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Re: Dinghies
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lugnet.org.au
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Sun, 12 Nov 2000 23:59:43 GMT
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Peter White wrote in message ...
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> I can probably supply the best part of a dozen. I have been hard at work
> trying to find alternative uses for mine, I even mounted one as a door, • that's
> desperation for you.
Well, mounted on the outside of a spaceship as a sort of rounded
armour/covering, with the right colours they look kind of cool. See, this is
why everybody should build spaceships with their Lego, nothing's a SPUD
anymore, but a potential thingamajig/dooverlacky!
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> Paul.B should have a few from all those divers sets too.
Amazingly (and, for Richard, unfortunately), I have but one. Methinks I
should keep it for the sake of completeness. However, if my memory serves me
correctly, the Magic Toy Kingdom store in Bendigo (Vic) had several copies
of a small divers set which included just such a yellow dinghy/zodiac.
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> CVE...Careless Vessel Evacuator, Covert Vice Emissary, Canine Vasectomy • Easel
> pete.w
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> > James (who wonders what a CVE is. Canadian Vole Executor? Careless Virus
> > Engineer? Crazy Varmit Extractor? ....)
Okay Richard... what the flatbed truck is a CVE???
Cheers,
Paul
LUGNET member 164
http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
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| (...) I'm not Richard, but it stands for Carrier Vessel Escort, those handy little carriers that were made in WW2 out of merchie's. Just the thing for the RAN or the RCN to own (but neither of us do anymore...) James (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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| (...) Has Port Block got a surf club ? I think I would be hunting the Great Whites in something a little more substantial than a yum-yum yellow party cracker. I can probably supply the best part of a dozen. I have been hard at work trying to find (...) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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