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[kach22i]

You guys lost me again...............perhaps I need to loosen my Puritan draw strings.

[safewalrus]

Kach - the subject was oranges! Dundee is famous for its marmalade made from oranges I'll let Bergalia tell you the rest! You have to be in tune with the rest of the er 'team'! In this case Bergalia and I were in the same military - not at the same time or place but military people are weird like that - he'll probably give me stick for letting the cat out of the bag, but no problems we'll soon dazzle and bemuse you all again! The fact that your American just makes the job easier and more fun (theres some ex American military who know what we're about and smile sweetly but say nothing - not saying who it would spoil the fun for them!!

[Mudnut]

What i want to know is :can ta junk rigg a hovercraft?"Im kinda lazey

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by Mudnut

What i want to know is :can ta junk rigg a hovercraft?"Im kinda lazey

I guess I'm no boater/sailor.............had to look it up.

http://www2.uol.com.br/speakup/espec..._teacher.shtml

Junk comes from the Middle English word jonk, which was a nautical term meaning old rope(4). The rope wasn't thrown away, but was used on the ship in other ways. Later there were junk shops which sold old materials from ships. Today junk shops sell second-hand articles, such as furniture(5), ornaments and clothes.

Where to buy a used hovercraft is the question?

In the USA..................................

http://www.hoverclubofamerica.org/fo...p?showforum=24

.........and this guy doing it part time thinks he can cut prices just about in half on a new craft:
http://www.hoverclubofamerica.org/fo...?showtopic=701

Best thing to do is go to the event calendar, find an event near you and see all the different designs out there at play.

http://www.hoverclubofamerica.org/fo...p?showforum=18

Chapters:
http://www.hoverclubofamerica.org/fo...p?showforum=21

Ambassadors:
http://www.hoverclubofamerica.org/Am....html#Michigan

Contact info:
http://www.hoverclubofamerica.org/contactus.html

[Bergalia]

That's better. We're talking of string again......
Dundee, famous for it's marmalade and linoleum (and of course publishing - original home of Captain Marvel I believe, along with Dennis the Menace, Lord Snooty, Pansy Potter, Desperate Dan, etc etc etc - not forgetting the purely Scots genre: The Broons, and Oor Wullie)
However, I digress. Apparently a cargo of 'spoiled' oranges arrived in the port, many years back, 1700's or something. Instead of dumping them a canny Scot buying the cargo cheap, decided to make them into 'jam'. And hoots mon - marmalade was born. The recipe later stolen by a bunch of visitng Oxford dons - hence the now famous 'Coopers' label.
As an historical footnote - the surplus orange peel was mixed with linseed oil, boiled, and rolled onto hessian sacking - and linoleum was born....(actually I made that last bit up...)..........

[safewalrus]

You sure you made that last bit up Bergalia? have you walked barefoot on a piece of linoleum lately - I kent ya did a loon, twas all ye had in the butt and ben, but recently? standards!

Actually rumour has it that the 'canny scot' who bought the the cargo of oranges was actually of Indian extraction, but that's by the by!

[Bergalia]

Originally Posted by safewalrus

Actually rumour has it that the 'canny scot' who bought the the cargo of oranges was actually of Indian extraction, but that's by the by!

Based on fact Walrus my boy, as you suggest it was in fact Wee Jock MacGhandi who originally bought the cargo, but became Sikh before devolping marmalade....

[safewalrus]

Aye tis true, tis true, and now apparantly the family has their own 'Tartan' (which apparantly they DID NOT pinch from the 'Forty Second Regiment of Foot' kent in the hielans as the 'gallant fortytwa' even though the poor blighters of no further need for theirs as the Blur has disbanded them (got a few shot in Iraq before hand to ensure they wouldn't squirm to much) Aye twas a sad day they left the croft!

[Bergalia]

Ah Walrus, as that legendary Scots son of Oz, Angus Ned MacKelly remarked just before dropping to eternity: "Such is life...."

[safewalrus]

Aye and if he'd been ducking instead o' remarking he coulda' been here yet, mind you he'd a been a awld bugger! nearly as awld as us!

[Wellydeckhand]

Originally Posted by safewalrus

Yeah I know what you mean Ari I can't understand me sometimes too!

I am going to print hard copy of the quote and frame it in my office ....... ye sure........ Ari wactout.....

[Wellydeckhand]

Orange full of dried clove stuck to it is pleasent if u r seasick....... opps wrong thread...

[safewalrus]

Careful with themention of oranges Welly', the House of Orange was an old friend of the Indonesians I believe (Ooops)

[Wellydeckhand]

Very Funny LOL

[JohnBeardsley]

I know this is a very old stream, but I'll update the link for info on Mel Beardsley, now at:
http://www.yatesriomar.com/acv/acv.htm
Also, any experienced naval architects' help is invited for my own canal-boat/yacht design at that Website. Thanks!