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Haircut
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21 Jan 2008 8:33pm
Mobydisc
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21 Jan 2008 9:34pm
What sort of jobs do you guys have which allow you to go windsurfing whenever its windy at short notice?

chairman
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21 Jan 2008 7:38pm
Centre link
chairman
chairman
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21 Jan 2008 7:43pm
Shearwater I presume
Mistral Nick
Mistral Nick
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21 Jan 2008 8:55pm
Centre link ????
Man your lucky, I work for the same org, I'd have to chuck a really good sicky but if had a little notice I could swing it. The sad thing is I can see the Train (Gold Coast) from my office balcony. Makes me throw up every windy dat.
tonyd
tonyd
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21 Jan 2008 8:58pm
sikie for me
Mistral Nick
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21 Jan 2008 8:59pm
Hey haircut I am always amazed that you are nearly always on the water, and I am thinking why not me. I need an education!!
owain
owain
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21 Jan 2008 10:07pm
where you heading im keen for train for some frestyling !!
Haircut
Haircut
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21 Jan 2008 9:10pm
well tide for sw should be good till about 4pm, surprise surprise want to go there? Looks like it will be quite south direction and probably too many holes in wind at train
Haircut
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21 Jan 2008 9:11pm
Mistral Nick said...

Hey haircut I am always amazed that you are nearly always on the water, and I am thinking why not me. I need an education!!


trust me, it's fast coming to it's end . I'm back at work on the 29th

you know you need to quit the day job and instead go out doing the billy connelly impersonations at night
Mistral Nick
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21 Jan 2008 9:13pm
Trains good for Wed hopefully, i have the day off, (Praise the Lord, Budda anyone)
Give me wind lots of wind under sunny skies above.
Mistral Nick
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21 Jan 2008 9:19pm
Re windy Wednesday , Train or Shearwater?
Mistral Nick
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21 Jan 2008 9:33pm
"you know you need to quit the day job and instead go out doing the billy connelly impersonations at night "
Hoot Ganu You have to f$%&*g kidding. What a F&&&*G thing to say.
Are youuuu suggesting I am not the real thing.
I"ll get Pamela to break your F&&&*G legs.
Haircut
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21 Jan 2008 9:48pm
come join me/us at shearwater
elizabethb
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21 Jan 2008 9:51pm
Weeelllllllooo 4 me if its SE

Maybe Thompsons if its more Sly.

If its raining.... DAMNIT. [}:)]
Always Wednesday... or Thursday... or heck, EVERYDAY!



Wet Willy
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22 Jan 2008 2:10am
How to sail whenever it's windy?

Quit...your...job...quit...your...job...quit...your...job...

Think outside the box...get a paper round or something...be a garbo...become a male prostitute (you could advertise in kiting mags) ... simplify your life, ie sell everything except windsurfing gear...and above all else, trust in windsurfing. Don't trust the WIND, though - it can be a fickle mistress...

Please don't come begging to me when the money runs out, though...mine will have run out long before!!
Richiefish
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22 Jan 2008 9:56am
Wet Willy said...

How to sail whenever it's windy?

Quit...your...job...quit...your...job...quit...your...job...

Think outside the box...get a paper round or something...be a garbo...become a male prostitute (you could advertise in kiting mags) ... simplify your life, ie sell everything except windsurfing gear...and above all else, trust in windsurfing. Don't trust the WIND, though - it can be a fickle mistress...

Please don't come begging to me when the money runs out, though...mine will have run out long before!!

I call it semi retirement. Like your golf buggy trailer there willie.especially the boom/yoke set up.
oli7
oli7
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22 Jan 2008 11:41am
Mobydisc said...

What sort of jobs do you guys have which allow you to go windsurfing whenever its windy at short notice?


shift work with heaps of sick leave, work for me is windsurfing.

its going to be windy
Haircut
Haircut
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22 Jan 2008 11:18am
the 20knot requirement has been met

i'm off to sw
Haircut
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22 Jan 2008 7:39pm
orsm. same again for tomorrow please
chairman
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22 Jan 2008 6:54pm
all our tomorrows
Wet Willy
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23 Jan 2008 1:18am
Richiefish said...

Like your golf buggy trailer there willie.especially the boom/yoke set up.



Thanks...I found out the hard way that golf buggies are meant for carting GOLF CLUBS on GRASS, not for carrying 20kg of windsurf gear on concrete and bitumen over long distances!!! The "tires" wore out real fast until one just fell apart on my way back from the Train, which would've left me stranded, if it weren't for a Good Samaritan (I'm not sure if he's really a Samaritan, or particularly Good, for that matter) named Nebbian, who happened to be driving down from Brizzy at that moment. Nice save!

Kids, if you want to emulate Uncle Wet Willy, get a push trolley from a hardware store, and make sure it has proper pump-up tires! And put plenty of padding under the board where it rests on the trolley!!
Gestalt
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23 Jan 2008 12:24am
VP for me in da morning

yeah baby,

got my new 6.4, my new fins and my trusty fish........................
greenleader
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23 Jan 2008 12:25am
i'm aching to do more duck gybes, one handed tomorrow!
Wet Willy
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23 Jan 2008 1:45am
greenleader said...

i'm aching to do more duck gybes, one handed tomorrow!


DAMN you all, and your stupid GYBES... *sob* I still can't do it... not even a simple one...oh God...
fionzc
fionzc
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23 Jan 2008 12:34am
Mobydisc said...

What sort of jobs do you guys have which allow you to go windsurfing whenever its windy at short notice?




be your own boss or get a night shift job I guess

sometimes when I check the charts at work or when I step out of the office during lunch the wind would be blasting...and I'm like "Damn!" Still contemplating if I should rush to the club & rig up 1 of those lunch hours...some guys I know do that...but might just have too much fun & not wanna head back
Wet Willy
Wet Willy
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24 Jan 2008 3:49am
fionzc said...

Mobydisc said...

What sort of jobs do you guys have which allow you to go windsurfing whenever its windy at short notice?




sometimes when I check the charts at work or when I step out of the office during lunch the wind would be blasting...and I'm like "Damn!" Still contemplating if I should rush to the club & rig up 1 of those lunch hours...some guys I know do that...but might just have too much fun & not wanna head back


No you won't, Fiona. The wind in Singapore never lasts long enough. Unless you're already rigged up when it starts blowing, you'll probably miss it!! Many's the time I've taken a desperate taxi ride, only to arrive in time to watch the guys derigging and packing up...

...so don't torture yourself!
Haircut
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25 Jan 2008 12:27am
what a day hey! not often it is very windy and sunny at the same time at the shearwater
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