modern day pirate
 

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top banana i reckon :D :D :D :D

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:rofl: Now there's an enterprising businessman. Good luck to him I say.

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Shiver me timber's.

Good luck to the guy. Its a bloody disgrace that it cost £20 for a decient bottle of Malt Whiskey, in this country. Yet if you go to the continent it will cost possiblt half that for a larger bottle. :afire:

Bloody money grabbing government. :2up:

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anyone up for buying a boat and selling trips to his boat?

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Fair play to the boy. The Government should be ashamed of themselves !

How do you ........
 

do links (underlined ?) is it easy ??

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eh :confused:

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If you're referring to posting a link with an underlined text, yes it is easy. Go to advanced posting, click the little ball icon, and you get a popup that allows you to post a description and a link.

If that's not what you mean, then I haven't got a clue as to what you're after.

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as danielf posted look for the little globe with the chain links under it when you post your reply , the first box you get will be what the link will be called , the second box will be the link itself , i.e. www.jkfgkukfj.cod , ok :)

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:rofl: Quality mate, faf. :D

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If you look, he gave the post a title of "How do you..." and then put his question in the main body.

Trouble is I think most people ignore "post titles" (I had to look twice before I could figure it out! :) )

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Thumbs up to the guy - but what's to stop another 'real life pirate' pulling up alongside him and robbing him blind??

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Now that we've sorted out links, going back to the main topic.

I say good on the guy.
1) He spotted a gap in the market.
2) He took time to check it was legal
3) He had the guts to invest and actually do it.

Now he'll have to fend off unfriendlies brought in by the publicity.
Let's hope he's not sunk without a trace in the near future.

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Thats a coool idea. Not that I smoke so wouldnt be much use to me, but certainly a good business idea.
Fair play to him.

I'd love to own a boat, that would be cool.

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*Gets dinghy out*
Very enterprising :)

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[Heads off to fill wine bottles with blackberry Ribena]

Heeheheeee That will sell. No one will notice. ;-)

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shhhhhhh dont tell everyone my plans

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what caught my eye was the bloke used to live a couple of streets away from me , good luck to him i reckon :tu:

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It appears this business is not so legal after all:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/3884519.stm

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Is that not more to do with the fact that he came into port without thinking to unload the stock on to another boat first of all?

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Oops, you're right. I should learn to read really :dunce: :)

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A guy at work was on about this the other day, didn't think he was on the level

Yep good luck to the guy, but as others have said, lets hope he survives the real pirates....... easy pickings.
Do gun laws apply out there as well ( international waters ) if not a couple of well placed cannons might not go amiss :D just in case ...lol

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well just heard on the radio that the customs and excise have impounded his boat he will fight them in court sorry cant give a link but i am on the a19 on the way to blackpool

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Yup I just heard that too, I'm sure he will be able to get away with it, unless the gov change the law.

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Well, it's more to do with the following, I think...

"Customs came down yesterday and gave us until midnight tonight to leave.

"Then they came down again this morning and said the agreement was null and void.

"They couldn't give us any reason for this, and said they had instructions from above. They said their hands were tied."

In other words they were pressured from "on high" to change their minds, even though they knew damn well that he had *no* intent of trying to sell his goods on UK territory.

I believe (although I'm not a lawyer) that if a boat is carrying cargo which is not to be off-loaded at a particular port, then it is still considered "at sea" for the purposes of Customs and Excise ie if your ship is dropping of cargo at three different ports in three different countries, only what you're dropping off *at the time* is generally considered of interest.

Still, HM C&E are a law unto themselves...

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you aint kidding graham :yikes:


http://icteesside.icnetwork.co.uk/01...name_page.html

sorry about the link but the little doofer aint working for me :(

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Well, I'd suggest the fact that you can still (in theory) be hung for piracy might give said pirate pause for thought. :)

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Not under UK law.

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Probably true. I've a vague memory that we finally gave up the right to hang you for piracy, treason and arson in HM dockyards a few years ago but I'm not sure if the Channel Islands and the IoM still retain the death penalty (not that it would be applied in practice).

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....and you are posting on the forum.....cool! :nworthy:

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wireless is an amazing thing :rofl: :rofl:

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On a motorway it's 'kin incredible :disturbd: :D

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pmsl @ that :rofl: :rofl:

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Just as long as you're not the driver...!!! :Yikes:

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Yeah it's kinda slow using my motorola mpx200, thought it was the mutts nuts at first ( and it is ) but now I want faster and faster :) will have a look at something soon, boys and their toys :p: you know how it is :D

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