Teenagers in T shirts?

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I just read the story of the six teenagers who set out to sea at 0300 without lifejackets etc and had to be rescued by the incredulous lifeboat crew. What puzzled me was whether they were really wearing nothing but t shirts. What about pants shorts etc or does it just sound more irresponsible to allude to "just t shirts"? I can imagine the high jinks that would have resulted in someone thinking at 0200 that it would be a jolly idea to go for a sail etc but not without underwear! Is this just sensationalist journalism? Could you honestly say you didn't do equally daft things as a teenager? I can remember a very dangerous climb up a crane on Bristol Docks at 0300 but noone fell off and we didnt get caught. There but for the grace of God etc.

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Crikey, what is it about this Pwllheli place? First that horrific accident with the mobo running over that saily boat and now this reported. Is it something in the water?



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About Pwllhelli

Don't think it's anything to do with Pwllhelli per se, but it may be connected to the fact that a lot of the people who visit the place (a) come from a Major English City on the River Mersey, with two football teams, (b) have a tendency to say "calm down" at regular intervals and (c) allegedly have a liking for other peoples' property. Sailbadthesinner would be able to explain further, were he not sadly absent from these boards at present.

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Re: About Pwllhelli

Strangely I don't hear accents from that city to which you allude. Maybe it's because they've got their own boaty places on their doorstep.

However, many of the visitors do come from another large ugly English city down the M6 which is nowhere near the sea, with its own charming local accent.

I think it's the salt in the pool that is the cause of the mayhem.

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Re: About Pwllhelli

I know the place you're talking about - some of them come to the Solent as well. Think I'd better shut up before I alienate everyone... /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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Re: About Pwllhelli

Although it would appear that most of these lads hail from a northern city with two football teams, and a canal. I always thought there were three teams in Liverpool.

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Re: About Pwllhelli

Aaargh. I could only think of 2 off the top of my head, (1 with red shirts, 1 with blue) but I'm not an expert on football teams North of Watford.

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Re: About Pwllhelli

Although on this occasion they were members of the Cheshire set coming from 2 towns that have amongst the highest disposable incomes in the country.

My theory is that most of the trouble on the water comes from people that have lived miles from the sea all their lives. As Liverpool is a seaside town and the people of Liverpool (even Anne Robinson) have holidayed in North Wales as children I find they have quite good sea sense in general.

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Re: About Pwllhelli

Sorry, I can't remember what colour Tranmere play in. The only true team does play in red and white stripes, but it's not in this town.
(Ha'way the Lads!).


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Re: About Pwllhelli

I seem to have unintentionally turned this thread into a football discussion.

To try and get back on-message, I, too did some very stupid things when I was a teenager, including, once, trying to dive off the wall at the front of the (Bursledon) Jolly Sailor in the mistaken, alcohol-fuelled, belief that I would land in the water. A bit foolish because even at HWS there's only a few inches of water below the wall, and it was near low water anyway. Luckily I had some mates with me and they managed to stop me, but if they hadn't, there would no doubt have been some disapproving letters in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle about Ye Youthe of Todaye.

In my defence, M'Lud, it was my birthday and I was young and foolish (now I am just foolish, of course). So, yes - there but for the grace of God..............

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Re: About Pwllhelli

Just remember Sturrock is only on loan from the Best in the West - the Pilgrims (and I never thought that I was really a footie fan - but he managed to get me and the kids going to watch them... when I am not refereeing the proper game where you pick the ball up and run with it!)

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Re: About Pwllhelli

Surely not - the Birmingham navy is based in Dartmouth, I thought.

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Re: About Pwllhelli

Just to get back to the original discussion-Fortunately your mates stopped you and you didn't need the emergency services to bail you out. I agree in principle with what you're saying, but there is a limit. I think that people have to realise there are consequences to doing stupid things and if they need rescue ( with emergency service personnel at risk), then they deserve a little bit of adverse publicity. Most of the time we get away with risk taking, but that may well be a consequence of preparation and experience and perhaps it isn't as great a risk as we think. I certainly did my fair share of risky things, but never got caught/injured.

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Re: About Pwllhelli

Just curious, being a non-uk resident.... how the heck do you pronounce this??

Rene

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Re: About Pwllhelli

Pwithelly- you have to sound the LL like TH but pretend you're a duck.

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Re: About Pwllhelli

Agreed; I was a complete fool and was lucky not to have badly injured myself, in which case I would deserve to have been criticised and would not have merited any sympathy. We had a general principle, when going out en masse, that a couple of guys would stay sober - mainly because they were driving but also to restrain the excesses of others - thus proving, I suppose, that even when middle class boys go mad, they are still infuriatingly sensible. And smug............

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