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7th February 2024, 03:58 PM
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Tied up.
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8th February 2024, 02:37 AM
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HI Mike .
Wonder what happened when the skipper said, "let go Fora'd". I suppose it was, "today not tomorrow".
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8th February 2024, 04:15 AM
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Bet the eye of the second rope is not through the eye of the first one. Not that it would make much difference in this case. What is required is a seaman with a sharp Green River.
Or maybe a fire axe tucked under his belt. JS
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8th February 2024, 05:36 AM
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Re: Tied up.
Or maybe just a seaman who knows how to do it.
Tie up correctly that is.


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8th February 2024, 12:45 PM
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Reminds me of the old saying " if you can't tie knots, tie lots".
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8th February 2024, 12:51 PM
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Or a knot is a knot when it’s in a rope , but also a ship makes them in the water. JS
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9th February 2024, 05:19 AM
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But a knot is not always what it appears to be.
Tied up in knots is not the best way to be, but that is not for the seaman who knows his knots.


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9th February 2024, 11:25 PM
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Re: Tied up.
Even Shakespeare knew that, to be or knot to be that is the question. JS
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