If you have not been to Manchester for many years you would be amazed how much it has changed. Piccadilly station for instance has been almost completely...
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Kirk Coleman
kcolemansd68
Feb 1, 2003 4:55 pm
Hi Dan, (and all the rest of you out there) For some reason my first post didn't make it so if it shows up a few days from now just ignore it. I just read...
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Bill Boyd <boydmai...
boydmaine
Feb 1, 2003 6:00 pm
And I think that is very, very, very good advice, Malcolm. I'm glad you put it down in words! Bill ... probably ... propose ... it hit ... the shore ... ...
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Mike Hanson <mikeh...
mikeateyamcroft
Feb 1, 2003 7:01 pm
I see the plans for Bill Sargeant's 50/50 have been posted up on the Selway Fisher site. She looks nice. Good luck Bill. Do any of our canoe sailing fraternity...
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Michael Schmidt
mschmidt62
Feb 1, 2003 8:25 pm
... Just a bit.... :-) -- Michael Schmidt California State University, San Marcos San Marcos, CA...
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Neil Richard May
neilmay02
Feb 1, 2003 9:17 pm
Roger I'm not that old! Pretty sure that the Midland Bank, the John Rylands library and the Town Hall were all there when I was a student. It's just the...
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brian craven
briancraven
Feb 1, 2003 9:45 pm
I'm a Prestonian, but lived in Eccles and drove a bus round Salford and Manchester, pre-trams! I now live in St Helens and work in Liverpool. It may be that...
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John Perry
j_perryuk
Feb 1, 2003 11:42 pm
Hi Dan Your proposed trip sounda a lot of fun. As for records, the mirror dinghy voyage of Mr. Sandy Mackinnon mentioned here a few days ago must have been two...
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Derek Clark
dclark52001
Feb 2, 2003 10:24 am
Ardent United fan. (still the best club in the world). Really? I know this is a boaty site but blessings or not that can't go unchallenged. Just remind me who...
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Neil Richard May
neilmay02
Feb 2, 2003 1:38 pm
Derek It jumped a generation. I hated footlball at school and don't really follow it. Just keeping family tradition alive. My son follows United. I have only...
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Neil Richard May
neilmay02
Feb 2, 2003 1:47 pm
Brian It is much better driving a bus round Arran. My only double Decker experience is an open topper. Generally it's the boring Volvo's. My daily run is a...
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brian craven
briancraven
Feb 2, 2003 2:53 pm
Neil Hi! You fall in the Mersey at Liverpool and don't need to worry about a cure! At most tides, the currents are fierce - 8 knots on the ebb and wicked...
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John Tompkins
canoe_sailor
Feb 2, 2003 4:13 pm
Chris I look forward to reading the report, what are the details of your sailing canoe. I find that properely rigged a well chosen canoe hull will perform both...
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christoph ostlind
wedgesail
Feb 2, 2003 5:46 pm
... Not to be too picky on that, Brian, but the Ohio is a couple hundred miles south of Cleveland. The famous burning river is the Cuyahoga and it too is now...
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christoph ostlind
wedgesail
Feb 2, 2003 6:09 pm
... ....what are the details of your sailing canoe? When sailed with two aboard it's an open, Wenonah Spirit II with dual outriggers and it carries 56 sq ft of...
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brian craven
briancraven
Feb 2, 2003 9:58 pm
Beg yer pardon, Chris ... but it was 33 years ago - I think I can be forgiven the error! Fact still remains, the river at Cleveland burned, the Mersey - filthy...
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Derek Clark
dclark52001
Feb 3, 2003 10:35 am
Neil I shamefacedly admit that my son also follows United. I stand revealed as a failed father :0( Best wishes...Derek...
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John Tompkins
canoe_sailor
Feb 3, 2003 11:09 am
... 84ft below normal levels, cant you walk across:0) JohnT _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with absent friends...
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stewartdd2002 <aed...
stewartdd2002
Feb 3, 2003 11:20 am
No far-ranging adventures just looking at the boats in the garden in the sunshine.Does anyone else find that their boats are favoured by cats for sitting in...
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Neil Richard May
neilmay02
Feb 3, 2003 12:12 pm
Dear Edwin My Wayfarer -- which should be in the stable-- is presently covered in snow. My son's Topper also. The cat next door and myself have a great...
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Roger Barnes
rogerbarnes_uk
Feb 3, 2003 12:27 pm
I have also been told I should have mentioned: 5. The Mediaeval Cathedral 6. The Arcade 7. The new Piccadilly Gardens (I find it a bit flash, but lots of ...
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Graham Finney
grahamfinneyuk
Feb 3, 2003 1:28 pm
Ed, Indeed, my cat regularly uses my covered boat for shelter, and so does her boyfriend next door. They jump up through the outboard-well. I imagine that a...
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Graham Finney
grahamfinneyuk
Feb 3, 2003 1:37 pm
Neil, No worries about our cat catching birds; she's way too slow. I think she was a runt. She certainly looks dead soft.The only birds she has ever brought...
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christoph ostlind
wedgesail
Feb 3, 2003 3:10 pm
... I've seen many passages that I would have rather walked across, John. In this state, with the dominant mormon population, it probably would be a trait...
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Bruce C. Anderson
buckwheat_an...
Feb 3, 2003 3:19 pm
Howdy ... I may have misread this, but are you saying that there was a lake in the canyon before the Glen Canyon dam was built?? Thanks See Ya Have Fun Bruce ...
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christoph ostlind
wedgesail
Feb 3, 2003 3:26 pm
... Brian, Yep, you're right. 33 years is a long time to remember the name of a burning river. I've also forgotten a few of the names I discovered while...
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christoph ostlind
wedgesail
Feb 3, 2003 3:29 pm
... Nope Chris _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* ...
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barnacleid <w.serj...
barnacleid
Feb 3, 2003 5:28 pm
... the ... Thanks for that Mike. I've updated the 50/50 sailing/canoes section of http://www.smallsailboats.co.uk Probably a more apporpriate place for...
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seilliguk <seillig...
seilliguk
Feb 3, 2003 9:10 pm
... <w.serjeant@b...> wrote: I've updated the 50/50 sailing/canoes section ... Good to see you going down the sailing canoe route Bill and I will be following...
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John Tompkins
canoe_sailor
Feb 4, 2003 9:48 am
Hi Chris I remember seeing your boat on "Sailing Canoes" wedgsail reminded me, which would you sooner be sailing on a trip, the canoe or a mirror:0). John ... ...
