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Comment on Arrr me hardies! by Lonnie

Lonnie — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:05:51 +0000

Sounding like a rum induced rant, not that that’s a bad thing! But Pirate karaoke does sound like an idea - maybe the way we make our retirement $ eh? Not sure that i’d like to start a bar in Somalia though, even a pirate bar…

Comment on Arrr me hardies! by Slanty2D

Slanty2D — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:49:00 +0000

When OJ, OD and myself were taking the ferry from Italy to Greece there was talk on the ferry that another ferry had been taken by pirates and held hostage. That was back in the heady days of Albania collapsing because of some big triangle investment scheme back in the ’90’s. At least that was my memory of the ferry crossing. I could be way off on that, I was pretty drunk through out Europe. And chances are I had a girl on my lap, so my memory was probably even more foggy. I do remember though that Albania was in some financial meltdown cause of some investment triangle thing, of that I’m certain.

Not at all like the sub-prime investment bank mortgage scheme that was going on in the US recently. Nothing like it. It may be more like it if there were pirates running around capturing boats. THEN we’d have a nice second world meltdown like Albania’s. Does Albania qualify as second world? It’s not third world, and I don’t think it’s first world…you just never hear of places being called ’second world’ :

“Oh don’t go there, it’s so Second World. They still listen to MC Hammer and think that Jolt cola is da bomb.”

I’m with SlantyOz though, we need more pirates. Not the ones that’ll shiv you for your coffee and run off with your car, but ones that like to hang around in bars drinking their grog, singing, and yelling at the bar wench. I could go for some pirate karaoke. That’d be good times. Not great times, but certainly good times. Possibly with some bar wenchss it’d be great times. Times are always better with bar wenches around. And Rum. Rum always makes times better. Like now, the time is good, and I blame it partially on the Rum. Probably be better if there was a bar wench here though. Probably.

Comment on Kate is twenty-eight! by SlantyK

SlantyK — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:38:40 +0000

Happy BDay Kate!

Comment on Worth a read, likely to end in a laugh.. by M&D

M&D — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:07:49 +0000

Does this mean that the Welsh can’t read English??

Comment on summer has really ended by Lonnie

Lonnie — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:10:12 +0000

You are welcome to come and visit me!! I promise rain…

Comment on summer has really ended by M&D

M&D — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:36:30 +0000

Well I’m glad it was you peddling your bike around Oxford in the dark, rain and snow. OK it’s pretty smart of you to be able to dial up the weather. We just have no rain, no snow, the green grass is disappearing at a rapid rate and we’re gonna have a long dry summer with bushfires, snakes and all the good stuff.

Comment on The South of France by M&D

M&D — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:59:26 +0000

Well you had a great trip by the look of all those pics. Didn’t realise the Romans made it into France and were there long enough to build an arena, oh and some irrigation channels. The arena looks very clean. What do they use it for? I also think the face armor is a great improvement!

Comment on The South of France by Brian

Brian — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:51:25 +0000

Looks like we have been treading some of the same boards, fantastic place to visit bet you are glad you got those cheap flights

Comment on ugh… by Lonnie

Lonnie — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:43:42 +0000

late nights early days. I think i’m too old for this…

Comment on ugh… by oj

oj — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:06:02 +0000

Hah.. I love the way Wolf and Brad look really excited and happy but Lonnie and Kate look serrious and worried