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23rd May 2024, 10:28 AM
#181
Re: Death of Innocence.
Maybe the Chinese can build them an island in the South China Sea , they have the experience to do ? JS
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23rd May 2024, 02:50 PM
#182
Re: Death of Innocence.

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Douglas Bay
Not bad for a terrorist sympathiser, Jim.
However as an old bosun once sagely told me ...If wit were sh*t, you'd be seriously constipated.
Let's hope you don't have to eat your words ... the election ain't over till the fat lady sings.
Oh I think it is, let's face a die hard Tory like you and many others are deserting a sinking ship,and as you mentioned on another post will vote Reform Party.
Interesting this morning when Richard Tice was being interviewed he was asked if Nigel Farrage would be standing ah !!!! no. Now one wonders if he has his eye on a job working for Donald Trump
The honorary president of Reform UK confirmed on Thursday morning that he would not be standing at July’s election, insisting now was not “the right time” for him to stand and pointing to the importance of the US election.
It would seem Nigel has a habit of backing losers.
Now seeing as I did not know your old bosun , why did he tell you that gem!!!
If wit were sh*t, you'd be seriously constipated ?
Here a little something to help you to stay calm during the coming weeks.
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23rd May 2024, 06:50 PM
#183
Re: Death of Innocence.
If we can go back in time just exactly gave the jews their promised land?????the ww2 allies were responsible for giving them a small country which was surrounded by nations that hated them and now we stand back and wonder at what is happening now the 6 days war and the theft of Mirage jet plans & specs when the French would not supply them with the finished article shows the determination of the Jewish race to remain in their promised land but perhaps their expansion plans will prove a step to far
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23rd May 2024, 08:39 PM
#184
Re: Death of Innocence.
" I have never in my life, experienced any kind of bother from Jewish people,"
"and we don't need to look to history to make our judgements.[/QUOTE]
Bit of contradiction in there Johnny, unless history is malleable 
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23rd May 2024, 10:37 PM
#185
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#197
Oh dear ... how sad.
Devoid of decent debateable matter so resorting to personalised barbs now, are we Jimbo?!
Carry on old son, adopting a typical left wing Socialist ploy.
When you have nothing to say, just fling abuse across at your critic/s....
I must say, you do learn fast from your timid hero the Flip Flopping Starmer !!
Tarra!
#193 read your post, ref: abuse.
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23rd May 2024, 10:52 PM
#186
Re: Death of Innocence.
[QUOTE=Douglas Bay;431536]#187 and #188 David
"You know, banging on nd on and on soporificall yabout ancient history does not solve anything
Except perhaps massaging one's own ego when raising certain anti-Jewish facts in particular"
You seem to have a habit of deciphering a post to suit your particular mood and with no particular relation to what was actually said. I am certainly not
anti -Jewish as you claim. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of Jewish people that actually march with the protesters against what is happening in Gaza and refuse to hide behind the anti-semite trope.
You don't seem to understand the difference between fact and opinion.
The Hamas attack was appalling but is not made right by committing genocide,20,000,30,000,40,000 what number will satisfy you ?
Just for once please try to opine on a subject in a way that adds to the discussion and not disparaging the messenger.
Cherry picking is NOT my vogue, I prefer researched evidence with the ability to rethink if presented with new believable information.
You seem to have "a particular viewpoint" which is immovable under any circumstance.
DH
"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
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24th May 2024, 12:52 AM
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#200 David not on this particular subject but don’t know if asked before , when in Athol tankers did you sail with an engineer called Candiotis from North Shields.? He was badly burned on one of their ships and joined Dalglieshes about the same time as me in in 1964. I never heard the full story about the damage he bodily sustained . But he nearly suffered a similar fate on a Sept Isles voyage where I was having a trip off fortuanetley. The ship had to put into St. John’s Newfoundland where the whole engine crew had to get medical attention. The second time he was chief engineer and they had a crank case explosion with the doors off. Have often wondered about the first explosion on the Athel tanker as he never talked about it. Cheers JS.
Hope I have asked the right person ? As was reading someone cv who was with Athol Tankers , if have got the wrong David sowwy once again. JS
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24th May 2024, 03:14 AM
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No problem JS , Unfortunately I have to plead ignorance of this particular history. This poor chap seems to have had a run of bad luck.
Regards.
Dave
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24th May 2024, 08:25 AM
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24th May 2024, 08:59 AM
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#203 ref. My enquiry should have been to Douglas Bray who was believe in Athel tankers .
JS.
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