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kneewrecker ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1586 |
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Nelson in today's society? He'd probably ask why he lost a hand and an eye all because one American family's oil interests were under commercial pressure.
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fab100 ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 Mar 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1005 |
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Warships; the ultimate unrestricted development class. And sure enough, flipping' expensive, but the good news for grf is that no hiking is required As an aside, what would Nelson say as an Admiral today when the MoD give him as aircraft carrier today but said he'd have to wait 8 years for the aircraft. Akin to sending the Victory to Trafalgar without cannons
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kneewrecker ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1586 |
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Yep- I think you have a point. It's got a kind of retro vibe, one that gets lost in the blandness of pushing the stick on a Pico or pulling the rope on a Topaz.
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Medway Maniac ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 13 May 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2788 |
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Sure, but when Topper made them none of them excited me or gave me any expectations (except the Iso till I tried one), whereas if Cirrus built the Topper you'd expect them to make a proper job if it.
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Medway Maniac ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 13 May 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2788 |
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Don't a lot of people really enjoy the nomenclature. That seems to be a bit of magic for many novices, who feel they're joining a big bit of national heritage in the footsteps of Drake, Raleigh and Nelson. Or is that just Wayfarer sailors?
OK, Nelson never joined a CA, but you know what I mean...
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jeffers ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3048 |
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Tooper did used to make other boats you know...they were not a one trick pony in the past (Blaze, Buzz and Iso from memory). they then decided to not produce GRP boats at all about 8 years back and concentrate of their core boat (the Topper) and a variety of rotomoulded stuff.
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kneewrecker ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1586 |
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Human Capital Department might be a better description of the perfunctory responsibilities most corporate employers have to their staff.
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kneewrecker ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1586 |
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it might seem like a meaningless step- but imo, one of the barriers to the sport is the nomenclature. We either accept it, embracing its traditions and heritage and can be grown up enough to acknowledge that in reality, the demographic for boat ownership is not really in the lowest echelons of society; or we change it and get on twitter about our Performance Riders In Club Sailing- #hashtag 'prics' for short.
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Medway Maniac ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 13 May 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2788 |
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"Welfare", "Personnel", "Human Resources" - the changes don't change the leopard's spots, do they? Though hopefully CA's are more popular than the department identified in my example!
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Rupert ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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Would we be better off calling them Owners Groups?
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