Spilling Drinks

[jimi]

I like sailing but have a problem which mars my enjoyment. My tea keeps falling over and spilling, How do other people cope?

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[claymore]

I too enjoy mars.
I'm slightly disappointed though that they have become so expensive and have shrunk considerably in size.
When I was a boy they used to be 6d and would last at least 2 weeks at the rate of ODGPD
(One Decent Gobful Per Day
Now they cost around 8/- and last no time at all
Question - as I keep buying them -
a) Am I getting wealthier
b) Is my gob getting bigger.

Perhaps the fact that they are getting smaller is that someone in the mars factory keeps spilling their tea over them and they shrink.

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Claymore
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[ParaHandy]

i just spill it into the cockpit and plug the drain 'oles up .. its going to end up there, anyway .. sort of big tea urn and then use long straw to suck it up .. works a treat

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[longjohnsilver]

Stay tied up to a pontoon!

Best place for you, can't get lost and plenty of caffees near by.

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[Sybarite]

It just shows I am older than you. When I was a lad they were 3d but I used to save a halfpenny by buying a Crunchie instead. Mind you a Jaguar was only about £1300 then too.

John

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[Sybarite]

Get a second 331, tie to the first and make a catamaran.

John

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[ParaHandy]

Re: Deprived childhood ..

if only i'd known .. an only child, no thieving sibling to nick the mars bar .. you can get help, you know ...

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[ParaHandy]

Re: Beagle 2

wonder if that's the reason ... did a chummy yank come over and offer a cup of tea?

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[Twister_Ken]

Cheaper than a catameringue

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[Fill]

Mars bar as currency

I have heard it said that the Mars bar has kept pace with inflation and that it is an accurate reflection of the value of the currency. It'll probably disappear totally in time!


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[snowleopard]

don't expect unspilled tea on a cat. our saloon table is mounted on the floor of the bridgedeck. when a wave hits the bottom of the deck the upward acceleration imparted to the table ensures an even distribution of tea across the entire head lining.

you can tell a cat sailor - he dribbles equally from both sides of his mouth....

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[Aeolus_IV]

Wasn't there a discussion reciently about conversion of your fine craft into a motor yacht by the simple action of removing the mast and thus removing most causes for heel? Have you reconsidered this option?

Regards, Jeff.

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[sailbadthesinner]

Re: TEA?

so thats why morning scotch tasted odd

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[AndrewB]

Re: Mars bar as currency

Yes, that's true. A Mars bar was last at 6d in about 1956, and is (best value) 40p today, a 16-fold increase. Meanwhile the Retail Price Index went from 11.3 to 181.5 (Jan 1987=100), also a 16-fold increase.

But didn't the Mars bar change size at some point?

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[jhr]

Re: Mars bar as currency

No doubt the Mars bar has changed size at some point - if only when it became a Eurosize measured in grammes rather than God's very own British ounces.

Much more disturbing, imho, is the fundamental change in the composition of the bar, that was sneaked in by stealth a couple of years ago, amongst much waffle about market research and trends in taste. The modern Mars bar is a quasi-Milky Way, with a thin layer of chocolate round the outside and almost completely lacking the tooth-sticking glutinousness of yore.

Bring back the birch! that's what I say.

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[chas]

I often put mine in a mug. This constrains it an stops it spilling.

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[Evadne]

Re: Mars bar as currency

That's funny, they do say that what America does today, Britain does tomorrow.
About 10 years ago we were on holiday in the back end of beyond of the good ol' US of A, and came across a supermarket selling mars bars. They were milky ways, I'd swear.
I reckoned Real Mars Bars were too tough for the yanks (I never did see Yorkies on sale anywhere). They are, despite the size of their steaks, notoriously wimpish when it comes to food. Just feed a marmite buttie and a pint of Old Peculiar to one and you'll see what I mean.


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[Twister_Ken]

Self-adjusting

>But didn't the Mars bar change size at some point?<

Yes. But so did the Pound.

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[jimi]

Cosmic

You usually find a mars in a beagle rather than .... Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghh

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[boatmike]

I have the same problem with scotch but it doesn't happen until the 5th one.....
And thats in me front room.....

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