there does seem to be an element of the 'us and them' mentality.
I have no idea how this shift got given the name, Gay Shift
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BargeArse Maker of fine Trouser Trumpets since 1863,
Thu 12 Mar 2009, 3:34,
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At one time there were several lasses and lads on board that like the same.
Still are some about. And someone wiki'd /talk as being gay and tossed nightshift in, as I recall.
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Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs,
Thu 12 Mar 2009, 3:44,
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