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Happy birthday!

Happy birthday Ian - have a great day!

That's too coincidental to be a coincidence |:)

Nor Rupert neither |:)

How about Walter de la Mare?

Congratulations John! I hope it serves as a welcome distraction for you - best wishes.

"You can check-out any time you like"
"But you can never leave!"

Saving Lives At Sea is a great show. I definitely have the utmost respect and admiration for the RNLI.

^ Seems like a popular degree. Graduates include Ed Miliband, David Cameron and Ed Balls.
Also TV politics and economics presenters Nick Robinson and Robert Peston.

So sorry to hear this John. You have my deepest sympathy.

A lot cooler today, around 20C.

Slight thread drift |:)
Thanks for the link to the boatyard. I've had some dealings with Adrian Morgan at Viking Boats, who builds small clinker sail and oar boats. He had his Vertue refit done at...

It's a comfortable 24C just now (18:40) but it was pushing 30C this afternoon.

I'm not a regular but I like the idea. Glen's Bar sounds fine to me.

Happy birthday - have a great day!

¿A quien le importa?

Thanks Andrew. No way I could get there, but having seen those very Fifes racing recently I wish I could.

Damn John that's tough news. Stay strong and keep talking to us here.

Switching to pedant mode - Shouldn't that be Alfred?

I once met Ted Heath at the Boat Show in Earl's Court, but that's about it I think.

Rare in NE Scotland, but not quite extinct.

We currently have Douglas Ross (Scottish Tory leader) as MP for...

^ You may be right Andrew. I honestly thought (silly me Y:o) that, after the Johnson debacle, the toerags would look for a leader with zero skeletons in the closet. I believe Rishi has a few rattling...

Rishi Sunak leads the first ballot in the Conservative leadership race with 88 votes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-62144706

I'm really sorry to hear this John, I hope she heals quickly.
There seems to be a few "old age" threads on here just now, and I know us old folk are all vulnerable to accident and injury. So good...

74 feeling 85 |:)

Well remembered Andrew. It seems that Voltaire wrote something similar - " 1765: Certainement qui est en droit de vous rendre absurde, est en droit de vous rendre injuste" - my French is rubbish so...

^ Excellent, thank you!

As an aside, I was recently at a ceramics exhibition and there was a nice vase on display. It was covered in anti-war slogans, one of which read "People who believe...

That is sad news. Glen was one of the good guys here and will be greatly missed. Condolences to his family.
Thank you Bobby for letting us know.

I hope this isn't ban-worthy |:)

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Back to the humour..

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The Ford Zephyr was used as a police fast response car. There was a UK TV police drama series called Z Cars, because they were using Zephyrs.

No wonder he's reluctant to go, he can't stand the thought of handing over all that bling to the next occupant |:)

Just breaking..

The 1922 committee of Tory backbenchers has decided not to change the rules to allow a second confidence vote against Boris Johnson, the BBC has been told.
It will instead...

Michael Gove, a senior member of the cabinet, tells Boris Johnson to step down as the number of ministers resigning grows
A group of cabinet ministers, including the chief whip, transport secretary...

True that.
Perhaps the thread title should have been "Current UK government is disintegrating".

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak and the Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, both resign from the cabinet.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid quit Boris Johnson's cabinet amid a row over...

^ You're more than welcome Martin. I'm just glad that I got a chance to see some of these wonderful boats.

Seeing as how Scot (or somebody) has seen fit to make this a sticky (thank you!), I will...

In Fairlie there is a memorial to the Fife dynasty.
It depicts ‘The Lady Anne’ and was designed by John Macfie of Fairlie.

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Fife
Yachtbuilders, Fairlie, 1803-1939

I didn't post this photo earlier because she doesn't carry a sail number and I was not sure which boat it was.
She is Kentra, designed by William Fife III, built at the Fife yard and launched in...

Vera Lynn wartime classic..

Real meat again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But we'll eat meat again some sunny day.

Keep smiling through
Your vegetable stew
Until a sirloin drives the...

^ :d
Here's a tribute to my Triumph Bonneville which I had back in the 70s

My Bonnie leaks oil on the pavement
My Bonnie won't start if it's cold
My Bonnie's had seventeen rebuilds
And she is...

How about the Hannibal Lecter version of Cry Me A River?

Fry me a liver
Fry me a liver
I fried a liver over you

From #32 - The supplier has contacted their Fedex rep, he has filed a report, but they need to talk to the driver, so I won't get an update until Monday.

We went out for the day yesterday...

Bump.
I'm expecting a package. Fedex tracking said it would be delivered today before 6pm.
At 13:40 a Fedex van stops at my gate and the driver rummages about in the back. I go out to collect my...

These guys used to have a base just a few miles down the road from here, and I once applied for a job there (never got it). They have now moved to SW Scotland (Dumfries).
...

Happy birthday! Have a great day.

I don't know why, but it seems to serve her well - she was the first boat to the Skelmorlie marker and went on to win the race. She came second overall for the regatta, with Mariella coming first....

I have a lot of old jazz and blues stuff in my collection.
Julie London is not in my collection, but I know where to find her |:)

...

Moonbeam IV built in 1914

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Moonbeam III designed by William Fife III and built in 1903.

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She was originally a gaff yawl.

https://classicyachtinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Moonbeam-III-1.jpg

This is Mariella, designed by Alfred Mylne and built in 1938 at the Fife yard in Fairlie.

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