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26th March 2018, 09:38 AM
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Re: Sunset stirred my memory

Originally Posted by
Jim Brady
Ivan I believe that Lewis has exaggerated the scenario a little for a laugh and it is something which possibly lasted a couple of minutes an empty fire extinguisher lasts a lot longer and could've resulted in loss of life.I should imagine from previous posts by you that you never did a wrong thing in your life.
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Jim, A lot of what is posted on a thread like this is banter and humor, I must say its becoming a them and us forum which i certainly dont want lighten up lads and look on the light side from time to time, After all we are all here to tell the tale Terry.
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26th March 2018, 09:48 AM
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Re: Sunset stirred my memory

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red lead ted
Jim, A lot of what is posted on a thread like this is banter and humor, I must say its becoming a them and us forum which i certainly dont want lighten up lads and look on the light side from time to time, After all we are all here to tell the tale Terry.

#cappy####i would rather be one of us than one of them...lol
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26th March 2018, 10:20 AM
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Re: Sunset stirred my memory
You are one of them, but we are all one of us, or are we all one of them??
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26th March 2018, 10:22 AM
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Re: Sunset stirred my memory

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#cappy####i would rather be one of us than one of them...lol
Depends on who is them and who is us Cappy,
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26th March 2018, 10:32 AM
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Re: Sunset stirred my memory
Yes cappy you are certainly one of the elite half dozen plus the few hanger on.The "US" on here are easy to recognise by the posts,one of them posts and the other six tick the like box.I am one of "THEM" I don't belong to cliques or gangs that is what destroys a forum.I see we have been described as "the wrong ones" and been blamed by Rob for attacking them.Rob gave a list of things that they use to attack us,one was "political Jibes" having said that in the previous 4 hours before he posted that he had mentioned Tony Blair twice,thats ok though because he is one of "US".
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26th March 2018, 10:45 AM
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Re: Sunset stirred my memory
Jim, I clicked like for that post, i certainly did not see what you are saying into it, it was more a joke was the way i read it. I the same as you think that too much discord will harm the sites would love to get back to the harmony that once abounded here, and the pleasure it gave us. thats why i also clicked 74, kt
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26th March 2018, 10:59 AM
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Re: Sunset stirred my memory

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Yes cappy you are certainly one of the elite half dozen plus the few hanger on.The "US" on here are easy to recognise by the posts,one of them posts and the other six tick the like box.I am one of "THEM" I don't belong to cliques or gangs that is what destroys a forum.I see we have been described as "the wrong ones" and been blamed by Rob for attacking them.Rob gave a list of things that they use to attack us,one was "political Jibes" having said that in the previous 4 hours before he posted that he had mentioned Tony Blair twice,thats ok though because he is one of "US".
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Jim.B.
###jim i can only say the post was written as others saw it in humour ....jeez you must have been some pleasure to sail with .....just stop battering your head against all and sundry ...thats me finished on this listen to ted mate
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26th March 2018, 11:07 AM
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Re: Sunset stirred my memory
Quite honestly I don't think there is a 'them' and 'us' on site, what we do have is robust, and at times very robust, differences of opinion, and we are all entitled to our own opinion. Some take offence, probably myself included, where none is intended, sometimes the nuances of the English language are just as difficult to read as they are to scribe. I do find that on the nautical aspects of the site, when we get back to them, we share and respect each other experiences because we cannot, whoever we are, have an in depth knowledge of the others departments particular traits, although we can generalise but every ship is different and that difference sometimes influenced, for good or bad, by a particular head of department. Politics and religion will always sow seeds of discontent and disharmony, no matter how well meaning a particular scribe posts.
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26th March 2018, 11:43 AM
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Re: Sunset stirred my memory
Ivan I only wish that you were correct.when you get a member calling other members "the wrong ones"and another one saying we are being attacked "by them" I would like to know who the "wrong ones" and "them" are.We get new members joining on a daily basis and yet we don't get any new posters,why is this ?is it that they don't like the flavour of the post's.If you look back on post's from some time back you will see that the site was far happier then than now why is that I wonder.
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26th March 2018, 11:54 AM
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Re: Sunset stirred my memory
Cappy you never sailed with me to know if I was a pleasure to sail with or not.Once again letting your imagination run away with you and getting it wrong as always I wont enlarge on that.
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