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2:17 am
30th December 09
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Hazel, I don't like drinking alone either, should I fall over there is nobody to help me up. In an effort to combat my self imposed lonely lifestyle, I pour out two glasses and drink both. This does help to overcome the problem.
Graham, I wish a triple gin had that effect on Me. It takes one or three more than that but I must say it's usually well worth the effort.
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7:38 am
3rd January 10
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Lucy
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It does annoy me that people think they are being good hosts by giving a huge measure of alcohol with just a tiny bit of mixer with it. I have a low tolerance level of alcohol and although I enjoy a drink I prefer to be able to remain in control and enjoy conversation, rather than try to converse with drunks. I know when I've had too much. If I make a good point or tell a good joke, I repeat it at least three times. I'm giving up alcohol for 2010. I'm giving up alcohol for 2010. I'm giving up alcohol for 2010.
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10:07 am
3rd January 10
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Lucy rote: It does annoy me that people think they are being good hosts by giving a huge measure of alcohol with just a tiny bit of mixer with it.
Lucy, I am with you all the way, if mine host can only manage one drink poured out in such a fashion they are obviously tight ar**ses and should be struck from any future Christmas card list. I firmly believe the host should pour measures he/she would drink themself, and everyone should sink to the floor in unison.
I happily admit I have a problem with alcohol and I don't need the host of a party to advertise the fact, I am quite capable of falling over and proving it for myself. 
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8:33 am
4th January 10
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Lucy
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It's when gatherings become predictable that I become bored. I have experience of false limbs (as I have already pointed out) and when that individual demonstrates their Irish Dancing skills for the fourth time, with that leg tucked under an arm – I know that it's time for me to leave. I see myself as a role model – one which others would do well to copy, but which they rarely do. You may have heard that expression which is becoming popular now, particularly in the good old USofA. In fact some people wear bracelets engraved with the letters WWLD. It would do all of you no harm to take this up. If you are ever in circumstances where moral and difficult decisions need to be made, always ask yourself WHAT WOULD LUCY DO? You will not go far wrong and it could help you in life to ponder upon this before taking whichever road is offered.
See what I mean about not charging for my depth of experience, compassion and understanding? This is all for free.
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7:05 pm
9th January 10
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I am going to start a new business. I think I will soon be very rich
Now who would like to buy one.
They are cheap at half the price.
Bracelets engraved with WWLD………………. Which Wasabi loves Doreen……..I love horse-radish
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11:51 am
10th January 10
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Third Age bracelets. Hmmmm, there's an idea.
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11:34 pm
10th January 10
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I truly believe, the information on 'What Has Lucy Done' to be far more interesting. Anyone who would barter her goods to get a regular supply of fresh cod cheeks has much going for her, in fact a head start. 
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7:36 am
12th January 10
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Lucy
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It's very strange that you should mention heads there, Me. Our football team supporters are called Cod'Eads, and as of course the head includes the cheeks I am reading your post in an enlightened way, demonstrating that you have indeed done some research into the local lingo and common parlance. That was what you implied, wasn't it?
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7:40 pm
12th January 10
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Lucy, I must confess my knowledge of soccer is on level par with my knowledge of nuclear power. Although come to think of it, I did lean against the wall of the Dungeness power station whilst fishing from the beach, where I would catch many large cod.
I did visit Hull once with the Royal Navy, it was empty. The local population had moved offshore catching 'silver darlings'. I trust you will be the only person on the board who will know what they are.
To enlighten you further, in the navy the term 'heads' refers to the loo. I'm sure you will feel all the richer for that gem of information.
I have never implied in my life, I always tell the truth.
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8:02 pm
12th January 10
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I trust that you weren't 'Captain of the Heads' , Me?
“No Smoking Abaft the Bridge', 'ease springs' , 'make and mend' and ' bosun's pipe'.
And other nautical phrases.
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Civilisation is a veneer, easily soluble in alcohol.
http://cidermannz.blogspot.com/
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11:25 pm
12th January 10
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Being in the seamen's division, we were often called on to be captain of the heads. I rarely touched the bosun's pipe, no need really as I don't smoke. There was frequently smoke abaft the bridge, a mine sweeper is diesel powered and they lay smoke everywhere. You missed the most important pipe of all, “Up Spirits”.
Ease springs is an interesting one, I wonder how many people would know it's meaning and the importance of such equipment. Let's face it, anything secured firmly to bollards is very much open to question. 
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12:32 am
13th January 10
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I have just realised I made a technical error! Not 'bosun's pipe' but more correctly “boatswain's call'. You pipe 'ups spirits' with a boatswain's call! You also pipe 'abandon ship' if required.
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Civilisation is a veneer, easily soluble in alcohol.
http://cidermannz.blogspot.com/
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12:33 am
13th January 10
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addenda! I note with amusement that at the mention of 'spirits', google ads appear advocating drug rehab and alcohol detox programs.
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Civilisation is a veneer, easily soluble in alcohol.
http://cidermannz.blogspot.com/
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3:46 am
13th January 10
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Post edited 4:50 am – 13th January 10 by Me.
I fondly remember the class distinction of the Royal navy, with pipes such as “Hands to dinner … officers to lunch!!!” You couldn't make it up.
Michael. it is with a degree sadness I happily report I am well past the stage where alcohol detox would be of any use. With my current consumption of whiskey (or far more likely gin), the local crematorium have been advised when my turn comes it could take some time before they will be able to extinguish the fire.
On such a note I recall it it was one year ago today my mother, at the tender age of 96, slipped away. With no disrespect to her memory, I report it was a handsome measure of whiskey taken every night that kept her going for the last few years of her life. It could be this tipple that brought about by her lifelong belief in spiritualism. For the last few days of her life the nurses in the Brighton, Sussex County Hospital, reverently brought her measure of scotch in a hypodermic syringe, this was then squirted into a drinking beaker. On her final day she had a double issue (true) when she left us at 2:00AM she had a serene look on her face, and I am equally sure a wry grin.
Way to go Mum. 
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3:41 pm
13th January 10
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Lucy
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That was a nice story about your mum, Me. It was nice to know that the nursing staff were so kind and understanding and it must have been a great comfort to you.
The Port of Hull only had 'Big Boats' which mainly operated in Icelandic waters – the silver darlings were left to the hobby fishermen who came home every night.
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10:03 pm
13th January 10
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For those of you who may be unsure of the message exchange between 'The Flower of Hull' and myself, a 'silver darling' is the professional fisherman's name for the humble herring. One of the tastiest (and boniest) fish in the sea.
In counting herring for sale, a 'hundred' was in fact thirty werps (120 herring) or if you were buying a 'last', thirty-three werps (132 herring). The extras were to compensate the buyer should a few fish be past their best.
As you may gather I spent my youth as a 'beach rat' at Brighton, and loved every minute of it. When helping retrieve a boat from rough water onto the safety of the beach, I would be paid in 'uffal' small fish that were of no use for sale.
Said the mullet to the herring,
Does your brother have a flipper?
Said the herring to the mullet,
I am not my brother's kipper.
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