On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:36:46 +0000, Larry wrote:

(Geoff Miller) wrote in
:

Does the English city of Bristol have some significance
in yachting with implications of a vessel's being in
first-class condition? If so, what's the story behind
that?



I read the references in the other answers. I doubt anyone in the yacht
sales business knows anything about Bristowe and the history behind the
use of it.

All they know is if you put Bristol in the ad, it sells better. That's
enough for them, even if it's a lie. Being a nebulous term with no real
meaning, it probably can't be used against them at the court hearing,
either.

Plaintiff - "He said it was in Bristol condition!"

Judge - "Bristol? What the hell does that mean??!"

See my point? Case dismissed.

Undoubtedly true. Look at all the terms used in selling - Grand
Tourismo.... Trawler Yacht.... one could go on and on and on and....
Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:11:05 -0500, WaIIy wrote:

On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:33:40 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:


"Geoff Miller" wrote in message
...


For years I've noticed that yachts for sale which are
in very good shape are often described as being in
"Bristol" condition. Why "Bristol?"

Does the English city of Bristol have some significance
in yachting with implications of a vessel's being in
first-class condition? If so, what's the story behind
that?



Geoff,

First off allow me to apologize for all the uninformed guesses as to the
origin of the term "Bristol fashion."

It's got nothing to do with anything so far suggested. Believe it or not it
has to do with woman's breasts.

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/b.htm scroll down to "bristols"

Your posts are full of baba, but kind of fun to read.


Ship shape and bristol fashion refers to a ship at anchor or docked that is
all stowed away and battened down as it should be like breasts in a properly
tied corset.

http://i2.iofferphoto.com/img/115000...12444281/1.jpg

Note the similarity to many classic figureheads.

Wilbur Hubbard


Wiley Boy Hubbard, the Sage at Anchor....
Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:41:23 -0800 (PST), pirate
wrote:

Has anyone actually laid eyes on WH's pitiful craft?
No breasts, no corsets and sure as hell not "Bristol Fashion".
How funny that he aimlessly wanders the docks seeking anything
to either dream about or, in desparation, criticize.
Sad, so sad.............NOT!!!


Nauseating defines it better...
Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
news
Undoubtedly true. Look at all the terms used in selling - Grand
Tourismo.... Trawler Yacht.... one could go on and on and on and....
Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)



Can a Yankee survive on $US925/month in Bangkok, Bruce?

I may have to flee the US after Rahm Emanuel, the Zionist's new president,
takes over my country.

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:56:14 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
news
Undoubtedly true. Look at all the terms used in selling - Grand
Tourismo.... Trawler Yacht.... one could go on and on and on and....
Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)



Can a Yankee survive on $US925/month in Bangkok, Bruce?

I may have to flee the US after Rahm Emanuel, the Zionist's new president,
takes over my country.

US925 = Baht 31,265 at today's rate.

A Thai with a doctorate in finance working for third or forth largest
bank in Thailand gets a salary of B 30,000/month to start.

A skilled cabinet maker gets 8,000/month plus room and board.

Day workers (unskilled) get between 200 and 350 baht/day worked.

A cheap one room apartment w/bath goes for 2,500/month, lights and
water extra.

The Underground costs are relative to number of stops but probably an
average trip is 12 - 15 baht.

Taxis are 35 baht for 1st Km.

Girls.....Girls.....My wife doesn't allow me to talk with strange
women so I can't comment on today's costs but memories from years ago
indicate that they can be a fairly expensive addition to one's life
style.
Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

Girls.....Girls.....My wife doesn't allow me to talk with strange
women so I can't comment on today's costs but memories from years ago
indicate that they can be a fairly expensive addition to one's life
style.
Cheers,



Thanks for the information. Girls in the USA are also high-dollar, high
maintenance items.....like owning an Italian 250' motor yacht and
running the engines a lot.....

In short, I could live quite well on 32K baht/month. My retirement goes
straight to my bank account, which is available anywhere. The more life
costs, here, the more I think it would be better to live elsewhere. I
suppose there's also some socialized medicine available if they found me
unconcious, about the only way to get me into a doctor's office. I am
the child of medical establishment hypocondriacs. Both my parents lived
for their next doctor visit. It's all they talked about since they were
45.

I've lived in a few Middle East countries, the Shah's dictatorship in
Iran, briefly in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia (There's a sign we put up on
the Red Sea that says, "TRACOR BEACH NEXT 5000 KM", to the great
amusement of the Saudi Army guys at the comm center we were working on
at the time. Noone ever walks over your blanket on Tracor Beach, but
the sea snakes make going in the water a little too exciting for my
tastes.

Too bad Iran thinks Americans support what the Zionist American
Government does. I had a great time in Iran, a vast, beautiful land
almost totally unexplored. If they were to cast off the religious
chains currently killing them, I'd go back to Iran in a heartbeat.

I can understand your wife's position.....Thai girls are beautiful!

In article ,
WaIIy wrote:

On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:33:40 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:


First off allow me to apologize for all the uninformed guesses as to the
origin of the term "Bristol fashion."

It's got nothing to do with anything so far suggested. Believe it or not it
has to do with woman's breasts.

'Bristols' are rhyming slang for, well, guess - as the full term is
'Bristol Cities'

So nothing to do with ships at all.

And rhyming slang wasn't common usage in 1840.

So 'Bristol-Fashion' as quoted earlier is anyones best guess.

HTH

--
Molesworth - who wouldn't have seen Hubbards' post if it hadn't been
quoted by someone else.

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:32:49 -0600, Nigel Molesworth
wrote:

In article ,
WaIIy wrote:

On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:33:40 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:


First off allow me to apologize for all the uninformed guesses as to the
origin of the term "Bristol fashion."

It's got nothing to do with anything so far suggested. Believe it or not it
has to do with woman's breasts.

'Bristols' are rhyming slang for, well, guess - as the full term is
'Bristol Cities'

So nothing to do with ships at all.

And rhyming slang wasn't common usage in 1840.

So 'Bristol-Fashion' as quoted earlier is anyones best guess.

I'm guessing it's a corruption of "bristle."
See Tamworth Pig, Bristle-thighed Curlew, and the Trinity Bristle
Snail and the obvious connections can be made.
Being polite, I won't make them.

--Vic

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:28:54 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

Girls.....Girls.....My wife doesn't allow me to talk with strange
women so I can't comment on today's costs but memories from years ago
indicate that they can be a fairly expensive addition to one's life
style.
Cheers,



Thanks for the information. Girls in the USA are also high-dollar, high
maintenance items.....like owning an Italian 250' motor yacht and
running the engines a lot.....

In short, I could live quite well on 32K baht/month. My retirement goes
straight to my bank account, which is available anywhere. The more life
costs, here, the more I think it would be better to live elsewhere. I
suppose there's also some socialized medicine available if they found me
unconcious, about the only way to get me into a doctor's office. I am
the child of medical establishment hypocondriacs. Both my parents lived
for their next doctor visit. It's all they talked about since they were
45.

Well, there are some thistles in paradise.

No socialized medicine for foreigners. Thais have the 30 baht medical
scheme (30 baht per visit to the doctor for all medical service and
medicine) and free medical care after 65.

They don't want any lay-abouts so in order to get a resident permit
you need to lodge 800,000 baht in a Thai bank.

No credit from Thai sources. To get a Thai credit card you need to
post a security bond of several times the monthly maximum for the
card.

Language. The vast majority of Thais do not speak a foreign language.
I have a mate in a public hospital about 200 Km. away that is calling
me to come and help him.. Nobody in the hospital speaks English and as
he was injured in a highway crash (broken ribs and bleeding into the
thoracic cavity) he is worried and no one can tell him what his
condition is...He want ms to come over and translate what the doctor
is telling him.

But the girls are nice; or were when I was younger...

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

They don't want any lay-abouts so in order to get a resident permit
you need to lodge 800,000 baht in a Thai bank.



Wow....$US23K is kinda steep! I might have to work! Not good.

Sorry about your friend. I hurt my hand in Bahrain, slammed into a door
but didn't break anything. The hotel sent me to the hospital and the
Bahraini doctor, educated at UCLA Medical Center with honors from the
sheepskin proudly displayed on his office wall, fixed me up. He just
filled out some government forms and had a good laugh when I asked how
much. "You are a guest in our kingdom. We'll take care of the bill.", he
mused.

I tried to get him and his wonderful staff to come take over medical
service in Charleston, but he politely refused saying he never understood
greedy American doctors only interested in money, not patients....

Drug stores in Bahrain are a shock. They don't have prescriptions. The
druggist finds out what you need and sells it to you. I had a splitting
headache and tried to buy an aspirin from the hotel who sent me down to the
corner drugstore. The druggist sold me a lifetime supply of Darvon 65. I
don't take drugs, even Tylenol if I don't absolutely have to. One Darvon
put me out for almost a day....headache gone! I think they're still in the
meds cabinet with some colds tablets from 1986. I have a box with about
$US45,000 in pills left over from my hypocondriac father's house after he
died. There's stuff in there I can't even pronounce with dire warning on
them. I think it killed him.