"Wally" wrote in message
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Donal wrote:

Nobody with a name like "Wally" would be able to understand Gaelic.

The quality of your education is clear from that sweeping generalisation.


I'd guess that he is from Lancashire ... or maybe Yorkshire!!!

Silly wee man. Keep guessing, Gonad - you're more than a few miles out.

Go on!!! Prove me wrong!



Regards


Gonad
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"Wally" wrote in message
Scott Vernon wrote:

I was wondering what a 'Firth Of Forth' is.

'Firth' is Scottish for 'estuary', 'Forth' is the name of the river that
feeds it.

Firth of Forth, Fifth of Scotch; what's the difference.


Max

Donal wrote:

I'd guess that he is from Lancashire ... or maybe Yorkshire!!!

Silly wee man. Keep guessing, Gonad - you're more than a few miles
out.

Go on!!! Prove me wrong!

Nice try.

But not nice enough.


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Maxprop wrote:

Firth of Forth, Fifth of Scotch; what's the difference.

A proper scotch is a quarter gill - those who imbibe would consider a fifth
to be a lassies drink.


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Capt. Mooron wrote:

Aye Lad!!... That It Was!

Aahhaarr, Cap'n!!


I'll be posting pics to webshots shortly! Cliffs that plunge 230
meters of undulating laminar bedrock with vertical bedding plains to
isolated beaches cradling the surf of a blue sea....... whales
breaching within view.

It's a "Scotland" on to itself with majesty. I couldn't recommend it
more... and I'm more than well traveled.

Short of the whales (didn't see any), that reminds me a bit of Mull - there
are some high, steep cliffs round the west side. Little single track roads
winding their way up around them.


Hope that Spurs you to Adventure! ;-)

This week's little adventure was a broach in the Sonata during Wednesday
night's race. Beating in gusty conditions, we were in the lee of one of the
bridge piers and got a bit of a knockdown. Crew on the windward rail all
leant forward to keep the weight up as much as possible. Before we knew it,
the boat had slewed and we were into a bigger knockdown on the opposite
side - it's amazing how fast the windard rail can become the leeward rail
and dipping under. It's amazing how fast the crew can move when they realise
that they're knee-deep, getting deeper, and liable to slide off. :-)

By the time we got the unintentional tack sorted out, we had tack again
immediately to avoid hitting the bridge, which brought us onto port tack -
then we had to avoid a bigger boat on starboard coming straight at us. Only
one bootful of water out of the three of us (one guy had light foulies on
that didn't velcro around the leg). Grins all round. :-)


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Wally
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www.wally.myby.co.uk

| 'Firth' is Scottish for 'estuary', 'Forth' is the name of the river that
| feeds it.

Crap... here I thought it was Gaelic!

Huh? It is Gaelic....you bin drinkin agin?

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On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 03:17:29 -0400, "Scott Vernon"
wrote this crap:


I was wondering what a 'Firth Of Forth' is.


It's a "Fifth of Foth." Foth is some kind of Irish whiskey.






Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

"Wally" wrote in message
| This week's little adventure was a broach in the Sonata during Wednesday
| night's race. Beating in gusty conditions, we were in the lee of one of
the
| bridge piers and got a bit of a knockdown. Crew on the windward rail all
| leant forward to keep the weight up as much as possible. Before we knew
it,
| the boat had slewed and we were into a bigger knockdown on the opposite
| side - it's amazing how fast the windward rail can become the leeward rail
| and dipping under. It's amazing how fast the crew can move when they
realize
| that they're knee-deep, getting deeper, and liable to slide off. :-)

The fastest I've seen was on a tight starboard tack, pinching up into a
gust...... it went around us so fast it knocked us over flat to the
starboard..... spreader to the water.... loose the sheets..... sprung back
up.... set and got flattened to port....... that's slamming a full keel
double ended crab crusher spreader to spreader in under 20 seconds.

|
| By the time we got the unintentional tack sorted out, we had tack again
| immediately to avoid hitting the bridge, which brought us onto port tack -
| then we had to avoid a bigger boat on starboard coming straight at us.
Only
| one boatful of water out of the three of us (one guy had light foulies on
| that didn't velcro around the leg). Grins all round. :-)

The coamings on Overproof kept us dry on both knock downs. I lost my
beer..... casualty of war.

CM

"katysails" wrote in message

| Huh? It is Gaelic....you bin drinking agin?

That I have...... how'd You Guess?? ;-)

Now spell "Party" in "Gaelic" or just have a Ceilidh if the mood strikes
you.

CM

Now spell "Party" in "Gaelic" or just have a Ceilidh if the mood strikes
you.

I'll just dance my way around that comment....(you forget I'm of a Gaelic
nature?)

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Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

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and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein



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