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Dear Ed, I'm not sure whether the last issue’s Latin strap line ‘Re Vera Potas Bene’ (say, you sure are drinking a lot) is a direct referral to myself but I must point out that I don't have a stool on the south side of the bar at Yat Marine with my name on it. In vino veritas. Da mihi sis cerevisiam dilutam. Propino tibi salutem!! Yours, Yoni BearEd replies: |
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Once again Yoni has correctly identified our Latin strap line! Is he or she the only classics scholar out there? See the front page for our new phrase. Dear Ed Crossword competition won by editorial staff member? Caption competition won by the subject’s partner? What’s going on? Also Grumpy Old Salt told me he was extremely annoyed to have his article destroyed in order to enter the caption competition in the last issue. Terry of ‘Reality’ Ed replies: The competitions are open to anyone, but you’ve got to be in ’em to win ‘em. If you don’t want to spoil your copy of The Porthole by cutting it up—buy another one! Dear Ed, We spent January-June 2007 sailing from Thailand to Turkey. We have written 4 articles (about 2,500 words each) summarizing our experiences: 1) Thailand to Oman 2) Oman to Aden 3) Aden to Egypt 4) ‘Feel Free’ Transits Suez Canal. If anyone is heading that way and would like to have a look at any or all of the above, we'd be |
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One of the reasons I left Blighty to live a life of ease on the high seas was the ridiculous attitude of bank staff. I want to collect my wife’s weekly allowance during my lunch break. I would walk down to my local branch and stand in the queue for the only available teller, the only one of 8 who had not chosen lunch time for a lunch break. After waiting 45 minutes to make a withdrawal along with all the other unfortunates with a fixed lunch hour, I would rush to the supermarket to restock |
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my gin supply only to find the bank staff returning from their lunch break and the supermarket staff leaving for theirs. Now I would stand in the one available queue with all the others from the bank waiting for the one check-out girl out of 40 positions to swipe my goods then swipe my card. I would return to work fuming. So I left the country to live here in Turkey and, guess what? I go to the bar for happy hour (frustrating hour and a half actually, call it what it is), the staff leave for |
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their break at 18.00 hours and return 5 minutes from the end. I go for a shower and find the restrooms closed for cleaning at morning and evening shower time. In an agitated state I decide to check my emails and guess what?
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happy to share them. Just drop us a line at svfeelfree@gmail.com and we'll be happy to send them along. Liz and Tom of ‘Feel Free’ Ed Replies These stories could be very useful to anyone wanting to follow the same route this year. Whilst these articles are too big to reproduce in The Porthole we positively encourage you to email ‘Feel Free’ for any of the above-mentioned essays. Dear Ed, In the first edition of the Porthole you mentioned profits from the newspaper going to charity. Do you have an update? From Millie, Oscar pontoon Ed replies: We have already donated to The Cats Fund. Profits from this edition, if there are any, will be donated to the Ozel Olympiyatlar.
Dear Ed, Since Yat Marina has several very proficient computer-knowledgeable people, how about a column written with answers to computer questions? People could submit their own cyber space problems. Gwen of ‘KW’
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Dear Editor, It is absolutely ridiculous to clean cats in toilets (see previous issue)! Our beloved cat, Socke, takes a bath at least once a week and she does not need shampoo. She jumps in and out of the sea - no obvious reason why, but comes out as fit as a fiddle. Squeaking with delight we towel her down. She shows me her clean paws and jumps onto the navigation table, preferably sitting on my laptop. As soon as I caress her, she screams at me. Clearly I am not allowed to touch her until she is completely dry. That is our way to clean a cat - without using our precious toilet. Best wishes, Carmen, Peter and Socke of ‘Charisma’ |
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Ed replies: Great idea, Gwen. Please see our article on page two.
Dear Ed, We always welcome out customers’ pets in the marina but despite asking several times for dog owners to be considerate, some are not fulfilling their responsibilities by picking up after their pets. We urge all dog owners to please clear up their mess. From Mr Şener Ed replies: The editor agrees that it is unreasonable to expect the marina workers to do it for you. Please scoop that poop!
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Websites of the Week This week we have two websites for your viewing pleasure. The first is the announcement that The Porthole is now online! We’ve done this so you can stay posted of news and events in Marmaris even when you are not here. Please do forward it on to family and friends who can’t get hold of the paper edition. You can find the back issues at:
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The second site is from Gaby of ‘Ganova’, which hosts a number of pictures of people and events from Marmaris Yacht Marina. You can find her pics here: www.picasaweb.google.com |
