Jumping ship

[Doc Vernon]

Hi Rodney
I went back to South Africa on the old Athlone Castle in 1964 as DBS , but also quite strange that as i was actually gien a Tourist Class Cabin amongst the Passengers and treated just like one as well. Served in T Class Dining Saloon etc, that was really good being a Blood in place of a DBS Crew Member!
To this day i still dont know why or how that happened, but a great trip back i must say!
Cheers

[j.sabourn]

#50 Rodney ref the guard and his shoelace , on a visit to Buckingham Palace with the wife , after entering the palace there is the great staircase.as people walked up this I gotparted from her and she waited at the top for me to arrive. at the top of the staircase stands a Hussar with drawn sword , my wife was standing next to him thinking it was a statue ,suddenly I saw her do a hop skip and a jump. When I got to her and asked what was the matter she whispered behind a hand at the mouth, that’s a living man. She only realised this when a wisp of the hairs dangling from his helmet must have moved with his breathing . True to form he still appeared to be a statue as we moved further down the corridor. It must take some doing standing there immobile , I would want to scratch my nose or something. There must be a record somewhere maybe the Guiness Book of records what the longest time is. Cheers JS

[Doc Vernon]

The sinking of the Moskva reminds me of the sinking of HMS Hood by the Bismarck. In the case of the Moskva a missile or missiles caused a fire in the ship's ammunition magazine. In the case of the Hood shells fired by the Bismarck penetrated the Hood's magazine. Makes one think, 'how safe is our largest aircraft carrier?'.

Fouro.

All interesting but PLEASE!! no off Topic on this Thread! And no back to the War!!!!
Thanks

I will be Editing this Thread in due course, so dont ask "Where have my Replies gone!!!!!

Thread closed untill i have Edited then will Re Open

[Doc Vernon]

Have now Edited and delelted the off Topic Posts , now Re Opened.

STICK TO THE SUBJECT PLEASE!!!!!

[Alan Briggs]

Think New Zealand was the favourite when I was at sea.

[Malcolm Lawrence]

I jumped in Hamburg due to a totally idiotic 2nd Eng, dogged everyone under him and smarmed his way with the CE, had to get off otherwise I might have done something even more silly.
Good thing was I got a free lift in a Brit banana truck right back to a London Underground station.

[Steve Singleton]

Harry,
With current events in mind....I must say, that was deeply touching. May he R.I.P.
He...and many other Polish people gave their all...Not least the Polish Fighter Sqd in The Battle of Britain. They alone downed 126 enemy planes in that Battle.

I have a DVD made by SBS (sbs.com.au) No serial # or whatever...apart from the bar-code: 9 322225 087606...

To quote from the notes:
"By the time the Battle Of Britain was won, they had claimed 126 enemy planes, but as the war ended, their joy turned to despair as they saw their own country handed to Stalin."

Imagine how Ukraine is suffering......History, as they say, often repeats itself...... Simply for the failure to take heed.

[Steve Singleton]

Oh Dear.... I have just noted the warnings about going "off-thread".... Sorry. I posted before seeing same. Sincere apologies.

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If I was still at sea.... I think my preferred port to jump ship would be New Zealand...... Like TOMORROW!

[Steve Singleton]

Hi Doc.... Yes, you are right of course. Let's stick to the subject. And I'm as guilty as the next man. But our heads are currently filled with grave forebodings. It's only natural.
But...yes... there are other outlets for other topics and subjects. Let's all abide by the site's structure, otherwise, we all descend into chaos. Let's not go there.

[Doc Vernon]

All forgiven Steve !

Quite understand , at least you rectified in some way!
Thanks
Cheers