Del I take it that you also are ex deck crew. If you managed to snag number one cabin (I think) it was the first one from the mess room. Well you would have taken over Terry's old cabin and it probably was still in the single berth format as he converted it as soon as he got on board. Bet he never left any of his stuff there either. Curtains and lamps. Was it the same mate and bosun as the mate's name was Johns but the bosuns name escapes me. Johns was known as DR Johns but we found him real good but that was probably because the two of them seemed to be up to quite a bit of scull duggery while we where on it. Do you remember noticing that most of the fore paint work seemed to be quite thin and the red lead was showing through it. Well that was because we had to dilute it down as they had not bargained on the ship getting fully painted by us. My only regret is that I did not stay with her as I am sure that I would not have got out of the MN if I had stayed with her. Was one of the greatest times that I had without landing in trouble. Would be interested to find out from you if the atmospere had stayed with the ship as I suspect it does and not just the crew of that time.
That's the way the mop flops.
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