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Anti fouling paint
On 2008-04-17 14:02:28 -0400, "Capt. JG" said:
We've had this same ongoing problem in the BVIs pet peeve British Virgin Islands is already plural, so BVI is the correct acronym. /pet peeve Note: I was corrected by a BVIslander the one and only time I did the same thing. -- Jere Lull Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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"Jere Lull" wrote in message
news:2008041719132743658-jerelull@maccom... On 2008-04-17 14:02:28 -0400, "Capt. JG" said: We've had this same ongoing problem in the BVIs pet peeve British Virgin Islands is already plural, so BVI is the correct acronym. /pet peeve Note: I was corrected by a BVIslander the one and only time I did the same thing. -- Jere Lull Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ Heh... well, actually I was talking about my BVDs. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:02:28 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote: "Bruce in Bangkok" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:42:46 -0700, "Capt. JG" wrote: "Bruce in Bangkok" wrote in message ... On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:27:16 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:13:07 -0400, "Roger Long" wrote: if the GPS should go out There is really no excuse for not carrying a spare hand held or two and a few extra batteries. I use them in the dinghy at times. It is not safe, I'm told, to operate the dinghy when one is too drunk to find the way back to the boat without a GPS :-) Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct email address for reply) If you can find the dinghy, you're good to go. LOL The dinghy is easy to find - just keep walking until you fall over it. The boat is another matter 'cus all those anchor lights are the same color... Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct email address for reply) We've had this same ongoing problem in the BVIs after many too many. Finally we got smart and left one of thos hanging lights in the cockpit. That worked for a couple of nights until all of our drunken neighbors thought it was such a good idea. LOL An Australian mate of mine recently discovered these flexible strips of LED's so he bought a blue one and wrapped it around the back stay. Says it is a world of help in finding his boat at night. Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct email address for reply) |
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On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:53:18 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote: An Australian mate of mine recently discovered these flexible strips of LED's so he bought a blue one and wrapped it around the back stay. Says it is a world of help in finding his boat at night. Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct email address for reply) Hi Bruce, I have a ten foot length of the white diodes which I hang from the backstay to the topping lift when going ashore at night. Beats trying to find which of those masthead ligts is yours. cheers Peter |
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On Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 12:19:26 AM UTC+8, Peter Hendra wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:00:44 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok wrote: On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:04:13 +1000, Herodotus wrote: Hi Bruce, Did you try Chulia Street? On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:30:38 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok wrote: The last time I was in Penang and talked to a chemical shop there the owner said "I'll keep selling TBT as long as the Malaysian Navy uses TBT based anti fouling".. So you are probably correct. unfortunately I can't buy it. Yup, that's the guy - known as the "Chemical man". Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct email address for reply) Yes, Mr Ong of Langtrau Traders. Now in his 80's and speaking perfect Oxford English (though I wouldn't expect that you as an American would appreciate well spoken English), he has had a very interesting life. His father died when he was 9 leaving his mother to scrape a living for the family unassisted. When the Japanese occupied Malaya, they set up a medical school at Melaka and he was chosen to attend. After his 3rd year the British returned and the school was closed down, thus terminating his medical studies. Returning to Penang his Doctor friends suggested that, as drugs and medical supplies were hard to get hold of, he should think of buying them in Singapore on the black market and smuggling them back to Penang (the best city in the universe where the most beautiful women are just that - women) where they would buy them off him. Subsequently he somehow obtained a military uniform and a weekly pass (forged or otherwise acquired) and made the weekly round trip by train. At the time Singapore was a military area and was no go to just anybody. He went on to found the largest chemical company in Malaysia and when he reached his 60's retired, handed it over to his sons and started selling all kinds of chemical supplies from that shop house. He is an easy person to make any excuse to sit and have a cup of tea with and just ask questions. The prices of his TBT and other useful boaties' chemicals is ridiculously low. Looks like Mr Ong, now 91 years old, will have to move his Liangtraco business to a new address in Penang. See: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/m...n-lebuh-chulia Bil |
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 00:07:45 -0800 (PST), Bil
wrote: On Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 12:19:26 AM UTC+8, Peter Hendra wrote: On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:00:44 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok wrote: On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:04:13 +1000, Herodotus wrote: Hi Bruce, Did you try Chulia Street? On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:30:38 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok wrote: The last time I was in Penang and talked to a chemical shop there the owner said "I'll keep selling TBT as long as the Malaysian Navy uses TBT based anti fouling".. So you are probably correct. unfortunately I can't buy it. Yup, that's the guy - known as the "Chemical man". Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct email address for reply) Yes, Mr Ong of Langtrau Traders. Now in his 80's and speaking perfect Oxford English (though I wouldn't expect that you as an American would appreciate well spoken English), he has had a very interesting life. His father died when he was 9 leaving his mother to scrape a living for the family unassisted. When the Japanese occupied Malaya, they set up a medical school at Melaka and he was chosen to attend. After his 3rd year the British returned and the school was closed down, thus terminating his medical studies. Returning to Penang his Doctor friends suggested that, as drugs and medical supplies were hard to get hold of, he should think of buying them in Singapore on the black market and smuggling them back to Penang (the best city in the universe where the most beautiful women are just that - women) where they would buy them off him. Subsequently he somehow obtained a military uniform and a weekly pass (forged or otherwise acquired) and made the weekly round trip by train. At the time Singapore was a military area and was no go to just anybody. He went on to found the largest chemical company in Malaysia and when he reached his 60's retired, handed it over to his sons and started selling all kinds of chemical supplies from that shop house. He is an easy person to make any excuse to sit and have a cup of tea with and just ask questions. The prices of his TBT and other useful boaties' chemicals is ridiculously low. Looks like Mr Ong, now 91 years old, will have to move his Liangtraco business to a new address in Penang. See: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/m...n-lebuh-chulia Bil Re the article, the situation is likely that someone owns the property in that area and has been renting/leasing it out for generations and now there is some big money that is trying to make a ton of money by building a whole neighborhood the rent for which will be much, much higher. Re Mr. Ong, the first time I went to find him I couldn't locate the shop and stopped in at another that seemed to be in about the same area as his shop was supposed to be. the people there pointed out his shop on the other side of the road and when I was talking to him I mentioned that and I got the impression that he owned, or his family owned, both places and I suspect that Mr. Ong has been making a very nice piece of change out of the shops all these years. There used to be a lot of old geezers like him in Singapore. Sit out front on a broken down chair wearing a singlet, shorts and sandals. Drive home in a Mercedes 500 :-) -- Cheers, Bruce in Bangkok |
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