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29th March 2014, 11:19 AM
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Re: berthing master?
leratty have driven through the perafique ....probably spelt wrong .....a few times and its quite hairy.....but with true brit grit never gave any quarter to any bugger and always came throgh unscathed ....apart from continousfrogs papping there horns but when it came to the crunnch they always bottled quite an experience regards cappy
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29th March 2014, 03:08 PM
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Re: berthing master?
I always thought a berthing master was a male midwife.
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leratty. Dublin is like a breakers yard every car has dents. I think they are delivered like that.

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29th March 2014, 04:55 PM
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Re: berthing master?

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leratty
John A p8, we have even after living in Shanghai & Hong Kong never ever seen such appalling (driving) parking as we do here in Paris. .
I lived in Karachi for four years and Bombay for four months, driving is an art form more suited to Banger Derbys, traffic lights, if you want to survive, stop at them all regardless of colour
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29th March 2014, 05:43 PM
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Re: berthing master?
I Paid off a ship in Suez, and a Taxi to Cairo, He took us through a Minefield, we were screaming. Driver, "No Problem, we all go to Paradise" then in Cairo which is quite chaotic, we went through every Red Light. We were screaming again.
"No problem , we all go to paradise, " he kept shouting.
Terrifying journey.
Cheers
Brian.
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3rd April 2014, 12:12 AM
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Re: berthing master?
#8, Excuse me Mr Arton!! I am an exceedingly safe driver.......my hill starts are stupendous and parking a doddle
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3rd April 2014, 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by
gray_marian
#8, Excuse me Mr Arton!! I am an exceedingly safe driver.......my hill starts are stupendous and parking a doddle

Must say that I am blessed with a wife who is an excellent driver, parker and reverser, she should have been a car carrier jockey, she'd beat them hands down, her one failing is wondering why all the other cars are going so slow on the motorway, had to get rid of my Subaru Turbo before she lost her licence and then who would drive us home on a Saturday night, certainly couldn't be me.
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3rd April 2014, 07:15 AM
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gray_marian
#8, Excuse me Mr Arton!! I am an exceedingly safe driver.......my hill starts are stupendous and parking a doddle

And modest as well.
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