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22nd February 2016, 10:58 AM
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Panama Canal.
Some pictures of the Panama taken last week.
Regards.
Jim.B.
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22nd February 2016, 11:03 AM
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Re: Panama Canal.
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22nd February 2016, 12:25 PM
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Re: Panama Canal.
See they have managed to fix the leak in the new lock that is part of the "new" Panama Canal and its opening date is sometime in the next few months.
rgds
JA
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22nd February 2016, 12:32 PM
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Re: Panama Canal.
Looks like the "Mules" have had a wash and brush up and comb since the fifties, I wonder
how many have been conned into saving the bread for them over the years.....F.
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22nd February 2016, 12:36 PM
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Re: Panama Canal.
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Frederick Lacey
Looks like the "Mules" have had a wash and brush up and comb since the fifties, I wonder
how many have been conned into saving the bread for them over the years.....F.
yes fred cappy saved for the poor hungary mules ......but only the ist time......also went round the ship looking for newspapers for friday night .....OLD STYLE FISH AND CHIPS ......SAD BUT TRUE......everyone smiling ...wot a happy ship i thought......regards cappy
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22nd February 2016, 02:30 PM
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Re: Panama Canal.
There were plenty more, I never got caught with these, but some did, all good fun.
Can you get me a bucket of fog from the fog locker
or a bucket of steam from the engine room,
memories of the good old days.....F
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22nd February 2016, 03:25 PM
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Re: Panama Canal.
Originally Posted by
Frederick Lacey
Looks like the "Mules" have had a wash and brush up and comb since the fifties, I wonder
how many have been conned into saving the bread for them over the years.....F.
Me.
John
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22nd February 2016, 06:56 PM
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Re: Panama Canal.
Old picture of 'mule' in late sixties
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22nd February 2016, 08:40 PM
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Re: Panama Canal.
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Mules early Fifties.
Last edited by Frederick Lacey; 22nd February 2016 at 08:43 PM.
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23rd February 2016, 05:40 AM
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Re: Panama Canal.
No good looking for manure for the rhubarb off those mules.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller
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