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Post by JohnV on Jun 23, 2016 18:06:00 GMT
As some of you are aware the Southeast has been having some excessive rainfall. (I blame the EU myself, we never had this kind of problem before ..... have you noticed the storms are all coming from France)
I have decided that Sabina will not be large enough and I have been given some building plans but they are not very clear.
as far as I can work it out we have LOA of 440 ft and 73 ft beam with a height keel to cabin top of 44 ft.
The real problem is the material specification, I can get pine or oak or larch no problem but the architect wants me to use Gopher wood but I just get blank looks from the timber suppliers when I ask for it.
I was a bit concerned about the power unit but when I asked the architect he told me ....... "Yeah, it is written that man shall eat dust and grovel on his belly all the days of his life. Therefore install diesel electric so that all that is written shall come to pass"
Any way if any member has an idea where I might be able to lay my hands on a few tons of gopher wood for a reasonable price please pm me
many thanks
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Post by yamyam on Jun 23, 2016 18:29:00 GMT
Are you sure he isn't winding you up?. Might be totally wrong here (apologies if I am) but wasn't that what the Ark was supposedly contructed from and according to a lot brainier people than me, would have snapped in half if actually built to the size given in ancient manuscripts. Not even sure if it exists anymore. The wood that is, not the Ark :-)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2016 18:30:18 GMT
Have you missed your medication?
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Post by yamyam on Jun 23, 2016 18:34:50 GMT
Ha ha, its just sunk in. Been a long day, will get my medication out the fridge and all will be fine :-)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2016 18:40:19 GMT
Ha ha, its just sunk in. Been a long day, will get my medication out the fridge and all will be fine :-) OOPS! I was actually replying to OP! |
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Post by Trina on Jun 23, 2016 18:45:48 GMT
I think you all need drugs... (or sunshine !)  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2016 18:56:51 GMT
Noah said, "how shall I build it?" God said, " if I were you I would go for wood."
Noah, who was old and deaf, misheard it as Gopher wood!
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Post by yamyam on Jun 23, 2016 18:58:36 GMT
Both I think :-). Bit annoyed though, haven't been caught out like that since I fell for the long wait when I first started work in 1970. I'll put it down to age. Good excuse now
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Post by JohnV on Jun 23, 2016 19:01:29 GMT
Both I think :-). Bit annoyed though, haven't been caught out like that since I fell for the long wait when I first started work in 1970. I'll put it down to age. Good excuse now hee hee hee! |
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Post by Trina on Jun 23, 2016 20:22:08 GMT
Both I think :-). Bit annoyed though, haven't been caught out like that since I fell for the long wait when I first started work in 1970. I'll put it down to age. Good excuse now Did you ever go & fetch the tub of elbow grease...? |
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Post by yamyam on Jun 23, 2016 20:52:32 GMT
Both I think :-). Bit annoyed though, haven't been caught out like that since I fell for the long wait when I first started work in 1970. I'll put it down to age. Good excuse now Did you ever go & fetch the tub of elbow grease...? Ha ha, no, after i had fallen for the long wait/weight learnt a lesson very quickly and was always very suspicious of the usual suspects after that although did have to have a little think about sky hooks. Thankfully the penny dropped quite quickly before i made another pratt of myself :-). However, thinking back that 30 minutes waiting at the stores gave me a nice rest and ciggie break |
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Post by phil70 on Jun 23, 2016 21:48:17 GMT
I reckon if John goes to collect his wood rather than have it delivered that will make any wood he collects will be Gopher wood as John will say I gopher wood.
Phil
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Post by canaldweller on Jun 23, 2016 22:03:07 GMT
Ha ha, its just sunk in. Been a long day, will get my medication out the fridge and all will be fine :-) Ha! I thought to myself "that's one big boat he's building there". Have taken my medication. |
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Post by Telemachus on Jun 23, 2016 22:08:56 GMT
Just to mention that we've had a gloriously sunny day up here. Where's my sun cream! (Yes I know it's nearly dark now, it was an idiom!)
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Post by robmcd on Jun 24, 2016 12:49:27 GMT
It's what Noah made the Ark out of (gopher wood) He is taking the piss!
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