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    Christmas in Mombasa 1968 , opposite HMS Devonshire , The RN dressed with lights , our Chief Engineer was not to be outdone , we ran two reels of festoon cable and wedged 100 lamp fittings into it , connected it to the 240 V.DC and that night our 25 watt lamps shone with Christmas cheer , the next night at dusk RN lit up , they had changed to coloured lamps , well we didn't have any . the mate , bless him had a gallon can of red , green and yellow , so I spent the day dipping lamps in paint , that night we had coloured festoons , but they had a huge painted plywood santa climbing into one of their funnels floodlit , there is a time to give up
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bengy Roberts View Post
    and what sort of vessel were you on then
    Twin screw steam turbine general cargo built 1949 CL
    lan McTavish
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    docked Singapore Christmas 68 had the deck ready and lunch off to the swimming pool afternoon and bugis street that night? jp

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bengy Roberts View Post
    that is some name,,,like that
    I think maybe it should be Clan MacTavish Bengy.
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    Unfortunately one of the side effects of tetraplegia is a don't get my typing right and although I would be proven wrong I would actually say that I should have said Clan Mactavish . I don't believe that the company actually use the small c and the capital for the second part of the name at all .

    But I've developed the sense of humour about being a disabled wheelchair user and having some very stiff hands if somebody wants to make mockery dead fine if they would like to share the disease too then they are welcome to have some of it
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    rob i am going to see the best pi.. taker you can get a urologist Tuesday finaly getting one of my bollo..s sorted they don't/cant operate but i am going to insist weighing me down true?? jp

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    read post #7 , to the best of my knowledge all Clan ships were MACX not MacX or McX ,

    and please note , mockery of disabled people for poor typing is SERIOUSLY OFFENSIVE ,
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    Quote Originally Posted by John Pruden View Post
    rob i am going to see the best pi.. taker you can get a urologist Tuesday finaly getting one of my bollo..s sorted they don't/cant operate but i am going to insist weighing me down true?? jp
    MY Neurosurgeon is a bloody good urologist too , now I self catheterise I have avoided infection for nearly a year , I also take 100mg of antibiotic daily for life , strange though ,his registrar is a very pretty lady , and she doesn't cause the slightest stir in that department
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    rob i always have a laugh with all the staff from top to bottom the last time i went to my cancer clinic i thought there would be a wait to see him{the brain} so i got two coffees £4.00 for two then my name got called the brain was standing in the hallway i had seen him a few times i told him for £2.00 a cup you can Waite for me he laughed and said i don't blame you? rob we my be going through bad times but the sense of humour always comes to the front? jp

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    I Know John , I looked around the bay of 6 beds in Stoke Mandeville and thought ,, my problems are slight compared to the 3 guys on morphine , the staff there have heard it and seen it all so everyone works with you . I had to have a urodynamic test in Portsmouth so a pretty Philippine nurse has hold of me , and is stuffing pipework down the urethra , so to lighten the proceedings I said , long time since a pretty Philippine girl held me like that , she started laughing , and said , did she pump a litre of saline in there like I'm going too . but you have sense of humour so you can laugh whilst I PUMP your bladder up
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