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Originally Posted by Kyt

I had to look up Matelot (after Morse's welcome to Hugh in another thread).

This made me laugh (though this id from the Oz navy:

http://www.gunplot.net/traditions/matelot.html

I have used the site quite a lot previously. The musical intro seems to give you a spark and a stepback in time...............every time.

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