MarkC

We don't have Boobies in this part of Canada, no Tits either...lots of * divers though.....

* = insert whatever rude word you see fit.....heehee 

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We don't have Boobies in this part of Canada

what about the Loons? Thought Canada had lots of those...  

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the ship is presently surrounded by boobies

Blue ones?

Blue? No, it's quite warm here   Brown ones - dozens of 'em

Its a bit annoying that isn't it! I used to be in the Merch in the 70's and 80's before coming ashore and had a few delayed changes and then got asked to go back after just two weeks as someone had broken a pelvis. A three day flight to Fiji and then another few months getting back to Hull got me a tax year in which paid for the deposit on my first house! Bank Line, general cargo, several days or weeks alongside in lovely little south pacific islands! Such a hard job!! Wish you fair seas! Cheers Ian

Hi Ian. Yes, it's just one of those things. Been doing this for 40 years now; this is the first time something like this has happened. Ironically we on board are probably some of the least threatened folk about at present. I've had similar things to yourself happen to me over the years - long trips, short leaves...

Cheers

Mark

I bet the "mop n bucket" man was busy on that boat!

I wonder how many passengers were pleased to get an extra 30 hours added to their time at sea.  And looking on the bright there probably weren't big queues for the restaurants so you could grab a nice seat and maybe a few extra helpings for your meal.

Absolutely, Mike. Those things are big, but they're a pig in a seaway unless going fast enough for the stabilisers to work - and, of course, once in the German Bight, your ability to manoeuvre is limited...

They haven't broken your ship I hope.

Nope - they tried to though... fortunately our bollards (ooh, matron) are made of strong stuff...

The mind has just put a image in my head that I can not shift.

I recall proper fire and it been red hot, pulling myself along 3 or 4. 45 gallon oil drums welded together pushing my BA set in front of me.

There was one particular instructor at South Shields who would take great delight in 'demonstrating a sudden flare up of the fire' by simply throwing a few litres of paraffin onto the already raging fire in the 'tank' - do that these days and he'd be in serious trouble with 'authority'...

I'm convinced there was a competition between instructors as to who could get it the hottest. Based at York i probably had more BA jobs during my probation than they had experienced in 20 years in the job.

For those in peril . . .

Faith, Hope & Charity.

Great feeling, but I'll never payoff again!

The joy of pay off almost makes it worth going to sea!

The Tower is leaning - it's not the beer

Congratulations, it’s great being a papa!

Congrats

Thanks, all

'eh 2 brutes'

Tell me about it my wife's started already "I'd like the house decorating, I'd like new carpets, I'd like a new wardrobe and it goes on!

Infamy,Infamy; they've all got it in for me!

No doubt it will be the wrong kind of snow...

Not over there. It's only the UK that seems to go into meltdown with a few flakes of snow !

The Netherlands are as bad as the UK when it snows - we are not alone...

Wow! I think you should buy a lottery ticket Mark !

*grins*

I feel all flight details for holidays bring happiness whether they are at home or away.

Those were the days Mark!

Nothing changes regarding the "Escape Message", Neil!

Sympathies. Last year someone used my business email address as "reply-to" when sending out phishing emails asking for a payment. Not helpful. People were visiting my business website and phoning me asking what the payment was for. Made me look a right d*ck.

Cheers, Pete. It really is annoying. I've had the same email for some 10 years, but might have to change it

It's one of those things that happens every now and again. It happened to me a few years ago. Eventually the rejected emails stopped, but it was annoying at the time.

Stay safe, Mark.

Thanks, Debs

Yep, stay safe.

It will get its terrible revenge when you least expect it.

Your Saturn bound?

Did it set the foghorn off in Leghorn?

I say..I said I SAY... We're not Saturn bound - but I have had my share of 'space cadets' as shipmates over the years...

it adam lambert i have tickets for the o2

Ah, too much haste in tryping! Can't wait though

Now if you could just verify your bank details on here, your account will be all in order....

For once, this was a genuine thing - Yahoo! , who now host Sky's email clients, have finally tried to make things a wee bit more secure. We will see

That's me

Not as good as last time we came through - we only got up to 21.8 knots today. Last time was 23.9 knots, but we were turning 122 rpm, as opposed to today's more pedestrian 105 rpm...

And here I was hoping they had, in fact, invented holodecks, Dave...

Too cloudy round here to see it, but it hit kp6 which means it would be visible in central England

Couldn't you ask the captain to heave to for a few minutes (well i thought I'd ask!!!)

Some Masters might, some definitely wouldn't...and we were in a TSS at the time, so stopping wasn't really an option

You'll be going all round the workshop now, looking for something - anything - to roll....

Lovely bit of kit. It has grooves in the rollers for bending rail but I'd have liked a slightly thinner and deeper groove for rolling bits of angle iron section

Funny you should mention that, Horse...