Lost in the translation...
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Topic: Lost in the translation...
Posted By: Blobby
Subject: Lost in the translation...
Date Posted: 08 Sep 05 at 7:00am
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I am sorry - I couldn't resist this one from the Swift Solo website... http://www.single-handedskiffs.com/pages/773323/index.htm - http://www.single-handedskiffs.com/pages/773323/index.htm "The Swift Solo class looks forward to working with Wanka Boats" Ho hum! |
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Posted By: bigwavedave
Date Posted: 08 Sep 05 at 7:45am
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Thats the 'Yanks' for you. Kind of appropriate really. The last real super power, more GM crops than any other country in the world and we are sending them food parcels. How do you think they will market it? 'Enjoy a Swift Solo with Wanka' 'For men who want to do it alone' locked thread coming here soon! ------------- 
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Posted By: Blobby
Date Posted: 08 Sep 05 at 8:25am
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complete with endorsements from Mrs Palmer and for the young lads, her daughter miss palmer... I worked with a Yank before on a construction project and at one memorable meeting he insisted we go out and start shagging our suppliers and subcontractors... ...it later transpired that when playing baseball in the park as a lad they needed 3 people, 1 to pitch, one to hit and one to shag...apparently that meant running around chasing after the balls after a successful hit... |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 08 Sep 05 at 9:42am
Nothing like the real thing, then... ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC 
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Posted By: Blobby
Date Posted: 09 Sep 05 at 1:17am
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Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 09 Sep 05 at 12:02pm
That's one of your shortest posts, Blobby. What's happening? Busy at work or slipping standards ??  ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: bigwavedave
Date Posted: 09 Sep 05 at 4:22pm
Maybe doing some research on the builder of the Swift Solo -------------
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Posted By: Blobby
Date Posted: 12 Sep 05 at 1:33am
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Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 12 Sep 05 at 11:52am
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! ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: Blobby
Date Posted: 13 Sep 05 at 1:29am
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COpycat - I am sure i've used that response before... Standards are slipping - normal service may be resumed soon after 1 week in Bangkok, 1 week in New Zealand and 1 week in Sydney... |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 13 Sep 05 at 7:43am
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Then you'll need one week to tell all your friends in England how great life is! I remain unconvinced you're not a security guard in a dépôt in Sidcup, and you're off for 3 weeks of solid wholesome mirth in Butlins, Skegness ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: Blobby
Date Posted: 14 Sep 05 at 1:48am
| Not Skeggy - Camber Sands... |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 14 Sep 05 at 7:42am
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whoooahhhh !! Much classier ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: Rob.e
Date Posted: 13 Oct 05 at 7:46pm
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Back in the 80's there was a letter in Boards Magazine about a new product to teather your board to the beach, a "windsurfers anchor" (from the States), marketed under the name "W.Anka", or "W.Anchor". It never caught on, the guy who wrote in about it suggested there where enough "windsurfing anchors" on the beach anyway.... ------------- |
Posted By: Doctor Clifford
Date Posted: 14 Oct 05 at 8:00am
nothing wrong with GM crops. Just a new label for something that has been around for decades. It is unlikely that ANY of the cotton you wear is not GM. Havn't died yet, have you? ------------- regards Dr. Clifford take two tablets twice daily |
Posted By: bigwavedave
Date Posted: 14 Oct 05 at 4:39pm
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I don't mind a bit of GM myself. If food can be grown that will resist disease without the use of chemicals and reduce world hunger then that is OK by me. My post was at the same time as the New Orleans disaster, hence the comment. With all the toxic stuff and various additives that have found there way into my body over the years I would be wasting my energy worrying if the food I ate had been GM. Mmmm I think a few lagers may be the order of the day. -------------
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Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 24 Oct 05 at 9:16am
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Very wise idea... Lager is mostly made of water, with a few added ingredients to purify the system. Perfect proof: everyone feels better after a couple of lagers; however, mankind can only aspire to purity, never achieve it. That's why you feel so (it was the Tequila slammers and far too many Margaritas that did it for me last week |
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