jimi
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This evening the boating glossary committee decided that the definitive defition of a MAB was that the said craft had a bilge. Hope that helps
MAB definition
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machurley22
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It helps a bit but what does the committee define as a bilge? Most boats have a space under the sole but they're not all bilges.
IanBry
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Ha - obviously it's only a bilge if the space under the sole happens to be on a MAB.
Simple!
Simple!
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and what if the bilge is not Manky at all but perfumed with rosewater, say, or eau de cologne?
tcm
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hm, but would that actually be a quite boat at all? Probably a boa.
FullCircle
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oh, tcm is on the sauce, and having trouble with his worms.
Robin
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Ha - obviously it's only a bilge if the space under the sole happens to be on a MAB.
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And if said space is full of water. The real MAB will have dirty oily diesely water with Fray Bentos labels floating in it.
The rest of us will have dust. We even have a little dust box built in over the place they installed a 'sump' on ours, the bilge pump pick up goes there but it is just a token gesture for tradition's sake.
Ha - obviously it's only a bilge if the space under the sole happens to be on a MAB.
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And if said space is full of water. The real MAB will have dirty oily diesely water with Fray Bentos labels floating in it.
The rest of us will have dust. We even have a little dust box built in over the place they installed a 'sump' on ours, the bilge pump pick up goes there but it is just a token gesture for tradition's sake.
Lakesailor
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So the strum box would become what? A plectrum box?
IanBry
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What a shame - if you get stuck at sea somewhere and are desperately in need of a used and oily frey-bentos label! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
...you'll be wishing you'd gone for an MAB as you have another sneezing fit due to the build up of dust! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
...you'll be wishing you'd gone for an MAB as you have another sneezing fit due to the build up of dust! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Robin
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So the strum box would become what? A plectrum box?
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You mean that isn't that what it is?
So the strum box would become what? A plectrum box?
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You mean that isn't that what it is?
ParaHandy
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g'morning yer popeship. A gent related to an oirish person oan ra committee has an ancester Paddy O'blige who had a coracle, was ga-ga, and the l & i got swapped. Ah'm haeing mair wine and it can only get better ....
machurley22
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Begorrah! Sure if it gets any finer ye'll have to be transmogrifyin' it fer me too.
ParaHandy
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one of paddy's bastid offspring married a man frae donegal, Benny O'Toe, who set off from cork in one and wuz washed ashore in france. Noo, Wull the C in 1066 thought a boat a wee bit bigger wud be cheaper than P&O tae get oer tae Hastings
machurley22
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Hence the Bateaux Tapestry.
Twister_Ken
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Ignorance exposed
"The real MAB will have dirty oily diesely water with Fray Bentos labels floating in it."
The real MAB owner knows that Fray Bentos tinnies don't have 'labels', The delightful picture and the accompanying prose are printed directly on the tin plate which has two beneficial effects. One; no labels to wash off, leaving the MAB owner uncertain whether (s)he is about to consume Chicken, Rhino testicles and Mushroom or Gravy and Gristle, and two; it confers a degree of rust-proofing to aid the vestigal rust proofing conferred by a light coating of bilge diesel.
"The real MAB will have dirty oily diesely water with Fray Bentos labels floating in it."
The real MAB owner knows that Fray Bentos tinnies don't have 'labels', The delightful picture and the accompanying prose are printed directly on the tin plate which has two beneficial effects. One; no labels to wash off, leaving the MAB owner uncertain whether (s)he is about to consume Chicken, Rhino testicles and Mushroom or Gravy and Gristle, and two; it confers a degree of rust-proofing to aid the vestigal rust proofing conferred by a light coating of bilge diesel.
Sixpence
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Re: Ignorance exposed
So far , this thread , whilst seeming helpful , has not been , so what exactly is a friggin MAB
So far , this thread , whilst seeming helpful , has not been , so what exactly is a friggin MAB
BrendanS
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Re: Ignorance exposed
following on from many posts here, I purchased a tin of Fray Bentos Steak and Kidney pudding, just to see what I could expect on a raggie boat and exposed to culinary delights. After following the cooking instructions, my mouth was watering, as steak and kidney is a wonderful meal.
Levering the wodge out of the tin I was puzzled by the lump of kids playdoh in front of me, but attacked it with a knife and fork anyway. Inside the playdoh was a mush of date expired dog food, and not a kidney in sight.
It went in the bin, I wouldn't even feed it to the dog!
following on from many posts here, I purchased a tin of Fray Bentos Steak and Kidney pudding, just to see what I could expect on a raggie boat and exposed to culinary delights. After following the cooking instructions, my mouth was watering, as steak and kidney is a wonderful meal.
Levering the wodge out of the tin I was puzzled by the lump of kids playdoh in front of me, but attacked it with a knife and fork anyway. Inside the playdoh was a mush of date expired dog food, and not a kidney in sight.
It went in the bin, I wouldn't even feed it to the dog!
Sixpence
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Re: Ignorance exposed
Send it here , my pigs don't care what they eat /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Send it here , my pigs don't care what they eat /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
BrendanS
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Re: Ignorance exposed
You feed your pigs playdough imitations of food? That's horrible
You feed your pigs playdough imitations of food? That's horrible
Sixpence
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Re: Ignorance exposed
Try owning a couple of them as pets /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif , believe me , if I went in there and laid on the ground pretending to be dead , they would eat me. Now there's a thought ! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Try owning a couple of them as pets /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif , believe me , if I went in there and laid on the ground pretending to be dead , they would eat me. Now there's a thought ! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
