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Old 13th August 2020, 09:55
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Old 17th November 2020, 20:55
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Can relate to #427 somewhat.
Almost dread to wake up to the world as it now is....

There - That's a good 'Kiss of death' comment....
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Old 17th November 2020, 21:19
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It is surreal. Sort of like Rip Van Winkle waking up in the middle of Blade Runner or that "monkey" one with Bruce Willis. Trump, TRUMP, COVID infected and dead (official/real). While a pandemic could be contemplated, who would ever have imagined the coup d'etat light in the "most powerful nation in the world"! Peru - lovely country and people - four presidents in a week, etc. etc. etc. The list goes on.
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Old 17th November 2020, 22:15
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"Death smiles at us all. All a man can do, is smile back."

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Is Marcus Aurelius any relation of Marcus Rashford?
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Can relate to #427 somewhat.
Almost dread to wake up to the world as it now is....

There - That's a good 'Kiss of death' comment....
I think the best way to avoid the current chaos is to pretend that you are still sleeping.
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Old 18th November 2020, 11:42
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Yes that works, a bottle of Barolo with lunch helps.
No need to worry about driving - you can't go anywhere.
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Beware the quotations of Marcus Aurelius. They rival Churchill's in number but, like many of that great man's, were never his. Bob's one does appear in Meditation attributed to the good General.

"A collision at sea can ruin one's entire day". Not Thucydides. A great man would not be so optimistic.
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Old 18th November 2020, 12:39
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Is Marcus Aurelius any relation of Marcus Rashford?

More like Marcus Welby
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Beware the quotations of Marcus Aurelius. They rival Churchill's in number but, like many of that great man's, were never his. Bob's one does appear in Meditation attributed to the good General.

"A collision at sea can ruin one's entire day". Not Thucydides. A great man would not be so optimistic.
A brilliant quote - but if not the humour of the great Greek, then who spake thus?
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Old 18th November 2020, 17:58
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A brilliant quote - but if not the humour of the great Greek, then who spake thus?
Vice Admiral Sir George Tryon?
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A brilliant quote - but if not the humour of the great Greek, then who spake thus?
I read it was US military japester - Google tells a long story.
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Old 18th November 2020, 18:59
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You have to be careful with those Greeks, not quite as clever as they would have you believe.

Aristarchus proposed that the planets orbited the Sun long before Copernicus but he was ignored in favour of Aristotelian excreted brown matter for more than a millennia.

Hippasus declared the existence of 'irrational numbers,' (think of them as a number that you can't actually write down other than using a symbol) and for his efforts the Pythagoreans threw him over the side of the ship.

Or so they say.

They should have stuck to building wooden horses and somehow getting the blame for introducing nasties inside your firewall stuck with the victims.

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A collision at sea causes the Second to write "Bump" in the Bell Book.
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Old 21st November 2020, 02:25
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Posted this before but here goes,
I was first trip lecky on Common's Afghanistan, ore carrier. Arriving Monrovia I was in charge of the movement book. A jolt on coming alongside side prompted chiefy to instruct me to write 'bump felt' as he walked past me and touched my hip. I wrote 'bum felt' in the movement book.


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Old 21st November 2020, 08:25
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Lucky boy. I'm told its quite common in Afghanistan and was rife in Stricks. Why do you think P&O bought them?
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Old 22nd November 2020, 15:44
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Can’t you all give it a rest?
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Old 22nd November 2020, 17:36
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Nope - this is one that really has to keep going.
Last one out turn off the lights.
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Old 22nd November 2020, 20:00
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The way 2020 is going they'll probably go out on their own ....
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Old 23rd November 2020, 02:31
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I inspected a sailing yacht yesterday - hit rocks, ripped the keel off and sank.
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Old 23rd November 2020, 08:00
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Old 23rd November 2020, 13:16
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I inspected a sailing yacht yesterday - hit rocks, ripped the keel off and sank.
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Not sure what your point is? Leisure boaters have such incidents, but so do professional mariners. It may be that those in charge are human and make mistakes. Remember the Costa Concordia?

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Old 23rd November 2020, 14:35
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That's the problem with sailing boats - A bit tricky to make 'em go astern from full ahead.
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