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allanorton 
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 Topic: International 14 is no morePosted: 01 Apr 06 at 11:19am |
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Gordon Brown has announced that from April 2007 we will have a full metric system so boats such as the I14 will have to be known as the International 4.2672.
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Rupert
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Posted: 01 Apr 06 at 11:48am |
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Give politicians an inch and they'll take a mile...someone else can translate that!
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Isis
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Posted: 01 Apr 06 at 12:47pm |
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See recent topic on the Six Foot
Skiff forum to find examples of people who actualy think
something like this is a good idea.
Give politicians 25.4 millimeters and they'll take 1 609 344 millimeters.... hmm, just doesnt have quite the right ring to it... Edited by Isis |
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Scooby_simon
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Posted: 01 Apr 06 at 12:51pm |
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Better translation... Give politicians an inch and they take all your money and then waste it. |
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Tornado_ALIVE
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Posted: 01 Apr 06 at 1:43pm |
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Even better translation....... April Fools
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Rupert
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Posted: 01 Apr 06 at 8:02pm |
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More fun taking these things at face value, really! Especially when the change actually happened in the class rules many years ago! |
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