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21st November 2012, 12:05 PM
#21
Albatross
Guessed I missed something, I never met Albert Ross
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21st November 2012, 12:34 PM
#22
You really don't get any better,do you Ivan? 
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21st November 2012, 01:31 PM
#23
I bet you must have met Doctor Ross. Ivan,
Cheers
Brian
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21st November 2012, 03:44 PM
#24
Albert Ross
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21st November 2012, 03:45 PM
#25
Albert Ross
Originally Posted by
Captain Kong
I bet you must have met Doctor Ross. Ivan,
Cheers
Brian
Steered well clear of him Brian, after I heard what he did to you 
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22nd November 2012, 12:37 AM
#26
The Albatross
I know this is nothing to do with the albatross we sure havesome guys with a great sense of humour on this site thats what makes it a great site .Keep it it up guys i love it
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22nd November 2012, 05:29 AM
#27
Originally Posted by
Captain Kong
I bet you must have met Doctor Ross. Ivan,
Cheers
Brian
Would that be Doctor Ross with the rusty needle? You may have got rid of the 'social disease' then got an infection from the needle. Wonder how mnay times they used it before getting anew one?
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller
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22nd November 2012, 10:59 AM
#28
The Albatross
Strange, but the direction this is taking reminds me of a time just after eight bells on a freezing night in late February 1950 coming up river to Bremen on the Port St John. The whole crew were summoned to attend a 'short arm' inspection and those who new the drill suggested getting wrapped up in a heavy blanket. We all queued up to what looked like a stormtrooper in uniform who commanded "I vant to zee". One by one we obliged and opened the snug blanket. The freezing air wafted around our nether regions as the "inspector" plied a wooden spatula to the now frigid little organ moving it up and down and from side to side, apparently looking for the tell tale signs of miss-adventure.
Rather than docking at Bremerhaven we went on to a severely bomb damaged Bremen - about the only original building that seemed undamaged was the green copper-roofed Rathaus just across from the pub we were in and the frauleins there who seemed to know we had all been recently inspected.
Richard Q
Last edited by Richard Quartermaine; 22nd November 2012 at 11:01 AM.
Our Ship was our Home
Our Shipmates our Family
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22nd November 2012, 02:39 PM
#29
Here is another Good thread,
We start with Albatrosses go to New Zealand then into Doctor Ross`s in Liverpool for a jag then end up in a Brothel in Bremen Germany after a short arm inspection.
Fantastic. How do we do that?
Cheers
Brian.
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22nd November 2012, 06:37 PM
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