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Old 20th June 2014, 11:29 PM   #21
fernando
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i will NOT mention the XXX joke about why the camel is called the 'ship of the desert'. it will get me banned. i leave that to your fertile imaginations.
English pun; no sense in portuguese

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...nice barca, fernando..
It is called a lancha (from the malay lancharam ... go figure), in a version exclusive from my fishing home town.

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...you might want to beef up the gunwales* a tad, they look a bit flimsey for that coffee grinder...
Wrong angle. This may be a replica but its total length is almost 80 cms ( 31" in your lingo), and its 'amuradas' are thick enough to bear a couple coffee grinders like the one posted by Richmond .

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...sadly, you would need to drill a rather large hole in a horse to mount this swivel gun. which kind of defeats the purpose as the horse would not like that.
The hole is already there; the swivel gun position would be an odd one, though. Ah, now comes the ban
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