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A weather forecast - that covers earlier today.
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A 5 minute job (on the boat)
I like all those "A 5 minute job (on the boat)" moments...just wish SWMBO would understand...LOL.....THWACK! OUCH!!!
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Shouldn't that be ONE glass of wine/beer/whisky/gin and tonic?
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self - I'll have it done in an hour
swmbo - I've heard that before.
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Yachtmaster, wish they would teach them the basics of knots, splicing and boat maintenance.
Tasty snack, someone should start a new thread on this specific subject.
Weatherproof, for a short while yes, so I guess this should be water-resistant.
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a dirty weekend on the boat......
I invited a friend to come to the boat for a dirty weekend once. How was I to know that drying out to scrub and redo the antifouling wasn't what she had in mind?
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Amusing list of examples, but these are not oxymorons.
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Amusing list of examples, but these are not oxymorons.
And then there was this “deafening silence”
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The OP asked about sailing Oxymorons.
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The OP asked about sailing Oxymorons.
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