Seagull remorse - does it exist?

[dylanwinter]

voice of reason

Dan, Chrusty and Blueboatman make me sound and feel like the voice of reason in this debate

Dylan

 

[davidej]

Blimey

We are arguing about the pollution from a Seagull while on the mobo forum they have their priorities right. Todays post include

pics of the washing machine in the crews quarters

complaints about doing 2.5 gpm (not mpg)

cost of filling up when you take 2500 galls


Get a life!

 

[dylanwinter]

pointing

Blimey

We are arguing about the pollution from a Seagull while on the mob forum they have their priorities right. Todays post include

pics of the washing machine in the crews quarters

complaints about doing 2.5 gpm (not mpg)

cost of filling up when you take 2500 galls


Get a life!

pointing to some-one who is worse than you has always been a bit of a thin defence when it comes to justifying your actions and their impact

I think being concerned about pollution does not mean that you have not got a life.

Dylan

 

[doug748]

On the other hand they could just be skint.

 

[davidej]

There is no doubt

Japanese for utility

British for style and pleasure

I, however will continue to use my classics (sparingly) -I see it as part of maintaining our heritage

 

[Greenheart]

'Heritage': a word hijacked to make passé trash seem noble...

On the other hand they could just be skint.

If Seagull users were so seriously skint, they'd row out to the yacht, waiting till the fierce tide relents. Seagulls offend everybody's every sense, and every local living thing except whatever's gripping the tiller. No sympathy. Sorry!

 

[richardh10]

I have been following this thread with interest since I first posted, and must admit I hadn't realised there was such strong anti-seagull feeling. Although I can see why, and even agree with most of it. However, my reason for using one, coming from the poverty stricken end of the boating spectrum, is purely financial. When I bought my boat and decided to keep it on a swinging mooring, I realised I would need an outboard, so on to ebay for a 2.5hp or thereabouts. A few weeks watching and they were coming out at around £250ish. The seagull I eventually got was £30. That was the deciding factor for me

When I do eventually have the money I'll get a 4 stroke. Promise. No idea when that will be though

 

[dylanwinter]

careful

There is no doubt

Japanese for utility

British for style and pleasure

I, however will continue to use my classics (sparingly) -I see it as part of maintaining our heritage

you will damage that seagull leaning a car against it that way

Dylan

 

[richardh10]

If Seagull users were so seriously skint, they'd row out to the yacht, waiting till the fierce tide relents. Seagulls offend everybody's every sense, and every local living thing except whatever's gripping the tiller. No sympathy. Sorry!

Blimey! That's what I mean!

I've got to admit to almost complete indifference to the thing - as to classic cars or classic bikes or classic anything else. But having noted the strong opinions of some, I don't think I will be able to start it up again except under cover of extreme dark!

Honda here I come

 

[Greenheart]

Richard, you'll always be glad to have ditched the Seagull.

on the mobo forum, todays posts include


complaints about doing 2.5 gpm (not mpg)

cost of filling up when you take 2500 galls

2.5 GPM is 263 feet per pint. Think about that over your evening ale.

Then again, if those big-block diesels wasted and jettisoned as great a proportion of their lube-oil as the humble, hateful Seagull, our fishmongers would soon be advertising a wide new range of 'oily fish'.

 

[Chrusty 1]

Dan, Chrusty and Blueboatman make me sound and feel like the voice of reason in this debate

Dylan

Tut-Tut!............I would never accuse you of ever being that,and another thing mush! You started this rat 'ole of a thread, you should ashamed of yourself picking on all those impoverished third world saily folk, what can't afford anything but an ancient wheezing old iron sh*tehawk! Harumph!

 

[Chrusty 1]

2.5 GPM is 263 feet per pint. Think about that over your evening ale.

Then again, if those big-block diesels wasted and jettisoned as great a proportion of their lube-oil as the humble, hateful Seagull, our fishmongers would soon be advertising a wide new range of 'oily fish'.

Yerst! and what about all them underwater lights, and patio doors, think of the cost to the environment of manufacturing all that junk!

 

[Blueboatman]

Just for Chrusty..Sailing to the pub, row back on the windless tide. Just doing my bit for green yottin and organic ale sales ( and sails)

Edit: It needs a name-something less obvious than Half n Half or Crafty Half..

 

[Chrusty 1]

Just for Chrusty..Sailing to the pub, row back on the windless tide. Just doing my bit for green yottin and organic ale sales ( and sails)

Edit: It needs a name-something less obvious than Half n Half or Crafty Half..

Busted Boat?? Or Bastid Boat??

 

[Captain Haddock]

If Seagull users were so seriously skint, they'd row out to the yacht, waiting till the fierce tide relents. Seagulls offend everybody's every sense, and every local living thing except whatever's gripping the tiller. No sympathy. Sorry!

Jeez!

Miserable, intolerant, hate filled sailing farts offend everybody's every sense, and every local living thing except whatever's gripping the tiller. No sympathy. Sorry!

So with that established it's all I can afford and will continue to use it occasionaly until I'm rich enough to buy a brand new one, a two stroke trade in for a four stroke subsidy appears by some miracle due to the establishment being shaken to the core by this issue or someone is kind enough to donate a four stroke to me

 

[Yantlet]

I think this puts the Seagull debate into perspective, don't you?

Red diesel blues have little impact on America's Cup winner the Swiss-Italian pharmaceuticals tycoon Ernesto Bertarelli.

The two times winner of sailing's ultimate prize has just spent £250,000 on a fill up for his 315ft motor-yacht, Vava II, which has a swimming pool, six decks and a helipad.

The £100 million yacht recently left Plymouth bound for the Caribbean with his wife on board, Kirsty, a former Miss UK.

 

[Chrusty 1]

I think this puts the Seagull debate into perspective, don't you?

Red diesel blues have little impact on America's Cup winner the Swiss-Italian pharmaceuticals tycoon Ernesto Bertarelli.

The two times winner of sailing's ultimate prize has just spent £250,000 on a fill up for his 315ft motor-yacht, Vava II, which has a swimming pool, six decks and a helipad.

The £100 million yacht recently left Plymouth bound for the Caribbean with his wife on board, Kirsty, a former Miss UK.

Yes but we are not allowed to have a moan about that on YBW forums, because the wealthy on here will all gang up on us and accuse us of having a most undesirable social sickness, it's called the politics of envy!

They just don't seem able to get to grips with the idea that anybody could possibly not be envious of anybody being so gross.

So given the above, we have to pick on iron sh*tehawk jockeys instead

 

[Chrusty 1]

Jeez!

Miserable, intolerant, hate filled sailing farts offend everybody's every sense, and every local living thing except whatever's gripping the tiller. No sympathy. Sorry!

So with that established it's all I can afford and will continue to use it occasionaly until I'm rich enough to buy a brand new one, a two stroke trade in for a four stroke subsidy appears by some miracle due to the establishment being shaken to the core by this issue or someone is kind enough to donate a four stroke to me

Yes well Dan did get a bit desperate there didn't he, perhaps his cow pie was late arriving from the galley? Still think that iron sh*tehawks are a bit anti social though, and another thing fish face, I don't believe for one minute that you are so impecunious that you can't find something better.

 

[Blueboatman]

I always thought that 'He who dies with the most toys wins'...suggests that they have learnt absolutely nothing in life!

Of course that is IMO. Each to their own eh and vive la difference

 

[Chrusty 1]

I always thought that 'He who dies with the most toys wins'...suggests that they have learnt absolutely nothing in life!

Of course that is IMO. Each to their own eh and vive la difference

As you say, "vive la difference", but I really am not envious of anyone like that, all just seems a bit gross to me when there is so much deprivation in the world. We have certain individuals complaining that the mansion tax is sooooooooooo unfair to the wealthy, then you get some wealthy pillock like him spending a quarter of a million filling his yacht's fuel tanks.

It does rather focus the voters minds I think?