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4th October 2023, 09:18 PM
#11
Re: Collision report

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John Cassels
Now that's a rather damming statement . I've seen many the worse for drink but never drunk , are you sure ?.
I would think John, that sailing with him would be enough to turn anyone to drink!
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5th October 2023, 05:49 AM
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Re: Collision report
There is usually a reason for turning to drink usually for solace , or trying to forget , I have tried in the past and it doesn’t work for me as usually spewed it all back leaving me with just a bad head . A good friend of mine was an alcoholic with him was he couldn’t handle any responsibility was how I saw it , he used to drink Vodka one of the harder alcohols to perceive hanging around a persons aura. I used to take the bottle off him and sit and have a beer with him. I am due sometime in the not too far future to be examined by a geriatric
Professional to see if I am on the way to being 2 bob short of a quid , my wife has already seen him and I was present , he said to me when I corrected her about times etc. don’t worry your next after her your turns coming . Saw my GP last week and she gave me a referral letter , so the pub quiz is on its way. To have the start of alzheimers and be a geriatric does not appeal to me , so maybe our friend has not been very lucky. Life was so straight forward 50 years ago. Cheers JS
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6th October 2023, 05:18 AM
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Re: Collision report
John mate, the chance of you going a bit odd is far from happening.
Your mind from all your postings shows you are fine.
I did one of those tests for the last 3 years, told the doc I was quite sane.
He was a bit surprised that I had worked out what the test was about.
He asked me how old I was, I told him 16 with many years experience.
Apparently not the answer he wanted.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
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7th October 2023, 12:34 AM
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Re: Collision report
John S
If your wife asks you what you did with the butter and you answer, "iI put it in the ridge" you are in trouble, like me, not for senility , in the cold weather she likes to keep it out so it's still a bit soft, like me.
Des
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7th October 2023, 12:46 AM
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Re: Collision report
#11 when he asks me that John I’m going to be a bit more accurate , I’m going to say 16 with 70 years experience . If he’s a smart ass and takes it further and says what sort of experience ?, I’m going to say women, I still don’t understand them . JS
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7th October 2023, 05:56 AM
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Re: Collision report
There was a book published, or should I say a series called,
'How to understand women'
Ran to six volumes and still no one knows what it is about.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
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