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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Sep 10, 2009
nah, we have an obligation to go to ireland first
we are running out of whiskey. only 42 barrels left 
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Lanzababy - Guide Editor Posted Sep 10, 2009
*awakes from snooze* Aye, we did say Ireland.
My Jameson stocks are perilously low.
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Lanzababy - Guide Editor Posted Sep 10, 2009
Just to be sure - is that *left hand down a bit*? 
argh! Careful there Shagbark!
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Sep 10, 2009
do NOT forget to shivver me timbers! 
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shagbark Posted Sep 10, 2009
AAARGH- Shiver me timbers. Where's a navigator when you need one
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Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Sep 10, 2009
Look! A map!
*points out the carefully drawn map pinned to the table*
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Sep 10, 2009
as much as we miss our navigator i think we can manage without him. he taught me a lot over the years and besides, i've sailed a bit myself
besides, we still have the SEP-generator, the GPS-thingie and a lot of imagination 
helmsperson, left hand down a bit
there you go. piece of 
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Sep 10, 2009
Ireland is famous for more than whiskey. Waterford, which makes fine china and crystal, is located there. Irish music and poetry and drama are world-famous.
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Lanzababy - Guide Editor Posted Sep 10, 2009
Oh thank you Paul - Waterford crystal is sooooooo beautiful. I'm sure I have room for a candelabra ( not as posh as the captain's diamond one to be sure, to be sure, to be sure)***
And a few new champagne flutes for my Roederer 
***oirish accent creeping in
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Sep 11, 2009
Beautiful textiles and tea sets...the Irish have some very nice things in their homes.
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Lanzababy - Guide Editor Posted Sep 11, 2009
yes true, I collect Belleek china - a girl could always do with a few more pieces
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Sep 11, 2009
what, no royal doulton with handpainted perriwinkles?
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Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Sep 11, 2009
Ooh! we can a connemara 
!!! That'll be a lovely start to my collection!!
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Lanzababy - Guide Editor Posted Sep 11, 2009
Did you not know that I have met the Doulton family? I have lots of Doulton too. and... now don't get me started on china...
I was born and brought up as a Potter, so I cannot possibly drink out of anything unless it is fine bone china, honest, 
I am being serious, believe me! It's an blessing and a curse.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Sep 11, 2009
Lanzababy, I love you for that bone china remark! 
Pierce, the china with the handpainted periwinkles is not Royal Doulton, though some of the Royal Doulton factory outlet stores keep some pieces on hand so they can show shoppers who really made the pattern. I'm guessing that it's Royal Grafton.
Obsessed about china? Me? Why do you ask?
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Lanzababy - Guide Editor Posted Sep 11, 2009
ah a fellow china collector - then you will love me even more when I tell you that my grandfather was a manager for Grafton china for many years - it really was very pretty ware.
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Sep 11, 2009
hehehe, the royal doulton with the handpainted perriwinkles is fictional, yet often heard about in the british sitcom 'keeping up appearances'
i know it well, since the character onslow (couch potato) is a role model for me and a couple of friends
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