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Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:09 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:
enfieldwhite wrote:

I know it won't appeal to most of you, but Zulu, Bobo and I went to a 'Don Bosco' school!
Gosh - did you play table tennis?

Er, wasn't Blessed Don Bosco (full title, won't say full-monty) Spanish? Not a big ping pong nationn as I recall.

Sicut Cervus! And Don Bosco was born in a village near Turin.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:09 pm

enfieldwhite wrote:I know it won't appeal to most of you, but Zulu, Bobo and I went to a 'Don Bosco' school!

Ahh, I see. Brown blazers, or purple?

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:10 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
enfieldwhite wrote:I know it won't appeal to most of you, but Zulu, Bobo and I went to a 'Don Bosco' school!
Ahh, I see. Brown blazers, or purple?

Brown, the purple ones (including my brother) were at St Cuthbert's.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:17 pm

Zulus Thousand of em wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
enfieldwhite wrote:I know it won't appeal to most of you, but Zulu, Bobo and I went to a 'Don Bosco' school!
Ahh, I see. Brown blazers, or purple?
Brown, the purple ones (including my brother) were at St Cuthbert's.

Yiss, I knew you had to have gone to one or the other. Mind you, thinking back there was also St. Annes for your sort, and they wore black I think, so just ignore me.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:18 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Zulus Thousand of em wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
enfieldwhite wrote:I know it won't appeal to most of you, but Zulu, Bobo and I went to a 'Don Bosco' school!
Ahh, I see. Brown blazers, or purple?
Brown, the purple ones (including my brother) were at St Cuthbert's.
Yiss, I knew you had to have gone to one or the other. Mind you, thinking back there was also St. Annes for your sort, and they wore black I think, so just ignore me.

And English Martyrs - and they wore green.

bettyrasta · Post by **bettyrasta** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:21 pm

Zulus Thousand of em wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
enfieldwhite wrote:I know it won't appeal to most of you, but Zulu, Bobo and I went to a 'Don Bosco' school!
Ahh, I see. Brown blazers, or purple?
Brown, the purple ones (including my brother) were at St Cuthbert's.

Hey, me too!

Small world. Oh sorry, is this not friends reunited.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:28 pm

no it's .. strangers and vague acquaintances re t'wanderers

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:54 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote: * Hong Kong - Horse racing is the most popular while Dragon boat racing.......
While what?

Large wooden vessels (not very aquadynamic) where many people row like mad over a course. They have them here as well, though I have never been to a race.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:38 pm

True story:

My brother served with the RHA Parachute division in Hong Kong years ago. He got dragged into one of these races and got back to camp four days later. He has no memory of what happened except there was a lot of booze involved.

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army · Post by **Soldier_Of_The_White_Army** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:58 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote: * Hong Kong - Horse racing is the most popular while Dragon boat racing.......
While what?
Large wooden vessels (not very aquadynamic) where many people row like mad over a course. They have them here as well, though I have never been to a race.

Is the guy in the gray shirt shouting "ROW!.......ROW YOU BxSTARDS, IF WE DON'T WIN THEY'LL SET ME ALIGHT!!"

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:04 pm

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote: * Hong Kong - Horse racing is the most popular while Dragon boat racing.......
While what?
Large wooden vessels (not very aquadynamic) where many people row like mad over a course. They have them here as well, though I have never been to a race.

Is the guy in the gray shirt shouting "ROW!.......ROW YOU BxSTARDS, IF WE DON'T WIN THEY'LL SET ME ALIGHT!!"

No, this is a US military entry (see tee shirt of guy in front who probably does the shouting although no one pays much attention and they are all out of whatever is the rowing equivalent of step).

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:11 pm

These are from the Montreal international race - they appear to use faster model than the US military.

Hmm - not sure why the top one doesn't work - does TW not like .bmp files?

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:19 pm

Works fine for me.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:20 pm

The fastest recorded mass rowing time was when Nero decided he wanted to water-ski....so they say.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:23 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote: No, this is a US military entry (see tee shirt of guy in front who probably does the shouting although no one pays much attention and they are all out of whatever is the rowing equivalent of step).

Well, Kirk Douglas would have had a hard time running along that lot.

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