Week from hell

[j.sabourn]

Re. your bad times, just think of the old expression, worse things happen at sea. Regards John Sabourn.

[Lou Barron]

Sure you have had a very tough week Tony dont ever give up .Keep up the good work you do on this site good luck for the future

[Robin Ellis]

Tony,

Sorry to hear you are having such a c**p time. I hope things get better for you as soon as possible. Our thoughts are with you and your family.
As others have said, it is a cycle and the good times are up ahead waiting for you.

OK, will stir the brain cells and dredge up some memories to post in the site.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Tony.
Sorry about my moans over my illness, you only wake up when you hear of someone in more pain. Best of luck mate and hope everything settles down. My son lost his business his house and his wife [no loss there] in the squeeze of 2001. Renting is a bugger as we have found you don't know when the landlord wants his place back.
Best of luck to you and yours.
Cheers Des

[Tony Morcom]

Des mate, absolutely no apology needed. The aches and pains forum was introduced to encourage members to discuss health problems which may come to us all at one time or another. The sad fact of old age.

I was referring to those members who just like to use the forum for moaning about everything under the sun, when in fact they live a problem free existence. Some others choose to use it as there own personal space to drone on and on about the same old subjects boring everybody to death. It just seems to me that of late there has been a complete breakaway from the purpose of the site and very often with a complete disregard to the enjoyment of others. There was a time when it was a pleasure to log in daily but sadly no longer always the case.

[Tony Wilding]

hi Tony, sorry to hear your run of bad luck, only one way now and that is up, dont lose heart, i know easier said than done, am guilty of rants myself, but sometimes no choice as only non MN Posts to reply to, i agree more about the Merchant Navy and less Trivia would be better. maybe this question for a Engineer can start a new thread, What was the average RPM of the Paddles of a Paddle Steamer at full speed, were they driven at Engine Speed or was a reduction gear used, ? .

[happy daze john in oz]

Tony mate, your recent run of bad luck makes my problem pale into insignificance, there is always someone worse off. I do hope you find somewhere good to rent and that health conditions for all the family improve. On a positive note the cat may have helped you, frogs legs like kangerroo are very low in cholesterol.

[john sutton]

What Confucius Didn't Say






















Man who wants pretty nurse, must be patient.

Passionate kiss, like spider web, leads to undoing of fly.

Better to be pissed off than pissed on.

Lady who goes camping must beware of evil intent.

Squirrel who runs up woman's' leg will not find nuts.

Man who leaps off cliff jumps to conclusion.

Man who eats many prunes get good run for money.

War does not determine who is right, it determines who is left.

Man who fight with wife all day get no piece at night.

It takes many nails to build a crib, but one screw to fill it.

Man who drives like hell is bound to get there.

Man who stands on toilet is high on pot.

Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement.

Man who fish in other man's well often catch crabs.

Finally CONFUCIUS SAY. . ......
"Lion will not cheat on wife, but a Tiger Wood!"

john suitton

[cappy]

tony if I say morcom and wise did that not bring a smile from the past bad weather doesn't last forever just keep saying cheese even if you have to say effin cheese regards cappy

[Ivan Cloherty]

Have never sailed as a member of the crew on a ship with stabilizers. However would have thought the original idea came from the Bilge Keels or sometimes known as rolling chocks fitted many many years on ships before the advent of modern stabilizers. Cheers John Sabourn

glad #6 got ball rolling, John stand to be corrected always thought that bilge keels were first fitted to ships when average ship was much smaller so that when they lay aground they prevented vessel rolling over too much, but having said that my 1909 tome states that bilge keels up to 42" long and of very substantial "V" shaped construction were fitted to cruisers to help reduce roll, these bilge keels had no effect on reducing speed on warships but had an adverse effect on merchant ships speed because of shape of the hull and were fitted mostly on MN ships as a strengthening system for the hull in the way of engine room amidships vessels and had little effect on vessels rolling. Apparently they were never fitted to sailing ships as when laying to the wind under sail the vessels rolled very little but remained on their starboard or port roll depending on the wind direction.