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[Mynok]

[:D][:D][:D]

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: thegreatwent

Yeah, one problem with being my age is that the red horde waiting to crash through Fulda was drummed into me pretty well. Plus I played way to many wargames with the poor 11th Cav just getting crushed[:)].

I know what you mean. The mind forgets slowly.

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: USS America

Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle! Bob has been AWOL from the forums for weeks, and I just learned another useful tip from him in one of the tech support threads. [&o]

Do you guys think that posting a picture of Fluffy might subconsciously cause Bob to log in again? [&:][:D]

I'm sure Bob will be back when the time is right for him. We'll keep the light on. [;)]

[niceguy2005]

I gotta quit eating so late...very counter productive...but at least dinners finally ready... tonight its Chipoltle mahi mahi served over lime flavored rice...for deserty sweet dark organic cheries. [:)]

[USSAmerica]

Wow, sounds great, Chris!  [font="times new roman"][/font][font="times new roman"]   [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Rack time for me.  Good night, all.  [>:][/font]

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Oh my... [X(][&:][:(]

'Ghost ship' deaths an accident

By Nick Bryant
BBC News, Sydney


The men drowned in an unfortunate sequence of events, an inquest found.

Three sailors who disappeared from a yacht later found empty and drifting off the coast of Australia died in a freak accident, an inquest found.

The vessel, Kaz II, was found with its engine running, food on the table, and its full complement of lifebelts.

Derek Batten, 56, and brothers Peter and Jim Tunstead, in their 60s, left on an eight-week trip from Queensland to Western Australia in April last year.

But their yacht was found adrift just three days later.

Various theories have been advanced to explain their mysterious disappearance. Some speculated they might have been kidnapped or murdered by pirates or drugs smugglers.

Others were simply mystified that the boat was discovered with its engine running and its lifebelts still on board, which seemed to rule out the possibility of them being drowned in a storm.


Choppy seas

Now, after a week-long inquest, a coroner in Queensland has ruled that the men lost their lives in a freak accident and suggested they drowned in an unfortunate sequence of events.

It started when one of the men fell in the water while trying to retrieve some fishing equipment that had become tangled around the rudder.

Another sailor was lost overboard while trying to mount a rescue.

The coroner found that the third man, the skipper, tried to turn the boat around by adjusting the sails, but a change in wind direction caused the boom to swing round and knock him into the choppy seas.

None of the men were good swimmers, the coroner concluded, and they would have struggled and then been lost beneath the waves. He said the end would have been swift.

Leo "Apollo11"

[VSWG]

Tithe... [&o]

[Dixie]

Hello chaps.  Thanks to all who have asked after my health.  I did type a fairly long answer, but the forum booted me out [8|]  So I re-typed it and got booted again...  If i find time I'll rewrite it again.  Things are OK here, but a little dull...and still hot

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Dixie

Hello chaps.  Thanks to all who have asked after my health.  I did type a fairly long answer, but the forum booted me out [8|]  So I re-typed it and got booted again...  If i find time I'll rewrite it again.  Things are OK here, but a little dull...and still hot

Take care Martin!


Leo "Apolo11"

[Gem35]

Good Morning Friends.[:)]

[Speedysteve]

Back from holiday tithe[8D][&o]

[DuckofTindalos]

Hmmm, Bernie Mac just died.[:(]

[thegreatwent]

Yeah, reminds me of when Jim Henson passed on. Life is short.

[DuckofTindalos]

He was apparently a long-time sarcoidosis sufferer.

[VSWG]

[X(][:D][X(][:D]

[bobogoboom]

hmm watching this danish handball game T. is always talking about i am going to rate it as pretty entertaining.

[Mynok]

I've not seen it very often but it sounds fun.

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: thegreatwent

Yeah, reminds me of when Jim Henson passed on. Life is short.

He transferred his consciousness to Ernie you know.[:D]

[niceguy2005]

All I can say about that article is [X(][X(][X(]