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Multicultural crews by Just wondering... - Thu 17th Feb 2005, 8:41pm
I'm one of two home students in the 2nd Lent VIII, leaving seven overseas students and a total of six countries represented in the boat (or seven if you count Wales...). Has FaT ever produced such a mutlicultural boat before?

by KSS - Fri 18th Feb 2005, 1:58am
If you count the fact that Rachel in the Lents M2 last year was out of this world and Northern Ed certainly is not human then I think that they both trump mere geography.

by RTT - Fri 18th Feb 2005, 9:57am
I've been in a crew where no two people were from the same continent.

by Dubya - Fri 18th Feb 2005, 10:18am
RTT said: I've been in a crew where no two people were from the same continent. Probably more than one:- it's easy in a 2-! In fact I'm not sure I've ever beeen in a 2- where both people were from the same continent...

by Mike - Fri 18th Feb 2005, 10:29am
Just wondering... said: Has FaT ever produced such a mutlicultural boat before? What about the Grad VIII that won blades in Mays 1998? The cox was English, but none of the rowers were.

by jmg - Fri 18th Feb 2005, 4:24pm
RTT said: I've been in a crew where no two people were from the same continent. ...in your single scull

by but no, I didn't vote for that Dubya - Tue 22nd Feb 2005, 4:14pm
Just for the sake of detail, the countries involved are Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Hong Kong (China?), the U.S., Australia, Germany . . . and Texas.

by Dubya - Wed 23rd Feb 2005, 10:32am
but no, I didn't vote for that Dubya said: Just for the sake of detail, the countries involved are Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Hong Kong (China?), the U.S., Australia, Germany . . . and Texas. Would that be the sovereign Republic of Texas?

by James - Fri 25th Feb 2005, 10:18am
No, those guys are nutjobs: http://www.republic-of-texas.net/ I was referring more to the generally cocksure attitude of most of us Texans... and our proclivity for giving the rest of the world presidents (Johnson, Bush II) who like to make sh*t up in order to conquer things.