MFV BF494 'Pansy', an old Motor Fifie Conversion - Latest comments on From Dusk till Dawn

charlie_thompson [Member] in response to: From Dusk till Dawn

charlie_thompson [Member] — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:26:44 +0000

Aye he's a topper little speller the skipper! I saw the word "Germane" used in an e-mail recently (correctly) it made my day.

mark [Member] in response to: From Dusk till Dawn

mark [Member] — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:06:46 +0000

aye, I suspect we are a dying breed!

Gerry N, in faraway exotic Washington State., USA [Visitor] in response to: From Dusk till Dawn

Gerry N, in faraway exotic Washington State., USA [Visitor] — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:14:41 +0000

I was reading and saw you use the term "Fit of Pique" I nearly fell off my chair. Someone who actually speaks English. Who knew? Hereabouts it's usually "peek" or "peak". Mustn't damage the little darling's psyches by correcting them in the third grade, must we? Thus we have teachers with PhD's who can't spell their own names correctly three times out of five. But they feel good about themselves.

Keep up the good work.

Gerry N., shipwright, retired. N. of Seattle, U.S.A.

mark [Member] in response to: From Dusk till Dawn

mark [Member] — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:46:24 +0000

pitch pine is good! I like pitch pine. Someone may need to take my planes away though to stop me shaving bits off to smell!

cheers for that though, off to track em down right now!

Mark [Visitor] in response to: From Dusk till Dawn

Mark [Visitor] — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:41:21 +0000

I found a great source of long lengths of pitch pine, that I used for re-planking. Try Lawsons Sawmills, New Lane, Bursough, Nr Ormskirk. It's all old stuff, but really clear, and in good nick.