33
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Replies: 9
Views: 11,982
Hi Jasper,
Aye, you would have come in around...
Hi Jasper,
Aye, you would have come in around the final chapter of Athel Line - as it was, nevertheless, welcome to this forum seeking friends from yesteryear!
Were you aware of the Athel website?...
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