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Fouga

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« Reply #15 on: February 26, 2005, 03:21:25 pm »
she is not open to the public but is open to kids from Shankill areas in the north and south of Ireland. it's a hands across the border thing also. sky news were on board her etc doing an interview etc.

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« Reply #16 on: February 26, 2005, 06:23:43 pm »
Post re-fit, that explains why her deck markings are so clean and bright !! (you can see down the length of the deck from the east link bridge.)
I noticed that her support equipment such as the crane and tow tugs are painted grey like the ship and are hard to spot, unlike the yellow ones on the American carriers and of course here in the don.
Good camouflage but a bit dodgy i would think regards to visibilty to pilots but seen as the brits have been at this a long time Im sure they know what their doing.
Bit of a joke goin on here that if we beat England tomorrow in Landsdowne that the Harriers and stuff will appear from below decks and give us a beating!!(I know, we're bl@#din sad!!)

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« Reply #17 on: February 27, 2005, 10:14:24 am »
Good to see kids from the Shankill/Shankill project visited the ship.



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« Reply #18 on: February 27, 2005, 11:57:45 am »
I reckon if we sneak on and steal all the rotary assets, Hoon will be forced to initiate a major new Merlin purchase for the RN....Everyone wins ':p'
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« Reply #19 on: February 27, 2005, 02:04:55 pm »
Quote (P.Doff @ 26 Feb. 2005,18:23)
Bit of a joke goin on here that if we beat England tomorrow in Landsdowne that the Harriers and stuff will appear from below decks and give us a beating!!(I know, we're bl@#din sad!!)

'<img'> Everyone must be telling that joke. I`ve heard(and told) it a few dozen times already.

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« Reply #20 on: February 27, 2005, 06:53:55 pm »
Welcome to the board Optic! and we won the Rugby!!!!

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« Reply #21 on: February 28, 2005, 10:47:09 am »
Went down to have a look Sunday morning. They couldn't have picked a more awful place to moor for the weekend. Right in the firing line of the stink from the Ringsend sewage works on the easterly wind.  And I met groups of lost sailors coming on leave on Saturday morning having to trudge through that wasteland of scrapyards and container depots to find their way into the city.  One would have thought that the UK embassy could have laid on a minibus. Typical, spend money on the hardware but leave the hardworking personnel to their own devices.

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« Reply #22 on: February 28, 2005, 02:24:01 pm »
had you anything to say to them 202? ya know words of goodwill etc?