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21st November 2011, 09:41 AM
#31
April....and John.
I see from April's Wikipedia entry,that the honourable John Prescott gets a mention- but that's our John for you, always helping an ex British sea man er woman er person er whatever !...
"In 2005, after the passage of the Gender Recognition Act 2004, Ashley was finally legally recognised as a female and issued with a new birth certificate. The then Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott who knew Ashley from the 1950s, helped her with the procedure."
Presumably they mean he helped her with the new birth certificate and not the actual surgical procedure ?..
.but then that's our JP for you,one just never knows.....
Gulliver
(I just hope I haven't opened the way for inappropriate comments now....Lord knows that was not my intention !.....
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21st November 2011, 10:25 AM
#32
i forgot a couple. joe brown who i met and had drinks with a couple of times a nice bloke. shakey stevens a bit superior.i also met giant haystacks and big daddy at a party. alf

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21st November 2011, 04:30 PM
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21st November 2011, 06:47 PM
#34
Just a thought Brian could you buy a narrow-boat call it the Queen Mary and run it along the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal after all if the once great Cunard Line don't want an English ship with the name on the Stern then it must be available for others to use
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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21st November 2011, 06:51 PM
#35
What a good idea Rob.
trouble is I may find a load of asylum seekers on board stowing away thinking I am going somewhere good.
Cheers
Brian
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21st November 2011, 07:15 PM
#36
celebrity
Just put a notice on the gangway
Itinerary - Calling at
Istanbul
Tunis
Aden
Karachi (for Kabul)
and Mumbai
You should have an empty ship outward bound, mind you (another of those phrases) you will be overloaded on the return voyage.
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21st November 2011, 11:07 PM
#37
Forgot this fella !!
When i was jumping the broomstick with an old flame ,We used to babysit Craig Phillips the first winner of The Big Brother Show. His Mother Brenda, Used to babysit for my mother, Me and my now wife were the last people to talk to his father Les the night he was killed out walking his bulldog. Craig is a great lad from Seaforth Liverpool. A few years ago xmas day he pulled up at the top of my road and shouted me we had a chat for a little while he was driving a brand new 4 wheel drive. His sister Bev lived in the next grove to me,He visited her xmas morning on his way out he said come on Bev run me home in your new car the keys were left with her for the 4 wheeler great lad deserves all that comes his way. He wont mind me saying his dear mother is in the late stages of alzheimers very sad. Regards all Terry.
{terry scouse}
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22nd November 2011, 05:23 AM
#38
There was an article in the national press today. Doctors have found that girls who exersise with boys tend to get fatter. I wond why that is???


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
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22nd November 2011, 05:24 AM
#39

Originally Posted by
alf corbyn
i forgot a couple. joe brown who i met and had drinks with a couple of times a nice bloke. shakey stevens a bit superior.i also met giant haystacks and big daddy at a party. alf
Don't tell me Alf, you were looking for a needle?


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
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22nd November 2011, 05:26 AM
#40

Originally Posted by
Graham Payne
Mine was Sir Robert Menzies, the the Australian Prime Minister at the time , it was on " Oronsay " 1963.
On Turning too one morning at 0600 he was walking alone along A Deck he stopped to ask who we were and then were we enjoying being in the navy. To two 16 year old deck boys it was a big thing.

To two deck boys it was a big thing. Can you maybe explain on that one mate?


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Life is too short to blend in.
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