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[Keith at Tregenna]

#131: Going back a while but, remember the lobster thermidor at the Roslin Hotel.

Going back to London would have dinner at a place called the brasserie, pos Raliegh way?
or nearby, could have been Pitsea way. Have visited many an Auberge in France but this
was the Bee's knees then.

Mind you nothing like the pie and mash at L. Manze, Walthamstow.

K.

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[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Jon
Your description of the Thames and environs brought up nice memories for me, I loved that smell as you started up the river, then passed those ancient towns. My wife comes from Gravesend and we often talk about when she used to go down to the Ferry wharf and watch the liners pull out into the river, so much changed when we went home. We visited the the statue of Pocahontas and other great sites.
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Keith, At least 4 of the posts since 81, are yours !!!, so i am completely lost on your point, kt

Problem is Keith with some including apprentices Common Sense is not so common.

[happy daze john in oz]

Keith, you just have !!, polite question from me, are you an apprentice moderator ?, kt

A moderator on this site need s to be some one who was at sea, only they know how we often think differently to shore siders.
I wonder how much paste costs now, is it expensive?
But at the current rate of about 20 to 25 postings per day the cutter will become top poster.
Odd I think that such a person on a site for ex BMN persons should be a shore sider!!

[Keith at Tregenna]

RE: But at the current rate of about 20 to 25 postings per day, is most often yourself.

The chip on your shoulder grows Captain or was it Admiral ?

K.

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[Keith at Tregenna]

Hi Jon
Your description of the Thames and environs brought up nice memories for me, I loved that smell as you started up the river, then passed those ancient towns. My wife comes from Gravesend and we often talk about when she used to go down to the Ferry wharf and watch the liners pull out into the river, so much changed when we went home. We visited the the statue of Pocahontas and other great sites.
Des

The Native American princess, associated with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, is famously said to have intervened to save the life of pioneer Captain John Smith. Later captured by the English during Anglo-Indian hostilities in 1613, she was held for ransom but during her captivity she converted to Christianity, took the name Rebecca and married an Englishman, John Rolfe (not the John Disney would have us believe). She left her home in Virginia to travel to England and became a regular at the court of King James. In 1617, the Rolfes set sail for Virginia, but Pochahontas was taken ill and died near Gravesend.

The Native American princess, associated with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, is famously said to have intervened to save the life of pioneer Captain John Smith. Later captured by the English during Anglo-Indian hostilities in 1613, she was held for ransom but during her captivity she converted to Christianity, took the name Rebecca and married an Englishman, John Rolfe (not the John Disney would have us believe). She left her home in Virginia to travel to England and became a regular at the court of King James. In 1617, the Rolfes set sail for Virginia, but Pochahontas was taken ill and died near Gravesend.

[Tony Taylor]

I remember the smell in BA near the slaughter house, and as you say Bombay, sure i could smell Bombay long before we docked, kt

60 miles out at sea

[Tony Taylor]

The Malacca Straits, very aromatic air.

[Tony Taylor]

I was in Djakarta on business in 2013 but saw and smelt absolutely nothing exotic. I arrived on a Sunday evening and was straight out of the hotel, setting up exhibition kit till midnight. Every day started at 8 and finished at 7 until the exhibition closed at 12.00 Friday, spent the whole afternoon in meetings again till fairly late; Saturday morning more meetings till 14.00 then back to hotel showered, check out and off to the airport. All I saw was out of a taxi window, main memory was the river, totally choked by rubbish.

[cappy]

RE: But at the current rate of about 20 to 25 postings per day, is most often yourself.

The chip on your shoulder grows Captain or was it Admiral ?

K.

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now now tiddly with whistle ...docs away ......no probs today