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1st April 2025, 09:45
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Sir W showing us the length of his teeth. Even with just a radio you could have used Consol.
Sorry to hear of the damaged relative. If he cannot grin and bear-it suggest he tries gin and bear-it. Don't quite get the racing against a catamaran, wouldn't the underkeel asphalt clearance be a disadvantage? (Not that we are unfamiliar with NZ asphalt. Grandpa was down there with the Neuchatel Bituminous Rock company in the early 1900s relieving the worthies of Wellington in exchange for road-metal).
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#9652
1st April 2025, 12:37
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no good asking me where we are. I am recovering from a rather advanced stage of inebriation. Have a look at that Map thingy on the table behind you. that should give us a clue.
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#9653
1st April 2025, 20:17
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A past aquaintance who was a biker went on a camping trip with mates.
At site he decided to pop to the shops. Only a short ride, no point in dressing up. Gravel track, dropped the bike and had the type of gravel rash that needs forceps to remove. Considerate mates just pointed out that it would have been quicker to walk and someone else had to go and get the milk. In his case nothing broken and he was able to, painfully, ride the bike back home. Anyway: All best wishes to our Kiwi friends.
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#9654
2nd April 2025, 09:12
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Sadly, on veterinary advice and observation, I am about to lose both chief and deputy pussycats in the same week. I had been contemplating the recruitment of an assistant deputy but hadn't done anything more. So much for redundancy.
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#9655
2nd April 2025, 13:06
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sorry to hear that Varley it is always sad to lose a friend. Did they have a tail?
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#9657
2nd April 2025, 17:11
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No, they were with tails. Conceived and born within a metre of my bed-head 15 years ago so I can hardly complain. But, as you say, sad. Chief (Nabpcat) stopped hunting a year or so ago - that had an upside, especially if the sound of rodent skulls being munched under the bed keeps one awake. His sister (Abpcat) was always more lady-like. Their sire, when not attempting incest, was otherwise the perfect gentleman. Came in one evening, refused food, sat with head on bottom step of the stairs and with a soft thump twenty minutes later dropped dead.
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#9659
3rd April 2025, 14:28
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They haven't quite gone yet. I am engaged in cooking those human dishes which they thieved the most in the hope they will eat something. I won't continue once they become fretting.
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#9660
4th April 2025, 23:03
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Well, we went to Wellington yesterday, in the pouring rain, to visit my battered and broken grandson. I've never seen a man in so much pain. Nothing to do with his accident injuries but because of the skin-graft procedure. They'd shave a slice off his right thigh, 4" by 12", to get enough to fix left hand foot and knee, which had a femur stuck through it the other day. All his pain was from there. He still has his sense of humour which I think he's going to need. Varley, I'm sorry to hear about your pussy issues. Deepest Condolences. It's been about 15 years since the local plumber drove over our last cat and I don't miss the headless mice being left by the back door, at all. The sun must be over the yard arm somewhere guys - drink up!
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#9661
14th April 2025, 06:51
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Great day to be from Northern Ireland. Rory McIllroy is the Master.
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#9663
15th April 2025, 00:56
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I've wandered about this ship for days,
Stuck in an alcoholic haze, Constant sunshine it would seem, Is this all there is to The Golden Dream? Anon.
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#9664
15th April 2025, 07:14
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And its taken you 3 years to work that one out!
Perhaps you've played too much rugby without a helmet. Relax and enjoy the Easter break with family and friends, eat plenty of Hot Cross Buns, keep the "Alcoholic Haze" topped up and all will be tickety-boo as we approach the merry month of May. ps, attempt a Sonnet the next time and don't ignore the iambic pentameter. Happy Easter. Last edited by Engine Serang; 15th April 2025 at 07:15. Reason: Alcoholic haze.
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#9665
15th April 2025, 07:26
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No haze here, alcoholic or otherwise.
Ashore here in Melbourne - 24° C sunshine, clear sky, no wind. Perfect Autumn day except for scraping and painting 'wrought iron' balustrade around the verandah. Dulux colour 'Carmen Miranda' reminds me of red lead! 
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#9666
15th April 2025, 13:39
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Fear not. Iambic pentameters show up on both X and S band radars but are not usually seen in temperate zones unless in months with a 'z'. So we shouldn't need to deploy the degaussing kit until Auguzt or Zeptember.
No alcohol in Melbourne? Must be almost as good a run ashore as bloody Dampier.
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David V Lord Finchley tried to mend the electric light Himself. It struck him dead and serve him right It is the duty of the wealthy man To give employment to the artisan
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#9667
15th April 2025, 23:01
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where are we? someones rubbed out the pencil lines on the Map thingy. Tried asking ECDIS...it told me to mind my own business!
Crews bar open lads. Zteward! snacks to the crew bar please.
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#9668
16th April 2025, 06:08
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Gods Nipples! I have been on board this for 3 years? It's so much fun that it feels like weeks.
I never played rugby. I played hockey, cricket and badminton and never wore a helmet ever. Next sonnet I produce will be rimed (see what I did there?) with alliteration, allision, and metric micrometers if you wish. BB! The cutouts must have defaced the chart! They were playing with a rubber up there yesterday.
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#9669
20th April 2025, 08:36
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Happy Easter to one and all.
Programme on tv last night about the construction of the Titanic, taped it and will watch it today. I hope Tmax (of this parish) is in it as he is the voice of authority. Every dogsarse in the shipping world feels he has a God Given right to spew out nonsense about the Titanic. I despise them.
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#9670
20th April 2025, 09:17
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Yes, Best Wishes to All for Easter this weekend and for ANZAC Day next Friday. It's a short week for those who are working.
There is a Titanic Virtual Reality thingy on in Melbourne at the moment: https://titanicexperiencevr.com/melb...SAAEgLTE_D_BwE Don't think that I will bother ......................... Has it been on anywhere else? Anyone seen it?
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If Global Warming is so prevalent why are there so many snowflakes around? Last edited by YM-Mundrabilla; 20th April 2025 at 09:40.
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#9671
20th April 2025, 16:09
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Titanic
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There has been numerous "theory's" on the sinking of the Titanic from boiler room fires, poor quality materials, sectarian conflicts between the shipyard workers to actually switching the Titanic with the Olympic[?] which damaged her back after a collision. Belfast is proud of the Titanic and also humerous. There are numerous memorials from Belfast to Halifax, Nova Scotia but probably the strangest is that of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia https://www.flickr.com/photos/rodwilkinson/3779402071/ There is a T-shirt on sale in Belfast saying Titanic - Built by Irishmen, Sunk by an Englishman.
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#9672
29th April 2025, 09:34
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Hmmm ... thats strange! we appear to be heading into the Medi at 15 knots. ETA Piraus 08:30 Thursday morning according to ECDIS. will go alongside for fuel and provisions and a short run ashore while we decide where to go next.
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#9673
29th April 2025, 09:54
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Your wish is our command BB.
 Is your bike aboard? Time for a quick trip?
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If Global Warming is so prevalent why are there so many snowflakes around? Last edited by YM-Mundrabilla; 29th April 2025 at 10:17.
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#9675
29th April 2025, 15:16
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We can't leave her on shore power. There isn't any.
(I say chaps anyone else see a marketing opportunity ? I'll get the lad to see what there is by way of extension cord. I suppose we might be had for trading on the black market). Sir W will be alright ashore (knight vision). By the by I thought he was our owner not just chief of the lookouts.
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