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27th May 2018, 07:50 AM
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warm summer days
##the forecast here for today is 22 23 degrees ..no JWS not f hight ....so am having some old friends round for a bit of later lunch and a few cold sols ..so am looking to a nice warm afternoon and .a good garden lunch ....i know this is not nautical but there will also be tabnabs later ...made to you know whose recipe.......come back den ......i bought a few sols for when an old mate comes from oz ...but sadly they may go quickly today as one of my guests is a toper of the ist degree......but as it may be one of the few days we can sit in the garden well i shall do my best to be a good host....and make hay while the sun shines.....happy days cappy
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27th May 2018, 08:20 AM
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When that mate from OZ calls, keep him away from the missus, he might have too many stories to tell !!! wink wink, lol kt
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27th May 2018, 08:35 AM
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Keith Tindell
When that mate from OZ calls, keep him away from the missus, he might have too many stories to tell !!! wink wink, lol kt
####jeez keith never thought of that but i do have a couple of photos of him radios were not the only trannies in them days ....i got the beutiful geisha number one he got the ......shall i say radio one ....then i am not splitting on him......him very much butterfly ..ask him about hooray and up she rises ...he keeps quiet on that one ....lol cappy who is now in the garden for the rest of the day drinking sols that were marked JWS his sols.....arrigato sayonara
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27th May 2018, 09:56 AM
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I won’t mention the number of wax treatments you had daily then ? They reckon you had the cleanest ears in Osaka, your name was well known in that bar you frequented , Cappy san with the clear lugs. Giggle giggle from the girls. Michiko with the hairy chest and Adam’s apple was devasted when you left. Cheers JS
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27th May 2018, 10:26 AM
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I won’t mention the number of wax treatments you had daily then ? They reckon you had the cleanest ears in Osaka, your name was well known in that bar you frequented , Cappy san with the clear lugs. Giggle giggle from the girls. Michiko with the hairy chest and Adam’s apple was devasted when you left. Cheers JS
###well that never bothered me but finding out you had 99 percent of what i spent in the happy palace bar ....cut me to the quick i say cut me to the quick....and you still owe me three and ninepence ......can never understand why that upsets some but live and let live etc ...ps i will be drinking your sols today but will say cheers lol cappy
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27th May 2018, 10:32 AM
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27th May 2018, 11:06 AM
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the Sols aren't limited edition or seasonal , or rationed , or expensive , you are allowed to buy replacements , but a proper Aus-Geordie should be able to manage proper Yorkshire brewed broon ale
####ah but i gets the sol cheap of the bar manager in the local hotel ....the ullage from all goes in what i call ......CAPPYS GUEST BEER......once tasted never forgotten i only calls it sol......and of course being an officer and gentleman my oz guest never complains..........cappy
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27th May 2018, 11:08 AM
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#5... It upsets people Cappy because they have never had the privilege of being penniless and walking on their uppers. However as I said I have had a look through my purse of yesteryear and sorted out some of that distinctive copper coloured coin. I also noted a suitable fridge magnet for your bar fridge which may keep some of the bums away from pilfering. It. Says on it “ I caught crabs in Mandurah” , the crabs of course being the real McCoy as Mandurah being just down the road. They aren’t to know of course and depending on their degree of cleanliness may keep a few of their sticky fingers out. Pat may take umbrage and throw you and the barfridge out of course but as that is not unusual shouldn’t be too much of a hardship for you. Sayonara and as that famous song of the 50s in the juke boxes of china town. In Japan of all places , I’ve been to Hiroshima , Nagasaki too, what I did to them babe I can do to you , for I’m your Yokohama baby and I” m just about to rock! Etc etc etc. remember Adam’s apple singing that to you prior to your 13 th wax treatment of the day.? However Mums the word and won’t let on to Pat. Please note I have inserted Yokohama to replace Fujiyama as didn’t want to be accused of copywrite fraud. JS.
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27th May 2018, 11:14 AM
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###alreet skinch ....ye win ...regards cappy
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27th May 2018, 11:39 AM
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6 Bottles at 3/9 a bottle so do you realise what Mary has to do to earn that for you , that is the whole crew of a flat iron on the coal berth , twice
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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