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bigdaddy
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Southampton Sandbanks
      #2060482 - 11/11/2008 08:40

Well next time you get stuck, at least you can say "I am not the only one"

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Happy Birthday FullCircle
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Re: Southampton Sandbanks [Re: bigdaddy]
      #2060493 - 11/11/2008 08:48

Sticky things sandbanks, especially when they are called Brambles.

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Re: Southampton Sandbanks [Re: bigdaddy]
      #2060511 - 11/11/2008 09:08

Long and honourable tradition. Didn't the first Queen Elizabeth make a visit to the Bramble Bank, soon after WW2?

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Jimi
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Re: Southampton Sandbanks [Re: jhr]
      #2060538 - 11/11/2008 09:40

Rumour has it it that Twisterken was navigating using last years tide tables (again)

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Yardarm
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Re: Southampton Sandbanks [Re: Jimi]
      #2060858 - 11/11/2008 13:55

Maybe they were hoping for a game of cricket.

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Twister_Ken
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Re: Southampton Sandbanks [Re: Jimi]
      #2060877 - 11/11/2008 14:12

Not my fault mister, I was in Reading. Honest.

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Admiral_Tycharts
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Re: Southampton Sandbanks [Re: bigdaddy]
      #2061278 - 11/11/2008 19:06

CHIRPS?

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peterb
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Re: Southampton Sandbanks [Re: Admiral_Tycharts]
      #2061462 - 11/11/2008 21:20

Quote:

CHIRPS?




Nah! CHIRPS is for near misses, not direct hits!


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