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Old 02-27-2012, 09:45 AM   #2520
Mr Twisty


 
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LOL Well man if you get a RON in NE FL you need to ring me up.
They know better than to send us to Fl in the winter... nothing would get done
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When I worked for Oceaneering onthe boats right after Katrina hit, we were typically working 56 and 14... and the 14 got shortened to 5 or 6...
Insanity...
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"Kissed by Mother Carey"

Had to google that one...
Kissed by Mother Carey: This is another way of saying, "Once a sailor, always a sailor." It is an old superstition that all boys who go to sea were kissed in their infancy by the sailorman's guardian angel Mata Cara (Mother Carey).
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