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Matthew Carberry

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The Cornishmen are at it again...
« on: January 22, 2007, 07:28:59 PM »
The Southwest of England was always known for "breakers".  Gangs, families and even entire villages of folks who tricked cargo ships onto the rocks so they could steal the goods.  They also engaged in a little piracy.

Who says the English have lost all their traditions?  grin

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/22/uk.ship/index.html
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Re: The Cornishmen are at it again...
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2007, 09:39:45 PM »
So salvage laws do not apply?

It would have been ironic had the ship been full of game hens or tin.

When this happened in Springfield all that was onboard were hotpants, seems the Cornwallians lucked out.
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Re: The Cornishmen are at it again...
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2007, 12:30:49 AM »
It ain't proper Cornishmen. It can only be non-proper Cornishmen (like me) that are willing to travel north of the Tamar and risk the iniquities and foreign ways of Devon and the English.

That maritime law stuff is fascinating.
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Re: The Cornishmen are at it again...
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2007, 04:31:30 AM »
The Cornish flag is cool, I see it whenever I am stuffing my face with Ginsters.
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Re: The Cornishmen are at it again...
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2007, 08:31:51 AM »
Iain,

Forgive my lack of geographical precision.  I meant no insult to you or your people.  grin

I love the picture of the guys "salvaging" the motorcycle.  There were three of them, I wonder how they will work out the split.
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