Random Picture Thread

A Canadian farmer was picking tomatoes when a Texan walked up and said "In Texas we grow tomatoes 5 times bigger than that!"

The Canadian replied "you'd need to with a mouth like yours!"

 

War having been declared, perhaps we should take it to the jokes thread . . .

 

scots speak english, but what they refer to as scotish is their old celtic language - gaelic...
the same with the irish and walish but only in ireland their old celtic language is more or less still in use, being taught in school and road signs showing both, english and irish... they really try to keep it up and preserve it.

it is a shame that those old languages are more and more forgotten, only spoken by some old folk in scotland and wales...

 

the very same happened to me (well - they did not ask for passport or ID)...
and only after i was away for half a year at university some 120 km into the next county...
"you are not coming from here, do you?"

but this happens in alpine regions, where in every valley people speak their own slang...

 

Actually Welsh is making a come-back; it got a bit of help from the investiture of the Prince of Wales as I recall, and the last time I was there (1999) there it was spoken by many young people. Oddly, I didn't hear English being spoken with the lovely lilting Welsh accent in the cities where I seemed to meet a lot of Londoners and folks from the South of England when I met older people, but in small towns it is still the rule.

 

Actually I have a ex-Brit coworker who could have been the person you quoted. But he stays.

Guys, just remember that I did say I don't know why I stay, except for my job. Just to get the context right for my initial post. One of my problems here is the people who are the cause of these jokes - they are too spot on for some of my neighbors.

 

However, in the large cities and their suburbs, those kind of folks are getting few and hard to find. There are just so many who have moved here from elsewhere. You have to go to the small towns and rural areas to find the really colorful, stereotypical, braggart "Texans." My kids, who grew up here, sure don't fit the mold. When my daughter was living and working in York, England, she told most people she ran into that she was from Canada.

 

Cape Briton, Nova Scotia has one of the finest Degree Granting Gaelic Colleges in the world.(College of St Anne) Students from all over Scotland and Europe come here to learn the old Gaelic language as well as lost traditional Scottish Music. By the way the Celtic tribes came from the steppes of Russia.

 

OK, why is this called a "Towboat" when it is actually pushing. This was in Louisville, KY on the Ohio River in 2008.

 

Sounds nicer than butt-boat . . . ?

 

Nice pic, those look very much like the Havsfidra 20 in Sweden and Finland and the Midget 20 in Holland.

On a hot day . . .

‘‘ I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream and one of these boats ’’ . . . - - - link - - - link​

Cheers,
Angel

 

They do indeed look very similar with one big exception, possibly their deadrise. The Halman I think from quick observation less. The Halman Nordica was advertised as a North Sea Design so possibly both are off the same board, one deep draft the other shallow. Both nice looking craft and good sea boats for their size.

 

I've browsed some drawings and info from the web, not sure all is correct though, but it looks like you pictured two Halmans . . .

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The Havsfidra 20 below looks to be the exact same as the Nordica 20 except it has no fwd port as in the first Nordica pic, but the second Nordica pic lacks it also.

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The website of the Midget club in the Netherlands is offline at the moment so no drawings from there for now.

But I've seen some Midget 20's out of the water and they look exact the same as the Havsfidra 20 and the Nordica 20.

So the Halman 20 looks to be the outsider in this family . .

Cheers,
Angel

P.S. - The source of the Havsfidra 20 drawing seems to be offline every now and then so I've attached that one here.

 

20' Havsfidra from A.B. Fisksätra Wharf in Saltsjöbaden Sweden for sale in Santa Cruz, CA.

See the pics and drawing and compare it to the Nordica 20 . . :idea:

Cheers,
Angel

 

‘‘Towboat’’ is North American English for ‘‘Push Boat’’

Far as I know only North Americans say ‘‘Tow’’ when they mean ‘‘Push’’ . .

In Dutch it's ‘‘Duwboot’’
In German it's ‘‘Schubboot’’
In French it's ‘‘Poussage’’
In Italian it's ‘‘Spintore’’
In Spanish it's ‘‘Remolcador de empuje’’​

All of this translate literally to ‘‘Push Boat’’ or ‘‘Pusher’’

I wonder though what's the right word for ‘‘Towboat’’ in the Queens English . . . ? ? ?

Cheers,
Angel