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winging it 
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 Topic: Sailing is for posh peoplePosted: 15 Nov 13 at 11:37am |
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http://deadspin.com/the-preppiest-sports-ranked-1455273532 Apparently 'crew' is that weird thing where they use bits of wood flattened at the end to push themselves around instead of sails. Never understood it myself. |
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iGRF
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Posted: 15 Nov 13 at 11:41am |
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Says she with the double barrelled handle..
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yellowwelly
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Posted: 15 Nov 13 at 11:53am |
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odd... that perception coming out after the biggest regatta in our sport concludes and the champion billionaire (who wasn't even onboard, never mind steering) gets seen as a legend... and the new custodian of some prime Bay real estate.
oh well, at least 470 guys got the internal recognition they deserve earlier this week. And thanks to Ocean Leisure's window display, the Embankment now has two 'Big Bens' for Lunndeners to look at. Edited by yellowwelly - 15 Nov 13 at 11:56am |
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winging it
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Posted: 15 Nov 13 at 12:31pm |
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Weedon = the village in Northampton where my dad was found just before they stuck him in the Barnado's home, so they used that as his surname. He was probably the child of an itinerant Irish worker.
Jones - my husband's last name. I didn't want to be Mrs Jones. I should drop it now really but can't be bothered with the faff. |
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iGRF
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Posted: 15 Nov 13 at 12:36pm |
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Maybe it was sailing that made you aspirational, my own example of refusing to join my surname with that of my spouse Miss Crap, was a shining example of self denial I thought..
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Rupert
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Posted: 15 Nov 13 at 12:42pm |
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Given some of the village names in Britain, I'd say you were lucky!
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Rupert
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Posted: 15 Nov 13 at 12:45pm |
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Of course, the sport of this particular forum, dinghy sailing, isn't on the list. We must be a right bunch of oiks, not to come in ahead of bowls.
Mind, this is a Yankee website, and we know they have a strange view of class over there. Edited by Rupert - 15 Nov 13 at 12:45pm |
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Andymac
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Posted: 15 Nov 13 at 1:02pm |
Funny how my mind works, I was just compelled to Google whether there was a place called Poodon. |
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yellowwelly
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Posted: 15 Nov 13 at 1:16pm |
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Are we back to the RS Cat again?
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yellowwelly
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Posted: 15 Nov 13 at 1:55pm |
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On the squawk today was someone talking rather eruditely about social mobility, or to be more precise, the decline of it in our society. It made me think of this thread, and yes, it comes as no surprise that a traditionally gentrified sport (or should that be, 'pursuit' given most of us don't even race properly anymore) has moved back to a middle-class stereotype.
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