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13th June 2025,
09:23 PM
Doc Vernon
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Todays Smile
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Jokes Page
Just a smile for Today Lads! These Irish Jokes are always a laugh! Cheers
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20 replies | 648 view(s)
13th June 2025,
10:31 PM
Doc Vernon
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Old Timetable
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Trivia and Interesting Stuff
This one is for Des. But of course all are welcome to look! LOL Des remember these time, or are they too old ! LOL cHEERS
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11 replies | 244 view(s)
17th June 2025,
12:13 PM
Mike Hall
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Where is it going.
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14th June 2025,
11:30 PM
Doc Vernon
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Sad Occasion
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It with sadness that i have to announce, the passing of our dear Friend David Williams , he was a good Friend to me and will miss him and his Posts...
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17th June 2025,
09:14 AM
Francis Ralph
started a thread
Sudden remenbrance of old times
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
Just leaving the house for the shops when my wife ( who travelled with me for many years) said to me laughingly, quite out of the blue, " single up...
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8 replies | 130 view(s)
17th June 2025,
01:06 PM
John Arton
started a thread
Wire splicing
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Merchant Navy General Postings
When splicing wire it was useful to tape up the ends of each strand to make it easier to push it through the opening made by your marlin spike. A...
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6 replies | 125 view(s)
13th June 2025,
09:25 AM
James Curry
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Site timing out
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Question is anyone finding they site times out? I have had several posts when I go to post them I have been timed out and had to log back in again,...
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3 replies | 146 view(s)
Today,
09:14 AM
James Curry
started a thread
Tanker collision in the Gulf
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News report says a Tanker has had a collision near the port of Khor Fakkan photo of the oil tanker. There has been an update they now...
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2 replies | 38 view(s)
17th June 2025,
03:55 AM
Richard Keith Roberts
started a thread
Outback humor
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A man walks into his local pub and gets chatting to a beautiful woman. They find that they enjoy each others company and after a meal and drinks he...
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0 replies | 46 view(s)
Today,
11:39 AM
Tony Taylor
started a thread
Spirit of tasmania iv
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Merchant Navy General Postings
I see that new ferry for Tasmania which has been lying alongside in Leith for months is now at sea. No destination as yet but appears to be heading...
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0 replies | 17 view(s)
Today,
06:56 PM
Tony Taylor
replied to a thread
Sudden remenbrance of old times
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Merchant Navy General Postings
What did you do for a drink when you were schooner rigged?
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8 replies | 130 view(s)
Today,
06:18 PM
Doug Hardie
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Aukus
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I think a lot of people will give Australia a second thought when all the Head-cases turn the best part of the Northern Hemisphere into a permanent...
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21 replies | 492 view(s)
Today,
05:47 PM
Johnny Kieran
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Sudden remenbrance of old times
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Merchant Navy General Postings
That's a reminder, "getting singled up". That was always a thing we said when the weather become warm and sunny, usually about three days out from...
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8 replies | 130 view(s)
Today,
02:20 PM
Phil Hughes
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Seamen's Hospital Society 'Dreadnought'
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My Memoires and Other Interesting Things
I think you'll find that the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital was at Greenwich by the National Maritime Museum but with the decline in our M.N. it was...
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20 replies | 39370 view(s)
Today,
02:14 PM
Phil Hughes
replied to a thread
The Channels
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My Memoires and Other Interesting Things
With all you lads talking about how much you paid off with I must admit I never made the ton, got close with £98.00 after a 6.5 month trip. I get...
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32 replies | 16128 view(s)
Today,
01:19 PM
Ivan Cloherty
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Tanker collision in the Gulf
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News Snippets
Sad isn't it that no one looks out of the bridge windows anymore, you could hardly miss seeing 100/200, 000 dwcc lump of metal when you are on a...
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2 replies | 38 view(s)
Today,
12:54 PM
John Arton
replied to a thread
Sudden remenbrance of old times
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Merchant Navy General Postings
Francis Your post regarding the wife's, single up fore and aft, for some unknown reason got me thinking of times spent working in the focsle head...
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8 replies | 130 view(s)
Today,
12:23 PM
John Arton
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Todays Smile
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Tiger woods was driving his BMW through rural Ireland when he stops at a remote petrol station to fill up. The owner does not recognise him but as...
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20 replies | 648 view(s)
Today,
12:08 PM
John Arton
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Tanker collision in the Gulf
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News Snippets
https://gcaptain.com/navigation-error-suspected-in-vlcc-suezmax-crash-off-fujairah-amid-rising-gulf-tensions/ James This from gcaptain showing the...
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2 replies | 38 view(s)
Today,
09:10 AM
James Curry
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Todays Smile
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The mother superior is in a foul mood and grumpy as hell, a novice nun asks her did you get out of the wrong side of the bed this morning sister?...
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20 replies | 648 view(s)
Today,
09:10 AM
j.sabourn
replied to a thread
What motivated you all to join the Merchant Navy.
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
Two jobs I missed out on Ivan , but were more due to domestic and family reasons. In 1966 when saw the way the shipping industry was heading applied...
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80 replies | 4393 view(s)
Today,
09:03 AM
James Curry
replied to a thread
Old Timetable
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Trivia and Interesting Stuff
Long gone this was the Liverpool overhead railway which I believe ran the length of the docks road. It was known by locals as the Dockers umbrella....
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11 replies | 244 view(s)
Today,
08:57 AM
James Curry
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Aukus
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Current News (Non Political)
Russians trashing her country?? oh dear, Des are you like Trump? Do you believe the British had nothing to do in winning the war, was it just the...
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21 replies | 492 view(s)
Today,
08:44 AM
Ivan Cloherty
replied to a thread
What motivated you all to join the Merchant Navy.
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Merchant Navy General Postings
You did alright lad, made the right decisions, and many owe their futures to you following the path you did, those missed jobs were probably never...
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80 replies | 4393 view(s)
Today,
08:38 AM
Johnny Kieran
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Sudden remenbrance of old times
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Merchant Navy General Postings
Worst bit for me, is when the family are here, all sitting and chatting in the living room. Someone will say something, and I'll say "Oh! that...
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8 replies | 130 view(s)
Today,
07:56 AM
Tony Taylor
replied to a thread
Drs Visit
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Health Matters
In the 60's, one of my cousins was in the Coldstream guards, he told me that if anyone fell over during the Trooping the Colour that they would be...
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25 replies | 541 view(s)
Today,
04:01 AM
happy daze john in oz
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Drs Visit
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Health Matters
Des, falling over no problem. It is the getting up that poses the main problem. After a certain age the flexibility in the knees goes walkabouts...
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25 replies | 541 view(s)
Today,
03:58 AM
happy daze john in oz
replied to a thread
Wire splicing
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Merchant Navy General Postings
Des, when it comes to splicing then the best is splicing the main brace.
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6 replies | 125 view(s)
Today,
03:57 AM
happy daze john in oz
replied to a thread
Sudden remenbrance of old times
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Merchant Navy General Postings
Des, at times I get the oddest of memories come back. Why I often wonder did I remember that bit of rubbish. The other day some one was talking...
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8 replies | 130 view(s)
Today,
03:54 AM
happy daze john in oz
replied to a thread
Aukus
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Current News (Non Political)
Des, I do not think that many international leaders in the north even know where we are. Apart from maybe a threat from China there is no real worry...
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