Sudden remenbrance of old times

[Francis Ralph]

Just leaving the house for the shops when my wife ( who travelled with me for many years) said to me laughingly, quite out of the blue,
" single up fore and aft".
As its more than 25 yrs since I left the sea it was a shock to the memory cells not having heard those words for so long, I had an instant recall of that comforting feeling that we were leaving port at last and be back to the routine and order that made our lives so liveable. Cabin doors could be left open, meals at set times, God was in his heaven up on the top deck, the third mate on the bridge, second mate doing chart corrections, dots and dashes coming from the radio shack, engines thrumming comfortingly thanks to our engineers down below. Not for us , the protest riots, looting, fire bombs, traffic jams, lawn mowing, hosepipe bans, etc etc that seem to make up life ashore these days,. What a great life it was back in the 50's to 80's. Thank goodness I still have my memories. Who cares if we pick out the best of times in our remembrances.
Francis Ralph R692715

[Louis the fly]

The Great Escape.

[happy daze john in oz]

Life was so simple back then, no worries such as we have today.
Travel the world without any worries, now you wonder if it is safe just to step outside some days.

Wake up and wonder is some idiot going to drop the bomb today, or will it fail!!
Where will the next war start, will it be here or is that just a local riot.

We had the best but must now suffer some of the worst, no worries mate we were in the best service ever we are tough and can take al they throw at us.

[Des Jenkins]

Hi Francis
Triggering memories off one small saying often brings back the oddest things that lay somewhere in the back of ones mind, but arn;t they great.
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Des, at times I get the oddest of memories come back.
Why I often wonder did I remember that bit of rubbish.

The other day some one was talking about trains and for some reason remembered one morning when the train failed to stop at our station. Never did find out way.