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I have been overwhelmed by the number of requests for new passwords
It is going to take a while as each one has to be dealt with and replied to individually but I am working on them and will get back to you as soon as I am able.
Brian.
Thank you for your patience, I am getting there.
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21st July 2013, 08:21 PM
#11
Warm conditions
Hi folks....it's me ! I got left behind somewhere, but I'm back on board.
Talking of hot working I once clocked 155 f in the fiddley of the old Brock's SS Malakand in Djibouti sp? in the Red Sea. We had the handrails wrapped in gunney sack. 140 on the starting platform. We had to expand a couple of tubes in one boiler, shut down but still hot. Hosed down and slid into the combustion chamber on dunnage, five minutes each in turn. Imagine being asked to do that today ! elsbels
Kevin
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21st July 2013, 10:40 PM
#12
They start their barbies after sunset during ramadan
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22nd July 2013, 05:10 AM
#13

Originally Posted by
Kevin Mercer
Hi folks....it's me ! I got left behind somewhere, but I'm back on board.
Talking of hot working I once clocked 155 f in the fiddley of the old Brock's SS Malakand in Djibouti sp? in the Red Sea. We had the handrails wrapped in gunney sack. 140 on the starting platform. We had to expand a couple of tubes in one boiler, shut down but still hot. Hosed down and slid into the combustion chamber on dunnage, five minutes each in turn. Imagine being asked to do that today ! elsbels
Kevin
Kevin thats the one that got bombed in Liverpool?or was there another built after that?
Last edited by Charlie Hannah; 22nd July 2013 at 05:12 AM.
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22nd July 2013, 05:20 AM
#14

Originally Posted by
vic mcclymont
consequent reduction in cognitive function, attention span and visual motor tracking can contribute to workplace accidents.
Sounds as though you may have been bending the elbow a bit too much!!!


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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22nd July 2013, 05:21 AM
#15

Originally Posted by
Captain Kong
Today in Boltonistan is bleddy freezing, I have just switched on my heating, not a sign of sun thick cloud.
At least it keeps the idiots who have barbecues inside.
Brian.
So you will not be getting an invite from Hayu to day!!!!


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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22nd July 2013, 05:23 AM
#16

Originally Posted by
Captain Kong
They start their barbies after sunset during ramadan
You sure they are not cremations?


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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22nd July 2013, 05:24 AM
#17
Talk about the heat, spare a thought for us guys out here in Oz, summer having to sit on the beach in 40 degrees supping on stubbies can get you into real strife.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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22nd July 2013, 09:02 AM
#18
what does this mean?
try this one
Insufficient continuity due to a malfunction of the electrical circuit.
vic
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22nd July 2013, 01:30 PM
#19
Post #13
No Charlie,
If my memory serves me right she went down in the River Hoogley after swinging onto her own anchor. She had a sister ship called the Martand.
Kevin
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22nd July 2013, 07:31 PM
#20
Hot you must be mistaken
Hi shipmates, Hi Vic does it mean drunk on the job? in double talk as used by governments and councils . I remember the local Arabs in the persian gulf would wear army great coats on a day like today,
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