I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied. And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, and the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

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the beach

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adhesives

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not to take my guns to town son

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U-boat commander

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becoming infatuated with a Sea Nymph under a table in Dublin

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beacuse I can't express myself

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books, TV & music

Sports & Recreation > Watersports An introduction to indoor surfing

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"This is heaven, this is hell, who cares, who can tell?" Christy Moore may have been singing about Lisdoonvarna but these words kept recycling around in the black hole that is my head as I caught up on news about the new "Surfdome" that's scheduled for construction way up in London town in 2008.

The Surfdome will incorporate a 75-metre long pool that uses high tech wave generators to product surf, it is claimed, up to eight feet high. Apparently, unlike similar machines that appeared in the 80s these waves actually break and surfers will be able to ride a single wave for some considerabl...

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