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Old 19 January 2009, 11:48   #1
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Warning : A thousand tons of wood off the coast of Sussex ...
You don't want to run into this at speed !
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle5545506.ece
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You don't want to run into this at speed !
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle5545506.ece
Keep the woodburner going for a day or two!!
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But the whole of East sussex already have all the decking they need !!!!!! It never ends up near me , but can you imagine this lot getting sucked through Hurst point ! Nasty
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I have reported my shed to the reciever of wrecks!!
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There's got to be some fiddle going on as exactly a year ago another cargo ship lost Tonnes of timber in the Channel. I remember dodging pieces of timber on the way to Poole
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