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  • in reply to: General Discussion #274293
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    SS Shieldhall?
    She was built in 1954-55 as a replacement for a vessel sunk in WWII, and was a ‘sludge’ carrier, taking sewage from Glasgow to be dumped at sea. It looked evocative – a design that appear positively 1930’s. And she is in fully working condition, despite the modest income cruising the Solent generates. There is very little to compare with it, on this side of the Atlantic anyway.

    in reply to: General Discussion #274302
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    A view of said mutt, tattoo and comments on Instagram

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    in reply to: General Discussion #274322
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    We don’t have a great reputation preserving larger vessels – look at HMS Plymouth or SS Shieldhall and the difficulties they have with maintaining themselves. Even when it is relatively unique we do silly things like cutting a salvaged U-Boat (U-534) into five pieces to help ‘preserve’ it.
    There have been a large batch of vessels preserved in the UK in the last 20-30 years, and most of them will end up as that flakey red rusty stuff unless they are sold for scrap first. There is only so much that be preserved – the public doesn’t have so much interest in stuff so if they see one ship they believe they’ve seen them all; is there really that much demand?
    HMS Victory is a replica, to all intents and purposes; HMS M33, HMS Trincomalee, HMS Gannet and HMS Warrior have all been extensively renovated since they were hulks, HMS Unicorn is a hulk and will never be anything else (staying preserved in ‘ordinary’, or so they say…). HMS Caroline (last survivor of the Battle of Jutland) is a hulk but there are proposals to renovate her. HMS Cavalier has been in and out of trouble ever since she was ‘preserved’ in 1977 (my brother spent several years chipping away at the rust in Southampton and Brighton: there is a reason a vessel gets to the end of its service life), HMY Britannia and HMS Bronington have both had their problems in preservation due to not being able to throw money at them like the navy did.
    Others are in ‘official’ museum collections (ie HMS Belfast, HMS Alliance, HM submarine Torpedo Boat No 1 – or Holland 1, etc), which makes it a little easier to preserve them.

    in reply to: General Discussion #274124
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    But that won’t help everyone, which was my thinking.

    Always thinking of number one, and only number one, you lot…

    in reply to: General Discussion #274128
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    Like I said, seen one seen ’em all.

    One pile of water-sodden timber, some cattle bones, a few believers and Robert is the sibling of one one of your parents whilst you set up your own museum…

    in reply to: General Discussion #274143
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    Smoking good news: the more who smoke proportionally the more who die who I don’t have to share my pension with.
    Smoking bad news: the more who smoke proportionally the more that die who won’t help contribute to my pension.

    Bu33er.

    And still they throw their dog ends out of car windows and on the floor; why is it that you are instantly an antisocial litterer caring little about the world the rest of us also live in?

    in reply to: General Discussion #274152
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    Average ones?

    in reply to: General Discussion #274156
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    Betcha it couldn’t…[/unhappy]

    in reply to: General Discussion #274157
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    That’s getting a little bit personal, Linc-y!

    in reply to: General Discussion #274163
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    I am confused, Linc. Which six words?

    The guy tattooed his dog. He posted pics on the net like it was the most natural thing in the world. He got upset and withdrew when people questioned why he’d do that.

    Many years ago there was a prosecution of a man for piercing his cats ear/s and that was dumb stupid too.

    Dogs and cats, in fact all pets, are not fashion accessories to be decorated to meet a fad. Sometimes they get dyed and that can and does traumatise cats; might not affect dogs so much, but I don’t know dogs as well as cats.
    If you really need to hammer holes in your pet or colour its fur on a whim maybe you need to re-prioritise your life and get a per rock instead.

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    BUT DO NOT MISTREAT IT.

    in reply to: General Discussion #274005
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    To be honest…

    No, don’t start now…;o)

    And yes there is: you can make the choice whereas your dog can’t.

    How long do you guys think that tatt took? Compare that with a small one involving a number, or that ear tag that cows wear.

    in reply to: General Discussion #274048
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    Don’t agree one bit SNAFU, when you retire, I bet you a pound to a pinch of the proverbial, you wouldn’t be able to live on the State Pension alone.
    Thinking of number one?. no, just common sense in making sure that when I retired, I would have enough to live the life I do, without having to rely on handouts.
    Have you noticed just how many “Food Banks” there are in this Country of late?.
    Jim.
    Lincoln .7

    Agree or don’t agree – up to you, but SOME people get nothing more than state pension, some couldn’t afford to take on an additional pension, some have been shafted by their employers, some didn’t/couldn’t work or have been married & divorced without building up the necessary number of stamps. For those people there is no choice but to rely on what the government hands out – no choice – but that doesn’t seem to be of much interest around here (hence number one).
    As for food banks, who do you think needs food banks? People who can’t afford food, maybe? Like, as an example. down on their luck single pension pensioners…? And what did they do when they worked – shop assistants, farm workers, road maintenance, building and decorating, in fact anything that couldn’t let them put anything away for a rainy post work afterlife. Who cares for them? Not you lot, it seems…

    in reply to: General Discussion #273861
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    Where, in Scotland???;o)

    in reply to: General Discussion #273880
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    Um, big me fail.

    What I meant to say was “It might be if Russia invaded Scotland…” implying that if Russia were to invade Scotland then such a vote might well be illegal.
    Or maybe I didn’t. I can’t remember/be bothered anymore.

    in reply to: General Discussion #273890
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    …WHAT WERE THE PARENTS THINKING??!!?

    I got the feeling that you have introduced a little sarcasm into the thread… Well done. Now for some irony and, if you think you can do it, a bit of concern too.

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