Knowledge

[Jim Brady]

Ken,I think the World Ship Society still meet there,I hear on Radio Merseyside of different meeting and debates taking place there I think presently there is a Spanish themed evening for people wanting to learn Spanish.All free, people wanting to learn Spanish and Spaniards wanting to learn English both helping each other.I believe it is quite an expensive pub,it was at one time a bakery thats how it got its name.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[Kenneth Kenny]

Hi Jim,the World Ship Society hold ther meeting at Waterloo Seaman's Mission now.The Fly In The Loaf draught Guinness was £3-20 that was two year's held the meeting upstairs.The Bar down stairs was alway's packed and that was on a Tuesday Nights.Ken.R634898.

[j.sabourn]

#6 You must have missed the other Louis, Louis. Told you I used to stutter. John Sabourn

[j.sabourn]

#10 Saw the movie Cappy " Last Tango in Paris" they had to change location after the destruction you caused. Cheers John Sabourn

[j.sabourn]

# 15 Tell you a better one than that Ivan. When I was mate and just turned 30 married with a family, one ship was on wont say what as know there were people on here who were on and person may still be alive. Anyhow the master who was about mid fourties was getting married to a girl half his age, was a very good living bloke, and asked me if certain sexual acts were normal obviously would say she had seduced him. Believe it or not I was embarrassed and didn't really know what to say, but managed to get out that it was normal whatever they both agreed on. As master myself later, at times felt like a father confessor as often someone with problems at home or otherwise wanted to talk to someone about it. Was a very difficult job giving others advice on private matters. I think on a rough check I was master on 35 ships, some only for a few weeks at a time, but I wouldn't mind betting every ship had someone wanting advice on something or other. Cheers John Sabourn

[happy daze john in oz]

once got a fly in me eye in brazil ....said she would show me how to tango ......we don't call it that in shields...she certainly knew all the moves

So you tried the horizontal waltz...............................

[happy daze john in oz]

My maxim for life (you can substitute "captain" for any rank/person)
A Captain is a man /women who starts of life knowing absolutely nothing about everything and goes through life learning more and more until he ends up knowing everything about nothing.
rgds
JA

The some end up in parliament as politicians, who know nothing about anything

[j.sabourn]

#25.. An example not so long back. Had been working between Sydney and Auckland doing a sea bottom survey for a phone and computer company. Was bringing the ship back to Fremantle. Got a message from our cooks father who had sailed with out here, was also a cook or AB whatever job was going. Also to Jim who was on the Pennyworth this cook had also done his first trip on, but not at the time I was there. Anyhow he wanted help for his son (our cook) he had got himself hitched up to some Russian lady, who had taken a restraining order out on him, and was going for all his earthly possessions. I knew the lad and to me the accusations were totally out of character. I sent a long message of character reference to the magistrate and explained why he couldn't get to court in the stipulated time etc. Think the case was thrown out and the lad got a divorce and is now or was happily single once again, rather think the lady was deported, obviously married him to gain entry to country. Many different types of problems which one got as privilege of being master. Would find hard nowadays to get my head round some of them. Cheers John Sabourn

[alf corbyn]

hi Ivan. with regard to your#19. I did not infer that you were lazy. I said the laziest man would find the easiest way so he could return to doing nothing.

[John Arton]

The one thing that no college or experience can prepare you as Master for, is the first time you have to tell one of your crew members that someone in their family is either desperately ill or had died. (Think of all of the Masters with Philipino crew after the recent disaster's there).
I had to do it a number of times and the one thing that kept me going was that I was able to get the person off the ship and on a flight home as quickly as possible and that coupled with the help of my fellow crew members enabled me to get over the distress of having to tell one of your crew members the worst news possible.
rgds
JA