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13th July 2017, 08:36 PM
#91
Re: Gss
Jim, I finished November 56, got my first ship Mv Broughty a Dundee Perth and London, 250 ton Dutch built puddle jumper, doing five day round trips from Dundee, to London with a Cook Steward and me the Cabin boy, with 11 other crew
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13th July 2017, 10:41 PM
#92
Re: Gss
Originally Posted by
Bill Cameron
Jim, I finished November 56, got my first ship Mv Broughty a Dundee Perth and London, 250 ton Dutch built puddle jumper, doing five day round trips from Dundee, to London with a Cook Steward and me the Cabin boy, with 11 other crew
You were overmanned!
Was on a 339 tons,floating disaster,the Kindiesei.
Capt. Mate ,Cook Stwd. 2 Engineers. a J.o.s. S.o,s and A.B.
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14th July 2017, 06:17 AM
#93
Re: Gss
Originally Posted by
Jim Brady
Hi Bill I was there Dec 56 were you still there then.Never heard the word peanut then.Does anybody recall peanuts being called monkey nuts.?
Regards.
Jim.B.
Think in USA they are known as Ground Nuts!
Happy daze John in Oz.
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14th July 2017, 07:21 AM
#94
Re: Gss
Originally Posted by
happy daze john in oz
Think in USA they are known as Ground Nuts!
Used to get those from the Senoritas in Valparaiso!
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12th March 2019, 02:51 PM
#95
Re: Gss
I was at the sea school in 1973 It was peanut then
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12th March 2019, 03:08 PM
#96
Re: Gss
Jim, I left in early November 1956, my discharge book is dated 9th November 1956, and like you I was never referred to as a peanut.
Bill
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12th March 2019, 09:16 PM
#97
Re: Gravesend peanut
Off subject a little bit here (sorry) but had to add that when on the Gold Mines learning the Job,we were also in a School of Mines it was called and all of us were then known as Jam Tarries ! LOL (Jam Tarts) what a name to be labelled with for a Year!
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12th March 2019, 10:19 PM
#98
Re: Gravesend peanut
Originally Posted by
Doc Vernon
Off subject a little bit here (sorry) but had to add that when on the Gold Mines learning the Job,we were also in a School of Mines it was called and all of us were then known as Jam Tarries ! LOL (Jam Tarts) what a name to be labelled with for a Year!
Lmao, we have two football teams here in Edinburgh, the Hibernian known as the Hibee’s and the other one is Heart of Midlothian, known as Hearts or the Jam tarts or Jambos , I’m a Hibee
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