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Old 23 January 2006, 14:50   #1
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how I laughed as
a mate of mine who is navigating HMS Southampton had his week long R&R in the caribbean sipping cocktails, romancing locals and getting a tan at taxpayers expense interupted to help out some fishermen!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/h...re/4638546.stm
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Old 23 January 2006, 17:28   #2
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About time he spent some of our tax being useful
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Old 23 January 2006, 23:22   #3
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Interesting that a greek was helping out a load of fisherman....even out there was probably the stinking Spanish stealing other people fish!!!!
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Old 03 February 2006, 13:34   #4
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and just when he thought
he could go back to loafing in the sun, this goes and happens...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4677038.stm

good to see the RN getting some decent publicity too....
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Old 03 February 2006, 16:21   #5
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he could go back to loafing in the sun, this goes and happens...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4677038.stm

good to see the RN getting some decent publicity too....
Bet they had a good party to celebrate - wonder if they invited Kate Moose???
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