tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post5103161047048708570..comments2024-03-27T14:03:14.775+00:00Comments on Captain JP's log: Lost paddleJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-89976170629945301632015-03-22T21:04:11.204+00:002015-03-22T21:04:11.204+00:00Yup, the Fastnet, taken back in 2005 (golly, 10 ye...Yup, the Fastnet, taken back in 2005 (golly, 10 years ago this summer)JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-87092889329097120072015-03-22T20:21:50.905+00:002015-03-22T20:21:50.905+00:00Well, if the water in the photograph of the broken...Well, if the water in the photograph of the broken paddle is Thames water that is good news indeed - it looks almost clear and fresh enough to drink!<br /><br />Spelling is interesting - I think the very first dictionary of English words was an arbitrary affair where the author just plucked the spelling of words out of thin air - if he had stopped and thought a moment he might have thought about making the spellings a bit more phonetic and easier to spell.<br /><br />And I can see by your last comment that you haven't had that cup of coffee as you spelt creek as creak again - come on, coffees not that bloody expensive, and you don't need a cup of that expensive stuff from a cafe - whats wrong with a cup of good old Greggs Instant Coffee out of a jar!!<br /><br />By the way the yacht in the photograph in your Blog Heading - what is the Rock / Island that it is heading towards - surely not Fastnet Rock in the Irish Sea? Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-73942168804709933132015-03-22T08:47:31.690+00:002015-03-22T08:47:31.690+00:00Doh! I needed a cup of coffee when I wrote that.
...Doh! I needed a cup of coffee when I wrote that.<br /><br />It's worth pointing out that the paddle was actually in the Thames not a creak .... and the water was for once looking rather clear. <br /><br />JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-79147768898642174852015-03-21T20:57:42.330+00:002015-03-21T20:57:42.330+00:00Being a smart arse and a ironic curmudgeon about s...Being a smart arse and a ironic curmudgeon about spelling (the irony is that I am a very, very poor speller) I think that the term is ; 'Up shit crEEk without a paddle' (as opposed to crEAk) - but of course this doesn't apply here because although one paddle is broken there is a perfectly good paddle on the other end, which if you use correctly would work silently without any creaking at all. :> )Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-47306844440089923942015-03-21T20:15:55.918+00:002015-03-21T20:15:55.918+00:00Indeed, that should have be "up" not &qu...Indeed, that should have be "up" not "in"JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-82392576728838080902015-03-21T16:46:44.313+00:002015-03-21T16:46:44.313+00:00Or up one........Or up one........Baydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751866865203182109noreply@blogger.com