[ ALSANCAK ] New fish restaurant to open next month!

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 13:46

Alsancak, today. They still build beautiful walls in Northern Cyprus, though the lack of the all-important keystone may worry some people... It's the entrance of a new fish and kebab restaurant, next to the Fast Food Restaurant. The new restaurant will open next month and hasn't got a name yet, the owner told me.

[ http://www.allcrusades.com/BB_pics/visrest.jpg ].



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martinD41


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 14:02

I think the lack of the all important "Key Stone" should worry everyone.. http://www.technologystudent.com/struct1/arch1.htm

eager


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 14:22

Hmmm .... keystone cops maybe ...lol

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 14:31

So, is this restaurant (with or without keystone) being built to the left or right of the FF Restaurant (as you look at it)?



Cheers.



J

gemini39


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 14:42

Hi Crusader

Can you explain Keystone to the ignorant please

viper


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 14:59

Jeannie



it will be on the left of FF



viper

Tango1


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 15:11

Ah, but will they cook anything other than the ubiquitous Bream and Bass with a bit of salmon thrown in for good measure. Unless they have it brought in "fresh" from Turkey on a daily basis, then the selection is poor here.

babydoll


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 15:12

Gemini39 a keystone acts as a wedge from the downforce above so the heavier load it can take before collapsing on itself

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 15:12

Thanks for the info, viper.



I suppose we'll have to wait and seen what fish may/may not be on offer. Still, nice and local for us, so fingers crossed

minertor



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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 15:48

I think that the keystone is the final stone in an arch. The centre one at the top that holds all the rest together.



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eager


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 16:28

Click on the link in msg 2 for explanation re- keystone

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 17:11

Back to the subject matter ...sadly, my experience to date of fish restaurants in northern Cyprus has not been positive and I think many are of the same opinion !

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 17:26

In the Middle Ages a keystone was shaped and placed by a chief mason, always a member of the group of superior craftsmen who were highly valued and sought after in Western Europe and during the Crusades. Also in the Holy Land, Cyprus and other countries. There are many churches/cathedrals, castles and private houses in Cyprus with incredible shaped keystones - fitting to the millimetre! Too many to show them all, but here is a fine example (can still be seen in walled Famagusta): Biddulph's Gate. More info on this webpage:

▶ [ http://www.allcrusades.com/CASTLES/CYPRUS/FAMAGUSTA/PHO_PIC_WEB/biddulph's-gate/index.html ].

And here is Biddulph's Gate in detail:

▶ [ http://www.allcrusades.com/BB_pics/S3500326_net.jpg ].

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 17:48

Now that I'm at it... If you are interested (and want a great morning/afternoon out!): visit the Lapidary Museum in Nicosia.

▶ [ http://www.allcrusades.com/CASTLES/CYPRUS/NICOSIA/TEXT/lapidary_museum/lapidary_museum_txt_1.html ].

The TRNC exhibits a marvelous collection of medieval findings there!



And you'll see how medieval builders did their work (still standing after eight centuries - how about your modern house..? ) and the (few!) tools they used.

▶ [ http://www.allcrusades.com/CASTLES/CYPRUS/NICOSIA/PHOTOBOOK/lapidary_museum_inside/pictures/s3501228.html ].

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 17:57

@ msg 10, minertor: (...) I think that the keystone is the final stone in an arch. (...)

▶ Not necessarily. A keystone in medieval buildings was often used in vaulted rooms with four, six or more ribs in the ceiling. An interesting example can be seen in the vaulted cellars (the Cellarium) underneath the refectory (resting on massive columns in these cellars!) of Bellapais Abbey.

However, there are many more examples, especially in Lefkoşa and Famagusta.

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 17:59

@ msg 15 (forgot to add the link, sorry):

▶ [ http://www.allcrusades.com/CASTLES/CYPRUS/BELLAPAIS/Cellarium/index.html ].

suehowlittle


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 18:19

Absolutely stunning craftmanship. Masons spent their entire lives perfecting their craft and this is the proof of it!

martinD41


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 21:13

msg17..."Stunning Craftsmanship".....? They forgot the "Key Stone" and the springers (Voussoirs) don't look to cleaver....I guess Stone Masonry is not your strong point..............each to their own...

laptajack


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 21:29

I have had worse fish.. than in NC...

So i look forward to a new place opening in Alsancack...

The farmed fish here beats Tesco's river cobbler and all the other imported rubbish available in UK...

martinD41


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 21:45

msg 19...Mind your head on the Archway....

Ed1957


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 21:52

Mind your wallet on the keystone

Turtle


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 21:56

Will they be doing fish fingers !

eager


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 23:20

Could be a load of codswallop

LaptaGeezer


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Message Posted:
05/01/2012 23:50

It will be nice to have a new 'plaice' in the area....

eager


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012

Dont get to excited ...could be a red herring !!

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 01:54

Sounds " fishy " to me !

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 02:48

I reckon it could be a sprat to catch a mackerel, myself.

martinD41


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 09:06

Looks like your average ARCHetypal fish restaurant to me.....

jock1



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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 09:13

well, on the scale of things to come..who knows....

jimchris09


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 11:37

If you try it you may get hooked.

eager


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 11:41

Oh come on now, your all rising to the bait !!

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 13:49

Hey mate, Sling your Hook !

eager


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 13:52

Tut tut.....your not putting your sole into it !!

martinD41


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 14:24

wait till it opens, you may change your tuna..

erolz


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 14:35

I've haddock with you lot, you cant have a serious discussion at all. When the chips are down too many posters here behave like sprats.

Woodspeckie


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 14:57

I'm not going there I may get battered!

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 14:59

Hope it's a nice plaice !

eager


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 15:02

Eel do well there !!

davedee



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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 15:05

If this works the opposition will be Gutted .

erolz


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 15:06

OK come on stop clownfishing around now. The original post is clearly trying to drum (<--- that's a fish name by the way) up interest in this restuarant. Its time salmon got this thread back ontrack. I can sense the tench ion rising by the minute.

viper


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 15:18

I think you are all talking a load of pollacks...











viper

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 15:52

No doubt some will be carping about it when it does open.

eager


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 16:42

I wont [B] roach the subject again !!

erolz


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 16:43

I hate to be a stickleback for the rules but where are the cods when you need them ?

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 17:35

This post is a "ray" of sunshine on a dreary day !

eager


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 18:25

Better get your skate[s] on and have a look !!

viper


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 19:21

'I have never cared much for fish - it floats in the belly as much as in the pond.'











viper

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 19:22

I'm really surprised Pike hasn't graced us with his company yet.



Or has he...................................

eager


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 19:31

Jeannie,

Maybe he has,.... could have used creative whiting !!

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 19:35

eager - you could be right, but I'm not going to make a huss.

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 19:44

Well with the exposure this thread has brought to this new restaurant they certainly will not have to go fishing for customers.

viper


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 19:52

I think the postings are brill













viper

Ed1957


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 19:54

If it's as good as you say, it will knock someone off their Perch

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 20:10

I heard that everything on the menu will cost sixsquid.

viper


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 20:17

Bet they will be dab hands at cooking them









viper

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 21:03

Whose Codding who ?

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 21:10

I hope it's not too expensive - I'd hate to think they'd done me up like a kipper.

Tango1


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 21:17

Lets all go there and have a whale of a time.

Turtle


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 21:19

Well after all this is better not flounder

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 21:21

It is good to see that a lot of posters are still taking the bait.

erolz


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 21:27

You are just fishing for compliments now AJ I recon. If you trawl through the previous 60 posts I think you will can clearly see it is I that is the cleverest and wittiest.

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 21:29

The sign is on my door....."Gone Fishing ".

Turtle


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 21:29

I'm going down there to take a zander

Ed1957


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 21:40

I would not like to mussel in on the action, but John Dory was boasting that he had marinaded his cockle in an old trout

eager


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 21:56

I think you lot need some kelp,

viper


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 21:56

Just heard they are giving a discount for grouper bookings











viper

eager


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 22:02

Hope its not full of trouts

viper


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 22:07

Funny you should say that.. lisa and lotte have been employed as waitress but they is a whiff about the !!













viper

eager


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 22:11

Have heard that Stephen Fry works there too !!

viper


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 22:18

And John Dory...













viper

Turtle


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 22:20

and Chub Checker

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 22:26

I'd like to beat the lard out of both of them !

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 22:27

...cause they could both do with a good battering !!!!!

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 22:33

I think with all the publicity this restaurant has had already, customers will be packed in like sardines.

Turtle


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 22:51

So who's going to open this new restaurant,....... Salmon Rushdie

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 22:53

Turtle - you just beat me to that

Turtle


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Message Posted:
06/01/2012 23:00

The plaice will be bream-ing with custom

eager


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Message Posted:
07/01/2012 11:42

I think Michael Fish is doing the opening ceremonys !

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
07/01/2012 12:45

The Plaice ain't got no sole but I believe all main courses are under 10 squid !

Groucho



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Message Posted:
07/01/2012 12:57

Are we going to find ourselves between a rock-salmon and a hard plaice?

carolhm


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Message Posted:
07/01/2012 13:09

><(((> ><(((>

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
07/01/2012 13:11

Jeez! What a simple picture can start...

martinD41


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Message Posted:
07/01/2012 13:18

I wonder if it will "Spawn" a new generation of restaurants, or will it "Flounder" and become another "Red Herring"..

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
07/01/2012 14:00

Hans

Re message 82.

Well done you have got them all hook, line and sinker.

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
07/01/2012 15:54

It's time to Net the benefits !

Ed1957


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Message Posted:
07/01/2012 16:43

I think we are trawling the depths here, I am off home for cup of Char

martinD41


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Message Posted:
07/01/2012 20:05

But hang on,we are getting carried away , this is the TRNC, so it can only be Farmed Bass or Bronze Head Bream or Red Mullet...but we can always dream of a proper fish restaurant worthy of a new Arch......

eager


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Message Posted:
07/01/2012 20:23

Think your all being a bit koi myself !!

Pete123


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Message Posted:
07/01/2012 22:29

Two Great Whites are swimming past Escape Beach at the height of Summer. One turns to the other and says " Quiet for July isnt it?"

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
08/01/2012 17:14

Only two things smell of fish and one is.................................................!



Richard

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
08/01/2012 17:34

The way I read message 90 is:

'Only two things smell of fish and one is....Richard.



I am sure you did not mean it to read that way but you should be a little bit more careful with your postings.

Ed1957


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Message Posted:
08/01/2012 19:15

Come on chaps we are skating on thin ice here. let's keep it decent, no good going on about kippers

lovinit


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Message Posted:
08/01/2012 19:31

well folks having read all the posts on this topic, i must say you have all excelled yourselves and i have not laughed so much in a long time ( sad i know)



thanks for keeping me entertained for a few mins.



Lovinit

eager


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Message Posted:
09/01/2012 17:04

Looks like its the tail end of this thread, time to mullet over !!

nicka


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Message Posted:
09/01/2012 17:25

What a load of cod swallop

There is a time and a plaice for comments like this

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
09/01/2012 20:17

Well I am gutted that it is almost the end of the thread.

ranger5


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Message Posted:
09/01/2012 21:08

Should have been a tiddler of a post, but all the sharks on here have had a whale of a time

eager


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Message Posted:
12/01/2012 17:43

Have to be a brain sturgeon to think up any more !!

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
12/01/2012 17:49

@ msg 98, eager (or shall I give your real name..? Oh well, forget it.): (...) Have to be a brain sturgeon (...)

▶ "sturgeon". Huh? You don't have to be a brain surgeon, you need one.

eager


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Message Posted:
12/01/2012 18:41

You being offensive Dutch?

Must think i was prawn yesterday !

louthlass


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Message Posted:
13/01/2012 15:45

Don't forget about Eric the alibut!!

metininkibris


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Message Posted:
13/01/2012 16:01

call it the alsanck fish restaurant

mikelapta



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Message Posted:
13/01/2012 16:09

And if it gets used by the "boozy ex-pats"



"Sprats for Prats"







Mike

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
13/01/2012 16:15

Nige

Where is 'alsanck'?

john77


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Message Posted:
13/01/2012 17:54

Poco Poco...means little fish in italian!