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8th June 2014, 08:37 AM
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Offspring
Sometimes one's mind wanders and unexpected thoughts pop up in the head. I will share this with you although some of you may not welcome it.
How many children and grandchildren do we, members of this site and other similar sites, have?
Once we sailed from a port we did not know what we may have left behind.
There is no answer to this as we will never know.
Perhaps even Captain Kong's neighbours could be related to him. Life's great mysteries.
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8th June 2014, 09:24 AM
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Re: Offspring
Everytime I go back to Whitley Bay, I look with suspicion on people in their late fourties or so especially if they have no relatives apart from some poor old mother figure. Knowing Brian was gallivanting and sewing his wild oats all over the place. Quaker oats must have had nothing on him at the time. I stuck my name on Google once and came up with a few of same name in the States and tried working out their ages. Does no good looking for trouble, think most would have been contacted by now if left any packages behind. Saying that poor old Rolf must be having nightmares wondering what else is going to fall out of the closet. Wouldnt be surprised if there was a Tyneside lady called Mary who he borrowed the wooden leg from one time to fall out of. Must be wishing he had lived a good God fearing life like most of us. Cheers John S
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8th June 2014, 09:25 AM
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Re: Offspring
[QUOTE=Louis the fly;173074]
Once we sailed from a port we did not know what we may have left behind.
Nor what they may have given us!
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8th June 2014, 10:01 AM
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Re: Offspring
I AM SAYING NOTHING, HABLA NADA.
Cheers
John Smith.
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8th June 2014, 10:14 AM
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Votre nomme Jean Smith Regardez, memoirs et il Sex Hotel Whitley Bay 1957 , Vous departez ne pas Bon Soir, vous alle enfant, J" aime 10.000 pounds votre pleasure. Marie de South Shiely.
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8th June 2014, 10:50 AM
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Re: Offspring
I will pass on the message to my late friend John Smith.
Cheers
Brian.
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8th June 2014, 11:14 AM
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'I forget the name of the inn; I forget the name of the girl therein; but the wine, my God, was Chambertin.'
With apologies to Hilaire Belloc for any word variation Richard
Our Ship was our Home
Our Shipmates our Family

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8th June 2014, 01:19 PM
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Re: Offspring
Old Joke. Head Nun gets all the sisters together and says, "Sisters I must inform you that we have a case of Gonorhea in the Nunnery", Oh goody says Patricia the Irish sister, I was getting sick of that Sauterne. JS
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8th June 2014, 01:42 PM
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Re: Offspring

Originally Posted by
j.sabourn
Votre nomme Jean Smith Regardez, memoirs et il Sex Hotel Whitley Bay 1957 , Vous departez ne pas Bon Soir, vous alle enfant, J" aime 10.000 pounds votre pleasure. Marie de South Shiely.
#####is that a french letter.....wasnt me i was in buenos aries
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8th June 2014, 08:18 PM
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Social history is a passion of mine, following on from Louis#1, is this really all that was available in the 1950's? Was it the 70's before there was a vast improvement on design?
Re-usable condom in original packaging, 1948-1950 ...
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/imag.../10325331.aspx Cached
Image number: 10325331 Credit: Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
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