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Skriven 2011-05-29 09:00:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Drum
Ärende: DAMAGE & CONTROL 10529
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 -=> Quoting Dave Drum to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> What I meant, did she look after your knife for you?
 DD> Not hardly. She didn't offer and by then I had lost interest in
 DD> schlepping around an old, sanitized, and tourist-ed boat. No matter the
 DD> historical provenance.

There is a certain sameness about such vessels, once you have seen an
aircraft carrier, a cruiser and a submarine.  That just about covers
the range of naval ships.  As I haven't served in the Navy or any
other military force, I found such ships interesting the first time.
 
 GJ> in Corpus Christi, and a cruiser and submarine in Boston, but no one

The submarine was of interest in that the spaces for people to move
and work were so small.  I doubt if many modern adult Americans could
squeeze through such restrictions.

 DD> Actually there was no admission charge to the ship itself. So, they
 DD> lost nothing by my not taking the tour. And I *DID* buy a souvenir
 DD> T-shirt and Georgia got some little gew-gaws for the home folks at the
 DD> museum run by the society. So, they did take some $$$ off of us.

So there were no restrictions on you entering the shop to spend money!

At Port Adelaide an old steam tug has been restored and is maintained
by volunteers, and from time to time is taken out for a run in the
Port River, when retired engineers enjoy a few drinks of cask wine
while watching the triple expansion engine in action.  That engine is
definitely "poetry in motion".  The range of engine speeds from barely
moving, to a thumping blur of huge connecting rods and valve gear is
quite impressive.
 
 GJ> I think I had better stop discussing ways of defeating security
 GJ> gestapo, or I might find myself singled out for extra attention the
 GJ> nest time I travel...
 DD> Or just disappeared - via a "black helicopter".
 GJ> Why is that black car always parked outside my house???
 DD> That's not your Holden? Whose is it????

Hmmm.  It has Federal number plates...

At least I don't have to worry too much about our comic opera state
government.  Recently the Minister for Police was mildly beaten up in
a nightclub toilet by some bikey toughs after he had tried to chat up
a couple of their girls in the street.  When the police wanted to
prosecute, he couldn't identify his attackers.  A year or so ago our
State Premier was hit in the face with a rolled-up magazine by the
ex-husband of a woman the premier had been having an affair with.  And
then there is the financial mis-management and corruption.  And we
have to wait another 3 years before voting them out... Sigh!

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: A Kurant Affair
 Categories: Booze
      Yield: 1 servings
 
      2    Parts Absolut Kurant
      1    Part Cointreau
           Splash orange
           Splash cranbrry
           Squeeze lime
 
  Shake on ice. Serve in martini glass. Garnish: - orange wheel.
  
  Andy Kilgore, Blu, Boston
  From: Michael Loo                     Date: 04-09-06
 
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