My stories of my UK stay

[Lou Barron]

I got a meesage from Jim Brady that we could take a trip over to Rockferry to see where iuse to live .So i was to meet Jim the James st railway station in the afternoon ,the weather was not to bad so i met Jim and off we went on the underground train to Rockferry took just over half an hour got off at station and i just had a good idea which way to go as it was many years since i had been there anyhow we saw the house i use to live in but not a soul in sight .Then over to the pub on the corner where my mother did a partime barmaids job .Jim and i walked in and was not very iimpressed on what we saw anyhow we had two pints of John Smiths each Jim said to me the beer did not taste that good they were about three other guys in the pub so we decided it would be a good idea to get the train back to James St and go to the Pen and Wig and have a couple of pints there before Jim got thr train back home so after sayiing goodbye to Jim i went back to the Inn then went for dinner i must saythe menu was really good i also had a glass of a NZ wine then off to my room watched a bit of tv then off to bed and i did sleep very well whilei was there more later

[happy daze john in oz]

Back again while in the UK i did a lot of travelling by train ,bus and by car and the amount of traffic on the roads was something we do not have here ..................

Have to agree with you Lou on the transport, very good service and at a very good price. London busses and underground must be amongst the cheapest anywhere. But the traffic congestion in London is something else. Driving there is not too bad compared with some places but it moves exceedingly slow. I see Boris is advocating an exit from EU, maybe he is right seeing all the Europeans living there with more to come in January when romainia joins in, wont that be fun!!

[happy daze john in oz]

................ Great place to visit in the summer and will always be my birthplace, but not my choice of residence. Cheers John Sabourn

John the congestion is some of the worst I have seen, it continues day and night without end. My sister lives in West Sussex and even there the congestion is begining to show. Over 60 million living in a country little bigger thasn the state of Victoria little wonder nerves get freyed at times. The change I saw after 18 years away would bring tears to a glass eye. I never in my wildest dreams thought I would see England in such a state.

[happy daze john in oz]

Funny how Lou's story about his time spent in the UK can end up being hijacked about womens nipples.
Regards.
Jim.B.

Jim mate just par for the course, when did we evr not stray from the subject at some point??

[happy daze john in oz]

tony if your comment is referring to me please accept my apology but perhaps if it is both Louis and john s are capable of ballocking me themselves I say most things on the site with a sense of humour.....and Louis and john s please accept my apology if you think i have offended you a very peed off cappy ....who knows how to take it ............and knows how to give it

Cappy mate, having seen what I have over the years even those of the most doubtful parentage could not insult me, so rest easy, you have done no wrong.

[happy daze john in oz]

On the 11th May my daughter and grandaughter took the train from Fulwell railway station to Waterloo Station (about half an hour trip)and the the underground to Tower Hill........

No service there for me Lou, wrong time, but one of the most somber, yet enlightening places I have visited, will write more later.

[happy daze john in oz]

Louis, the thing that jarred with me whilst in the UK was the amount of wind machines everywhere............

John, interesting subject, university of Birmingham issued reslts of a six year study into them. Conclusion, the most expensive and least efficient way to produce power. Suspect they were still as wind too strong or not enough.

[Jim Brady]

Jim mate just par for the course, when did we evr not stray from the subject at some point??

John its not a case of straying from the subject I am as guilty as the next man for doing same.My point being this is Lous story of his trip to the UK and the reply from fellow members which when complete (or even before that)he may want to print off for his family and grandchildren to read is talk of womens nipples appropriate in this case,there is a time and a place for everything.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[cappy]

jim the reply that has seemed to upset you ie womens nipples was meant for another onthis site unfortunatlyit was on the overall site of Louis ...I did feel at the time that Louis and the other person were quite capable of answering for themselvesif they were upset by that post....after all wedo have tony to keep us in check as I recently found out but didn't think we needed two monitors on the site but for the respect to lou did apologise which was accepted .....after all it is a seamans site and most of my time although I cannot speak for the majoritythe patter at sea was women we knew women we we wished we had knew and women we were going to know you are of course entitled to make any comment you like but then so are others ....no hard feelings cappy

[Jim Brady]

Cappy point taken but that's just how I seen it at the time.
Regards.
Jim.B.