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14th June 2011, 11:31 PM
#91
Nice one! Ivan!
Hi Ivan
I like that saying mate,and it would be something if we could get that on the Pig and Whistle Forum Door haha! "All who enter here (the forum) do so at their own peril"
Cheers
Oh those poor Cargo Men what no P&W now theres a let down,missed out on a few things i would say haha!
Thanks
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18th July 2011, 08:46 AM
#92
I recall visiting a Seamans Mission in Odessa in 1976, it was a very grand building and well furnished. A stark contrast to the area it was in. The mission consisted of a huge room, half of which was stacked with shelves of books. All the books were red (appropriately?), they were printed in numerous languages and everyone that visited the mission was given 3 of these books. There was one very thick paperback and a couple of smaller ones. Once I had bought stamps and posted my mail I left, 'accidently' forgetting to pick up the books .
We left the Mission in search of a bar (what else?), we flagged down a bus. We only had US dollars, the bus drivers eyes lit up. The next thing we knew the driver had turfed all the passengers off the bus, we had our own private taxi............ but thats another story
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