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#1851
8th December 2024, 17:09
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Roy,
The thing "resembling a cigarette" - Reminds me of the Panama Canal Deckies, onboard to tether the ship to the mules. Whenever you walked by one, they would say,"Wanna meet my cousin Mary Jane!" or similar! Then, when approaching Miami, there would be an announcement,"Approaching American Coastal Limit, US Regulations WILL be enforced!". Cue multiple personalities to the rail to deep six "Baccy Tins"! Rgds. Dave 
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#1852
8th December 2024, 21:14
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Interesting stuff Dave.
When we arrived at the boatyard in Dania, just South of Fort Lauderdale, we made the acquaintance of most of the other boat crews. One vessel was a converted inshore minesweeper, belonging to a well known University and employed in collecting samples from the sea offshore including the Gulf Stream. One of the deckhands seemed to have a regular supply of a certain smoking product whenever he dropped by. One of my crew enquired as to the source of supply, as the boatyard employed a security guard at the entrance. The deckhand replied. "See those two large plants over there against the trees? Well........!" (I was more interested in the ex minesweeper. It had an interesting machinery installation of two paired GM Detroit 6:71's on each shaft plus a fairly powerful generating set. There was also a chilled drinking water fountain in the engine room!) Roy.
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#1854
9th December 2024, 07:14
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Well the Fire Brigade will sort the first three out but No.4 is beyond their encyclopaedic ability.
Poor Keith.
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#1859
21st February 2025, 07:11
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That nursery rhyme got Jeremy Clarkson into all kinds of trouble.
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#1860
21st February 2025, 18:53
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Someone recommended that I watch an American television documentary on cannabis.
I think he has a point, that is probably the best way to watch an American television documentary.
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#1862
8th March 2025, 17:24
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But parking spaces are still marked out for the older models. Torbay Council are penalising cars that don't fit their parking spaces, whether the car is too wide or too long.
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"You do not ask a tame seagull why it needs to disappear from time to time towards the open sea. It goes. That's all." Bernard Moitessier.
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#1865
17th March 2025, 20:38
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I've identified 4 hazards already.
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#1867
19th March 2025, 20:06
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Full of protein.
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#1868
21st March 2025, 16:57
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Many years ago there was a series on ITV about a Union shop steward, played by Anthony Bate, who stayed in various boarding houses during his travels aroung factories in the North of England. In one episode, he sees a new lodger at the Monday evening meal. The new lodger asks what the food is like there. Bate replied that it was generally good, but the landlady's Friday stew was one to watch out for. The new lodger asks what its ingredients were. Bate replied, "Mysterious."
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"You do not ask a tame seagull why it needs to disappear from time to time towards the open sea. It goes. That's all." Bernard Moitessier.
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#1870
24th March 2025, 07:37
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Should'av used a cable tie.
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#1875
16th April 2025, 13:31
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Get yourself a "Piece" ( a gun), 9mm preferably a sten gun, get a magazine preferably Playboy. Charge the afore mentioned magazine with the shells, looks like fragmentation shells and you're good to go. Forget nonsense such as TOET's and safety catches and you now have the firepower of a Light Infantry Battalion in the British Army.
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