And it really flies when paddled
Andrew Robert Breen wrote:
Cockchafer ended her life as a WRNS accomodation ship. This led to comments. And some interesting cap tallys. -- Tom Schoene lid To email me, replace "invalid" with "net" |
And it really flies when paddled
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Brian Allardice wrote: On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 12:21:42 -0000, "Jeff" wrote: There was once a HMS Cockchafer... would love to know what the rest of the class we called.... Insect Class: Aphis, Bee, Cicada, Cockchafer, Cricket, Glower, Gnat, Ladybird, Mantis, Moth, Scarab and Tarantula But a tarantula is not an insect.... True, of course. But I don't think the Admiralty was that concerned (and besides, "Arthropod class" doesn't sound too good). -- Andy Breen ~ Not speaking on behalf of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth Feng Shui: an ancient oriental art for extracting money from the gullible (Martin Sinclair) |
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