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Tighten Your What?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:58 am
by zill
<img src="http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w131/pselfy/Titan.jpg" >

This is one hell of a name for a vessel filled with seamen!

PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:44 am
by Frau_Blucher
I'm having a tough time swallowing this...pic looks doctored.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:34 am
by zill
[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
<br>I'm having a tough time swallowing this...pic looks doctored.
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I do think it is real. One of the Evergreen Line (out of Taiwan) ships that calls at Vancouver is the "Ever Uranus". It was just here. I think most of the Asian shipping lines have a ship named "Uranus".

PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:50 am
by Frau_Blucher
Perhaps you are right. I see that it's run by one Captain Ned, a very manful person who proclaims to run a manly ship, teaches his crew of manly things, instilling manhood and manliness in each of them, alternately punishing and comforting his men as needed.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:36 am
by djcraig
[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
<br>Perhaps you are right. I see that it's run by one Captain Ned, a very manful person who proclaims to run a manly ship, teaches his crew of manly things, instilling manhood and manliness in each of them, alternately punishing and comforting his men as needed.
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I also heard in a former life he was a lumberjack... and he was OK!



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