ArthurWood
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Britons \'prefer pub culture to fitness\'
fom this morning's BBC Online - can this possibly be true of boaters too?
fom this morning's BBC Online - can this possibly be true of boaters too?
Britons 'prefer pub culture to fitness'
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tcm
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You\'re round Arthur
Sorry, I mean "Your round, Arthur!"
Did the BBC comment on their appalling use of the word "Febuary" instead of "February"? I expect not. Did they comment on their policy of hiring "yob" presenters at taxpayers expense? Or at their craven move of "Yesterday in Parliament" on Radio 4 at 8:30am from FM to the less accessible Long Wave? No. I think that they should be sold, and would have made much more sense to privatise than the water compnaies or royal mail.
Sorry, I mean "Your round, Arthur!"
Did the BBC comment on their appalling use of the word "Febuary" instead of "February"? I expect not. Did they comment on their policy of hiring "yob" presenters at taxpayers expense? Or at their craven move of "Yesterday in Parliament" on Radio 4 at 8:30am from FM to the less accessible Long Wave? No. I think that they should be sold, and would have made much more sense to privatise than the water compnaies or royal mail.
claymore
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Re: Britons \'prefer pub culture to fitness\'
I think possibly you need to develop this before a measured response can be generated. Are you saying that we should consider Pub Culture as owning a motorboat and Fitness as owning a sailing yacht? I can see some possibilities here Arthur but isn't this a rather divisive post almost guaranteed to bring the war of the worlds closer?
Or have I missed the point and if so - how?
js
I think possibly you need to develop this before a measured response can be generated. Are you saying that we should consider Pub Culture as owning a motorboat and Fitness as owning a sailing yacht? I can see some possibilities here Arthur but isn't this a rather divisive post almost guaranteed to bring the war of the worlds closer?
Or have I missed the point and if so - how?
js
paulineb
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Re: Britons \'prefer pub culture to fitness\'
But surely ballet dancers are superfit and they're always at the bar
Pxx
But surely ballet dancers are superfit and they're always at the bar
Pxx
BarryD
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Re: Britons \'prefer pub culture to fitness\'
Not sure about pub to fitness - I set a fast straight pace when walking to the pub, and somewhat weavy one when I leave.
Havoc, fire, confusion, and mis-trust, yes my work here is done...
Barry D
Not sure about pub to fitness - I set a fast straight pace when walking to the pub, and somewhat weavy one when I leave.
Havoc, fire, confusion, and mis-trust, yes my work here is done...
Barry D
tcm
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Re: sailing = fitness - eh?
Hmm. Not sure if a case can be made for a bit of windy windy on the crankhandles of a sailboat will make anyone fit.
But, it is indeed much more likely that people on a sailyboat will be fitter, leaner and trimmer. This is because sailboat internals are shite! I've had garden sheds which are more commodious. A 1.65 million Oyster has a galley slightly worse than a student bedsit, and a crappo fridge modelled on a woolies picnic hamper. If you do find a beer (a cold one) o n a sailboat your best bet is to drink it from a bottle or can, as all the glasses are made of plastic, or unwashed because the sink is tiny and there's never ever a dishwasher which there would be on a powerboat costing half the price. Also, people on sailboats smell rather bad, again for the same reason, that saily types allow manugfacturers to get away with making lousy bathrooms , persist in calling them "heads" because, you know, it harks back to the C18 when they crapped out of the front of the boat. Well now Mr sailboat manufacturer matey, how abouyt moving on 2 centuries and making a sailboat that someone would like be on, rather than one which is so awful that all the sailyboaters put their clothes on and go to the godawful chnging-room style shore showers 200yards away? So, saliboatters probly are indeed fitter, but more likely to catch botulism and die a lonely death as nobody will have come round to visit them .
Hmm. Not sure if a case can be made for a bit of windy windy on the crankhandles of a sailboat will make anyone fit.
But, it is indeed much more likely that people on a sailyboat will be fitter, leaner and trimmer. This is because sailboat internals are shite! I've had garden sheds which are more commodious. A 1.65 million Oyster has a galley slightly worse than a student bedsit, and a crappo fridge modelled on a woolies picnic hamper. If you do find a beer (a cold one) o n a sailboat your best bet is to drink it from a bottle or can, as all the glasses are made of plastic, or unwashed because the sink is tiny and there's never ever a dishwasher which there would be on a powerboat costing half the price. Also, people on sailboats smell rather bad, again for the same reason, that saily types allow manugfacturers to get away with making lousy bathrooms , persist in calling them "heads" because, you know, it harks back to the C18 when they crapped out of the front of the boat. Well now Mr sailboat manufacturer matey, how abouyt moving on 2 centuries and making a sailboat that someone would like be on, rather than one which is so awful that all the sailyboaters put their clothes on and go to the godawful chnging-room style shore showers 200yards away? So, saliboatters probly are indeed fitter, but more likely to catch botulism and die a lonely death as nobody will have come round to visit them .
BarryD
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Re: sailing = fitness - eh?
Surely TCM it is customary to declare war on someone before blowing them out of the water? Or have you just learnt that the new Leopard has been hit by some Scumsailer crew...
Havoc, fire, confusion, and mis-trust, yes my work here is done...
Barry D
Surely TCM it is customary to declare war on someone before blowing them out of the water? Or have you just learnt that the new Leopard has been hit by some Scumsailer crew...
Havoc, fire, confusion, and mis-trust, yes my work here is done...
Barry D
tcm
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Re: ah buts it\'s only claymore
Not to worry, the saily types think that Cannes is where baked beans are made. And I do find that his intelligence, scottishness, ragginess and teacherishness make him a very satisfying target. And I have not yet quite forgiven C for (virtually) getting off with my wife. >
Not to worry, the saily types think that Cannes is where baked beans are made. And I do find that his intelligence, scottishness, ragginess and teacherishness make him a very satisfying target. And I have not yet quite forgiven C for (virtually) getting off with my wife. >
DepSol
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Re: sailing = fitness - eh?
Just thought of a new kit bag idea. Instead of making those kit bags with fully clothed half clothed and naked going from bottom to top as a measure of the clothes you have worn and put in bag for washing, you could make another one for raggies.
The raggie one holds clean clothes for them to use and the writing goes from top to bottom with whiffy, smelly, very smelly, phewee jump overboard YOU STINK!
Hmm should post this one on shufflebutt, might make a fortune in which I can buy a big boat and drown them in my wash
Dom
Just thought of a new kit bag idea. Instead of making those kit bags with fully clothed half clothed and naked going from bottom to top as a measure of the clothes you have worn and put in bag for washing, you could make another one for raggies.
The raggie one holds clean clothes for them to use and the writing goes from top to bottom with whiffy, smelly, very smelly, phewee jump overboard YOU STINK!
Hmm should post this one on shufflebutt, might make a fortune in which I can buy a big boat and drown them in my wash
Dom
boatone
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Re: ah buts it\'s only claymore
and if he (virtually) got off with your wife does this mean that you HAVE got a webcam but you're not telling us.......and is that why jfm got the yard to rewire so that you can see everything form anywhere .........and can I have the franchise to distribute the videos....and .....and.....ooooooh!
TonyR
boatone@boatsontheweb.com
www.boatsonthethames.co.uk
and if he (virtually) got off with your wife does this mean that you HAVE got a webcam but you're not telling us.......and is that why jfm got the yard to rewire so that you can see everything form anywhere .........and can I have the franchise to distribute the videos....and .....and.....ooooooh!
TonyR
boatone@boatsontheweb.com
www.boatsonthethames.co.uk
claymore
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Re: ah buts it\'s only claymore
I virtually beg for your forgiveness, but she is so small and beautifully marked that who could blame one?
Is it a common trait among you Bratfud types to be unreasonable about wife sharing?
I virtually beg for your forgiveness, but she is so small and beautifully marked that who could blame one?
Is it a common trait among you Bratfud types to be unreasonable about wife sharing?
boatone
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Re: ah buts it\'s only claymore
Stop virtually grovelling and act like a true viking/scotsman etc
TonyR
boatone@boatsontheweb.com
www.boatsonthethames.co.uk
Stop virtually grovelling and act like a true viking/scotsman etc
TonyR
boatone@boatsontheweb.com
www.boatsonthethames.co.uk
tcm
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Re: dreadful mistake.
It's clear that it wasn't my wife after all: the "beautiful markings" must mean it was the dog. For scottish types, I suppose one can understand the atttraction of a Jack Russell with their lovely manners and chatty talkative nature. Also, that wasn't my bed he was sleeping in, it was the dog kennel. So, claymore can consider himself totally forgiven. I will be more careful in future, as I didn't realise that "setting the dog on him" was seen as a promise rather than a threat.
It's clear that it wasn't my wife after all: the "beautiful markings" must mean it was the dog. For scottish types, I suppose one can understand the atttraction of a Jack Russell with their lovely manners and chatty talkative nature. Also, that wasn't my bed he was sleeping in, it was the dog kennel. So, claymore can consider himself totally forgiven. I will be more careful in future, as I didn't realise that "setting the dog on him" was seen as a promise rather than a threat.
claymore
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OK - Here Goes
TCM ye wee sleekit coo'rin timerous beastie
Have yer we wife stripped, washed and brought to ma tent.
I'll be along when the boozer's closed. Does she like a fish supper?
Then bring us oor brekkie (oats of course) at 7:30.
OK, pal?
TCM ye wee sleekit coo'rin timerous beastie
Have yer we wife stripped, washed and brought to ma tent.
I'll be along when the boozer's closed. Does she like a fish supper?
Then bring us oor brekkie (oats of course) at 7:30.
OK, pal?
claymore
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See other post
Does yer we dug like a fish supper too?
We'll skip the washing and tent routine if thats ok with yourself - oh and I'm no' too bothered aboot the brekkie either... Jack Russell indeed, no even a proper dug - like a wee scottie.
Does yer we dug like a fish supper too?
We'll skip the washing and tent routine if thats ok with yourself - oh and I'm no' too bothered aboot the brekkie either... Jack Russell indeed, no even a proper dug - like a wee scottie.
tcm
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Claymore\'s bit of \"ruff\"
The dog is very offended that you keeping muttering "fido".
The dog is very offended that you keeping muttering "fido".
ToMo
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Oi!
Not so much of the Fido, else I'll have to waylay that spotted pussy of yours....and She might need to start running again!
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TôMö
Not so much of the Fido, else I'll have to waylay that spotted pussy of yours....and She might need to start running again!
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TôMö
tcm
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Pub culture: Did you sh*g my dog?
Think we've rather dropped ourselves in it here...
Think we've rather dropped ourselves in it here...
jfm
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Sailboat innards
Returning to the subject of sailboats, away from dog sh@gging and stuff, gotta say how I agree with tcm on sailboat internals. And I'm a 50% sailor, AC/DC so speak from having done it. When we do ragstick sailing in Lymington we always sleep on the fairline, not the Jeanneau. Same would no doubt apply if it were a 70foot Oyster. And why do they have those frigging non-latching shower pump out switches? While you shower in the crappo shower room (head) you have to keep your thumb hard pressed against a tiny button to operate the shower pump out. It has a strong spring, ex valve spring off a Renault I bet, so your finger hurts for an hour afterwards. Whereas on a cheapo fairline you get an auto shower pump out which, as an OEM part, probly costs only 30 quid. Please can sailors explain that one?
Returning to the subject of sailboats, away from dog sh@gging and stuff, gotta say how I agree with tcm on sailboat internals. And I'm a 50% sailor, AC/DC so speak from having done it. When we do ragstick sailing in Lymington we always sleep on the fairline, not the Jeanneau. Same would no doubt apply if it were a 70foot Oyster. And why do they have those frigging non-latching shower pump out switches? While you shower in the crappo shower room (head) you have to keep your thumb hard pressed against a tiny button to operate the shower pump out. It has a strong spring, ex valve spring off a Renault I bet, so your finger hurts for an hour afterwards. Whereas on a cheapo fairline you get an auto shower pump out which, as an OEM part, probly costs only 30 quid. Please can sailors explain that one?
ArthurWood
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Re: You\'re round Arthur
Matt - I can see that you forgot your medication last night
Matt - I can see that you forgot your medication last night
