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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
 Posted - 16 February 2006 : 5:25:34 PM
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Staying Pure.
Now I have three daughters and although it may sound appealing, they can become a pain at times. My mother says that God paid me back for hating the neighbours seven daughters when I was a very young lad by giving me three daughters, but then felt sorry for me and gave me a son who plays football. I would put the hose on the neighbours daughters as well as playing other tricks on them. Anyway in an effort to to disswade my girls from coming sailing I've devised a plan to start a rumour that the Hagar IV has a resident sea-rat. A kind of mascot who just camps out on the boat sometimes. Girls hate all types of creepy crawlies.
I'ts a noble cause to keep the Hagar IV pure and not bring bad luck, dont' you know?
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Colin Cole
Helmsman
Australia
676 Posts |
Posted - 16 February 2006 : 9:46:57 PM
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Chris how old are your girls?
If they are not say - 12 to 16ish - lucky you - you can go for a sail every now and then!
If and when they are that age - sell the boat, stamp "taxi" on your forhead! "Bank" on you back head! and buy lots of shares in telecom.
girls will give ya more than bad luck - don't ya know :) |
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Sasha
Helmsman
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Posted - 16 February 2006 : 11:18:22 PM
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I've met his daughters...You are so so very much too late in your warnings.
I personaly think that rumours of a rat on board may encourage the youngest on board even more then promise of her own personal cabin and a DVD player.
Sasha
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The more I know about horses, the more I love sailboats.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 21 February 2006 : 8:15:12 PM
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Now Rod liked the story of "The Rat" on board, that he believes that we must procure a rodent mascot for the Hagar IV. I have suggested that ferrets are very good pets and would a second function making excellent bird catchers. And so... if anyone knows of a seagoing ferret, four legged only, that needs a cabin please contact Rod.
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Graeme Watson
Helmsman
Australia
253 Posts |
Posted - 21 February 2006 : 11:06:13 PM
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Does it need to be house trained or are you willing to clean up after it?
Graeme[:-jump] |
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 22 February 2006 : 05:05:45 AM
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It is my understanding that Ferrits are very clean animals and can be house trained. Just think! You can solve your bird mess problems because ferrits are great hunters and have historically been used in rabbiting & clearing warrens. The next problem would be feathery decks!
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LCJOHNSTON
Helmsman
Australia
258 Posts |
Posted - 23 February 2006 : 01:01:47 AM
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| But can a Ferret gybe the kite?? |
Leigh Ex E30 MkII "Caroline" Hobart |
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 23 February 2006 : 09:05:16 AM
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No Leigh,
I'm sure that Ferrets cannot gybe kites! However, with reward oriented training they may be taught to retrieve halliards. How does the saying go? Like a Rat (Ferret) up a drain, or in this case up a mast or halliard.
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Kevin
Sheet Hand
Australia
28 Posts |
Posted - 23 February 2006 : 09:32:16 AM
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Splinter
Helmsman
Australia
500 Posts |
Posted - 23 February 2006 : 5:45:15 PM
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Chris the girls arn't bad luck or hold ya back. I now have 3 "Splinterettes" and they are great. Good crew, good company, great food and looks better than all the "Splinterers"
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 27 February 2006 : 1:49:13 PM
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Ah, Kevin, your just a glutton for punishment. You now have three! & so have I, as well as She Who Must be Obeyed.
Speaking of which/whom. Last Saturday week I had just lashed out & purchased a new set of Cooper tyres for the Landcruiser & after washing the car and silicon coating the new tyres, I approached SWMBO'd and must of had one of those mental lapses and offered to take her out. She asked to go to Manly and do some window shopping as well as having an Ice Cream. They have a range of Ice Cream shops in Manly, dont' you know!
Anyway the five dollar ice-cream tuned into a $550.00 coffee table for the lounge room as well as another $100.00 odd for all the alterations to the base and a week of oiling and waxing, and still ongoing, don't you know!
The moral of the story; dont' have mental lapses and beware of ice-cream vendors.
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Robert Simmons
Helmsman
Australia
420 Posts |
Posted - 27 February 2006 : 2:27:40 PM
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| Au contrare Chris.....think of the Brownie Points...... |
Drink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep well, and you will not sin. Avoid sin, and you will be saved. Ergo, drink wine and you will be saved.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 28 February 2006 : 3:02:28 PM
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Doctor Robert,
What are brownie points? I seem to have forgotten. Must be the mid-life syndrome or something like that! The pleasures in life are being greeted by the dogs when I come home and going sailing on the Hagar IV.
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Robert Simmons
Helmsman
Australia
420 Posts |
Posted - 28 February 2006 : 6:35:04 PM
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Oh dear!! Brownie points accrue when you do good things for SWMBO and
the Family (ie selfless behaviour). At a prearranged total-always subject
to review by SWMBO and not negotiable-you are allowed a treat of some sort
like an hour off to yourself and the boys and so on. You may roll over the
points in anticipation of a special treat, always bearing in mind the
possibility of a further review. The coffee table probably earned about
eight picopoints, but don't be disheartened, there may be a bonus point
chore just around the corner. You need to remember that SWMBO has more
power than Customs or the Hague. |
Drink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep well, and you will not sin. Avoid sin, and you will be saved. Ergo, drink wine and you will be saved.
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LCJOHNSTON
Helmsman
Australia
258 Posts |
Posted - 02 March 2006 : 11:17:37 PM
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| Everyone knows that Brownie Points are a ficticious concept. Men can never get in front! |
Leigh Ex E30 MkII "Caroline" Hobart |
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Splinter
Helmsman
Australia
500 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2006 : 08:54:24 AM
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I agree with Leigh, no male could ever get in front. I just know that I am always in the "S" however it just depends on the depth, sometimes I need a snorkel.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2006 : 9:31:35 PM
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Alas dear friends,
Browney points are mearly a ficticious form of a smoke screen devised by some husband controlling [:-witch], dont' you know.
Now, I know, that some of you poor chaps have had good relationships, but!! at some stage in the relationship the true form emerges.
How do you know that a woman is a witch you ask? And well you may ask!
Well thats another story, dont' you know.
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Splinter
Helmsman
Australia
500 Posts |
Posted - 05 March 2006 : 10:07:53 PM
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Not going there, buddy.
cheers, |
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 06 March 2006 : 03:43:14 AM
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Indeed Kevin, Its' that dark place where we just cannot go, without fear of retribution from the SWMBO'ds of this world.
I suppose, I'm just one of these rare individuals who is a glutton for punishment. A sort of sudeo massacist, it's why I sailed fourteen foot skiffs for thirty years.
Chris. |
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 13 March 2006 : 2:37:53 PM
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Now last weekend we were short of crew and missed Sundays race at our own Club because so many bodies were away. Even Rod was away. And what was his excuse you might ask?, & well you might ask it.
Well he was away playing wars with the Army. Now Rod is one of those mad Commandos, who jumps out of planes and helicopters and scares the jeepers out of people. This weekend he was away blowing things up, for which we pay him!!! Some has to do it & I'm glad its him.
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What E30 Crews get up to?
