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7th August 2014, 06:06 AM
#41
Re: I bet you re Gld the engineers are all sober guys

Originally Posted by
robpage
BUT still NO dropsy John !
No, but they did buy us the occasional pint, I did say occasional!


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
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7th August 2014, 02:57 PM
#42
Re: I bet you re Gld the engineers are all sober guys
And an odd bottle of Scotch on the Pendennis , but the service was worth it !
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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8th August 2014, 06:22 AM
#43
Re: I bet you re Gld the engineers are all sober guys

Originally Posted by
robpage
And an odd bottle of Scotch on the Pendennis , but the service was worth it !
Then we had commadore cheif engineer on the Windsor, Abercrombie I believe from Scotland, drank Vodka like there was no tommorrow, but a very nice man.


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

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8th August 2014, 02:55 PM
#44
Re: I bet you re Gld the engineers are all sober guys
Vodka , he must have been a Union Castle man through and through , any old Clan Line Chiefs would have never deviated of Scotch
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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