tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post7106618011457726237..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: S is for Slipper SkipperWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-12192738922839865982012-04-22T16:52:58.634-02:302012-04-22T16:52:58.634-02:30Ah yes, Ramana there's no end to the crooked a...Ah yes, Ramana there's no end to the crooked and suspect....<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-6778147982100204562012-04-22T10:39:39.470-02:302012-04-22T10:39:39.470-02:30We have them in all fishing communities all over t...We have them in all fishing communities all over the world. We also have similar characters in other trades like owners of private airplanes who could be called slipper skippers as well as owners of trucks who could be called slipper truckers! You can classify me as a slippery character.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-30190120835541083832012-04-22T10:18:20.853-02:302012-04-22T10:18:20.853-02:30Nick - yes but with no authority whatsoever.
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WW...Nick - yes but with no authority whatsoever.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-50057632242228212392012-04-22T10:17:06.399-02:302012-04-22T10:17:06.399-02:30GM:
Similar, except for all the tax finagling. Oh ...GM:<br />Similar, except for all the tax finagling. Oh wait. Generals have been known to....<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-63201835606909492792012-04-22T10:16:19.697-02:302012-04-22T10:16:19.697-02:30T:
Absolutely, you got it right, all the credit an...T:<br />Absolutely, you got it right, all the credit and glory been taken but no hands are getting dirty!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-55635286869576673982012-04-22T06:13:00.699-02:302012-04-22T06:13:00.699-02:30Sort of absentee landlords?Sort of absentee landlords?nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-59887488347728613932012-04-21T17:52:10.838-02:302012-04-21T17:52:10.838-02:30So a slipper skipper is a like an armchair general...So a slipper skipper is a like an armchair general? Only found in a nice warm bunker?Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-2856389827064853092012-04-21T16:49:24.958-02:302012-04-21T16:49:24.958-02:30When I began reading this, WWW I was thinking alon...When I began reading this, WWW I was thinking along the lines of "armchair quarterback" or bar-room lawyer" - but turns out this expression is not of the same ilk.<br /><br />When the penny dropped (I hope) I thought, yes, we almost certainly have a cabal of metaphorical "slipper skippers" running the flippin' world right now!Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.com