Temperature

[Captain Kong]

I went to Marble Bar on one of my many "Walk abouts" from Headland across the desert eventually to Perth.
It was well over 50 in the shade quite warm. Whim Creek was the same, I travelled 150 miles to the pub. asked for a cold beer, "Sorry Mate, the Beer Truck is two weeks late.".
just had a cup of tea.
Brian

[cappy]

###in 58 laid of kharg island with steel pipes.....a small dhow took one pipe aday ashore if there was any sea movement it didnt come out as when the pipe was put aboard her she had just about no freeboard......it was august in an old hains boat the galley was coal burning and for even a young fit galley boy we were dizzy with the heat.....no breeze and just feeling sick sleeping on deck at night ..28 or 30 days laid off as brian says water rationed ......a old time scouse fireman had a stroke and died ...he was one of the old school long johns and sweatrag on his neck...looking back it was hard times...but then not as hard as the war years.....the OS got syph in abadan but didnt realise till we were on our way down to oz ...only M and B TABLETS not much good against syph .....he was not allowed ashore in oz and had to constantly check with the officer of the watch and a health person constantly coming aboard to check on him......a different world ......all showers hand pump your own water .....cockroaches on your face on waking up weevils in any cereal.....dont no were the flour came from but it made bread like cement ....looking back it was still an adventure but i could have done without.....the only eventual pleasure was getting fresh milk and a steak in the MN place on the quayside in abadan.....if anyone remembers it there was a swimming pool .....the flour bags had a windjammer on them and we boys all made swimming trunks out of them with a large windjammer across our backsides...........who would think abadan could be a paradise ....then up to basrah still steaming hot .....but that was our lot and no choice but to accept it ....happy days ..well not all the time....regards cappy just back from a week in canny shields

[robpage]

Must be difficult to get the words South Shields and high ambient temperature in the same sentence

[cappy]

Must be difficult to get the words South Shields and high ambient temperature in the same sentence

##well one legged mary says she certainly had your temperature up ...at the back of the old tyne lifeboat......sweating like a cooly she said ..its all in her diary to be published at a later date ...cappy

[robpage]

She can't publish it , it mentions about a certain old guy at a hotel in Whitley Bay and that might just be too embarrassing to be published

[cappy]

She can't publish it , it mentions about a certain old guy at a hotel in Whitley Bay and that might just be too embarrassing to be published

##aha you mean the bonking captain ...otherwise known as captain bonk.......cappy

[j.sabourn]

Brian they are talking about you again. You didn't give Mary your windjammer swimming trunks from Basra did you. As know you usually sign everything, will have to disclaim as a forgery. Cheers JWS

[cappy]

Brian they are talking about you again. You didn't give Mary your windjammer swimming trunks from Basra did you. As know you usually sign everything, will have to disclaim as a forgery. Cheers JWS

##thats him i say thats him.....cappy

[Captain Kong]

You lot are only Jealous.
I had more adventures in that REX HOTEL than I did in 48 years at sea.
Cheers
Brian

[j.sabourn]

Remember being in there years ago with a party from Runcimans all home from various ships, with a few wives present as well. I was sitting in a corner surrounded by all these people and couldn't get out. Felt sick must have been something I ate, knew I was going to do a Hewieee. In the finish put my head under the table, pulled the carpet back from the wall and hello Hueee. pulled the carpet back over which then stood a good 2 inches higher. Re-emerging from under the table life was still the same, and if anyone noticed was accepted as normal. Just had to wait then until the opportunity arose of changing seats with someone. Hope you were careful of where you sat Brian, that is if you were given time to sit. Cheers JWS


Think one of the worse experiences in life is waking up with a bad head with a throbbing pain between the eyes, and a shrill voice saying over and over again " do you remember what you did last night" all you wanted was the ground to open and swallow you up, especially when memory started to come back bit by bit. I have been told this by others so am pleased I never drank too much and remained sober at all times. JWS