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					Originally Posted by kronckew
					
				 
				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.  
			
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 English pun; no sense in portuguese  
 
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					Originally Posted by kronckew
					
				 
				...nice barca, fernando.. 
			
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 It is called a lancha (from the malay lancharam ... go figure), in a version exclusive from my fishing home town.
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					Originally Posted by kronckew
					
				 
				...you might want to beef up the gunwales* a tad, they look a bit flimsey for that coffee grinder... 
			
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 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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					Originally Posted by kronckew
					
				 
				...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. 
			
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 The hole is already there; the swivel gun position would be an odd one, though. Ah, now comes the ban