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14th November 2017, 10:54 AM
#21
Re: Rape and Pillage
Originally Posted by
Doc Vernon
Not impossible Rob
I can vouch for that as well,had a few like that on the Warwick Castle ate all the way ! Would not miss a damn thing!
Cheers
Totally agree with Doc, I was a Tourist class winger on the Windsor Castle, we had 10 bloods a head, first class were lucky if they had four , also on the Oronsay and Orontes we had 10 punters per winger, and yes seven courses served in an hour was hard, not impossible, I always advised anyone sailing to go second sitting as the winger had that little less pressure.
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14th November 2017, 11:40 AM
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Re: Rape and Pillage
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 )
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14th November 2017, 12:06 PM
#23
Re: Rape and Pillage
##27, sorry Rob, that’s only four courses, with many choices
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14th November 2017, 12:45 PM
#24
Re: Rape and Pillage
horses duvets
soup
fish
entree
roast
releve
grill
cold cuts
sweet
petit 4s
savory
coffee
savory
that is more than 4 to an average SA food disposal machine
most days , we would have starter / entree /sweet
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 )
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14th November 2017, 12:50 PM
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Re: Rape and Pillage
Sorry Rob, I only read one page, have been away from sea too long, hangs my head in shame
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14th November 2017, 12:53 PM
#26
Re: Rape and Pillage
no problem Bill , the menus are rare the SA mob probably ate them too
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 )
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14th November 2017, 12:59 PM
#27
Re: Rape and Pillage
Posted this before i done a xmas cruise on the Windsor Castle, Mid 70s always remember getting the munchies after a session in the pig, along with two or three other deck hands, We climbed into a cage that was locked up in one of the cold rooms what greeted us inside was a feast for a king. The climb back out wasn't so easy
{terry scouse}
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14th November 2017, 02:54 PM
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15th November 2017, 05:47 AM
#29
Re: Rape and Pillage
Rob, I still have a dozen or so UCL menus.
But in tourist we would put the soup in front of them before they even asked then out to the galley to get the fish course.
If there was something such as Lobster then you would need to get two or three serves for each of them.
If there had been an Olympic sport in eating, higher, wider, longer those Y..... Bloods would have won all the medals.
Last edited by Doc Vernon; 15th November 2017 at 08:53 AM.
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15th November 2017, 08:05 AM
#30
Re: Rape and Pillage
We were young men then John , but would have , entree or roast or releve , or cold cuts NOT all four , the nice South Africans ate the lot
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 )
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