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Forum: Container Vessels 21st September 2021, 19:36
Replies: 233
Views: 71,424
Posted By BobClay
In the Midlands canals are referred to as 'the...

In the Midlands canals are referred to as 'the cut.' A ditch is somewhere you might sleep temporarily on the way home from the pub. :sweat:
Forum: Container Vessels 21st September 2021, 17:03
Replies: 233
Views: 71,424
Posted By BobClay
Whatever happened to: "Went down the cut."...

Whatever happened to: "Went down the cut." ?
Forum: Container Vessels 12th September 2021, 11:09
Replies: 233
Views: 71,424
Posted By BobClay
Well .... the answer lois in the soil .... and...

Well .... the answer lois in the soil .... and it's in pecks and bushels as all country folks knows.

For townies, think the length of the good King Henry VIII's arm. :smoking:

(Nibbles in...
Forum: Container Vessels 10th September 2021, 23:48
Replies: 233
Views: 71,424
Posted By BobClay
We're gonna need a bigger bacofoil hat !!...

We're gonna need a bigger bacofoil hat !! :big_tongue:
Forum: Container Vessels 19th August 2021, 09:43
Replies: 233
Views: 71,424
Posted By BobClay
Now what ??

Now what ??
Forum: Container Vessels 5th August 2021, 10:11
Replies: 233
Views: 71,424
Posted By BobClay
This is getting like an Agatha Christie who...

This is getting like an Agatha Christie who dunnit ... ? :sweat:
Forum: Container Vessels 4th August 2021, 21:46
Replies: 233
Views: 71,424
Posted By BobClay
I was wondering if the drydock in Dunkirk was big...

I was wondering if the drydock in Dunkirk was big enough to take her ....
Forum: Container Vessels 19th July 2021, 21:00
Replies: 233
Views: 71,424
Posted By BobClay
I preferred kid's programmes with more sex and...

I preferred kid's programmes with more sex and violence in them, e.g. Rag, Tag and Bobtail. :cloud:
Forum: Container Vessels 19th July 2021, 15:38
Replies: 233
Views: 71,424
Posted By BobClay
It does seem to be a voyage worthy of a good saga...

It does seem to be a voyage worthy of a good saga ... something Ragnar Lothbrok or Floki might have come up with. (Yeah Yeah I know, I watch too much TV.) :sweat:
Forum: Container Vessels 2nd April 2021, 09:35
Replies: 233
Views: 71,424
Posted By BobClay
I see the ship is still swinging around the hook...

I see the ship is still swinging around the hook in the Bitter Lakes. Not sure if there's a problem with the ship, or the 'blame game' phase has been entered. Whatever time loss was caused by the...
Forum: Container Vessels 30th March 2021, 13:49
Replies: 233
Views: 71,424
Posted By BobClay
Stopped in the Bitter Lakes. I'm presuming...

Stopped in the Bitter Lakes. I'm presuming they're giving her a good going over. :smoking:

1345z March 30th.
Forum: Container Vessels 29th March 2021, 10:29
Replies: 233
Views: 71,424
Posted By BobClay
I doubt some of the colossal ships going through...

I doubt some of the colossal ships going through these days could even hope to use Suez in 1956. I'm wondering what it would cost to widen the canal as suggested, or even make it a dual carriageway...
Forum: Container Vessels 28th March 2021, 10:49
Replies: 233
Views: 71,424
Posted By BobClay
The answer is right there !!! Get out and...

The answer is right there !!!

Get out and push the bloody thing. (Jeez, seafarers today, bunch of big girl's blouses... )

:big_tongue:
Forum: Container Vessels 27th March 2021, 13:52
Replies: 233
Views: 71,424
Posted By BobClay
Bloody hooligan elephants upsetting world trade...

Bloody hooligan elephants upsetting world trade .... !!! :p
Forum: Container Vessels 25th March 2021, 21:38
Replies: 233
Views: 71,424
Posted By BobClay
Shades of back in the day when the Suez was...

Shades of back in the day when the Suez was closed because of warfare and we plodded to and from the Gulf via the Cape of Good Hope. Helicopter drop of supplies off Capetown (Castle Beer, not a bad...
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