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| September 22, 2008 12:07 PM
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Very, very cool, my friend. I'm back in the aul sod for a holiday and have been busy picking up some decent trad to bring back to Addis with me. But, coming from a line of Irish sailing stock, I'm definitely going to get my hands on some of this stuff.
Hope all is well.
| September 22, 2008 4:40 PM
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Booze on a warship? I thought that was a big no-no?
| September 22, 2008 4:51 PM
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The Yank ships are dry. But you will of course remember that British sea power relied heavily on the rum ration - sadly withdrawn in 1972 for the Canadian navy. They are also limited to two beers a night during the present mission, which has irritated some of the chaps as there was no limit, I gather, when they were in the Med. So we had a civilised couple of wet ones each evening. No more. All very disciplined. These are professional guys.
And Barry, I had my first draft Guinness (albeit from a can) in a year. It went down very well indeed.
| September 22, 2008 5:07 PM
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Guess how much a Guinness will cost you in my local pub in Toulouse?
| September 22, 2008 5:13 PM
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Ha ha. I once bought a pint of Guinness on the Champs Elysee. I seem to recall it was the equivalent of about £8. That was about 10 years ago. But what the blazes was I doing... Go on then, scare me
| September 22, 2008 5:19 PM
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About right. I think it was €9. I went once a year ago and never ever went back.
Those widget cans cost about €1.80 in the supermarket I think, but I don't really go for the can stuff.
The African foodstuff store sells those Guinness bottles for a Euro or so. But I normally have one in London if there's nowt better on offer.
| September 22, 2008 5:28 PM
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There's loads of Guinness drunk here but its 1% stronger and pretty foul-tasting. Don't mind the draft cans actually
| September 22, 2008 6:26 PM
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so, you're back! there goes a really good story.
| September 22, 2008 6:36 PM
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Thanks. Sorry to disappoint you
| September 22, 2008 6:51 PM
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just joking, glad to see you're back in 1 piece, we've had our Alan Johnston already, no need for more
| September 22, 2008 7:27 PM
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I wouldn't be silly enough to actually set foot in the place...
| September 22, 2008 8:08 PM
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you mean Somalia or Gaza or both?
| September 22, 2008 8:13 PM
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Mogadishu
| September 27, 2008 4:13 PM
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Breaking Guinness records for Guinness drinking right now -- mindful of the fact that it's back to Bati and Castel from next week...
| September 28, 2008 8:51 AM
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Will you be having one more for me? Sorrry, silly question
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I imagined you and the boys all singing 'Barrett's Privateers', actually.