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16th October 2013, 09:50 AM
#21
Re: Memories
Just reassure me Keith , you only fly as a passenger NEVER as a pilot ,
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 )
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16th October 2013, 10:47 AM
#22
Re: Memories
Originally Posted by
Louis the Amigo
Hi shipmates, Hi happy john in oz We were out of tune with shore life? When I talked about my time at sea , I was called "Walter Mitty"as people ashore dont see iceburgs , dolpins or flying fish at work only on the T,V, and hurricanes and gales only on films. Thanks to my time at sea ,I can sleep anywhere noise dont bother me after high pitch engine for 6 months on one ship sounded, like chalk on blackboard.
Agree Louis- I could sleep on a line. I wonder how many of us know the derivation of that term- for those who may not be familiar with it I learnt it from my Father who was bosun with Bowrings Tankers until retirement early 70's. Whilst on the Atlantic convoys in ww11 sometimes the crew would have to live ashore in New York at the Salvation Army, where, if you could afford $1 you had a bed and for 10c you could sleep standing up on a line stretched across the room which was released at first light. Trick was, to avoid your gear getting nicked, you folded it and used it as a pillow of sorts. He survived that and numerous shipwrecks going back and forth across the Western Ocean- not to mention the Murmansk Run. We sleep in our beds soundly for the sacrifices and bravery of all those who went down to the sea in ships.
gilly
R635733
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16th October 2013, 10:55 AM
#23
Re: Memories
Never flew a plane Rob, but i can assure you that if i did, i wouldn`t have left anyone up there, KT
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16th October 2013, 10:59 AM
#24
Re: Memories
On an Island with so many airports , I thought all you guys over there had a plane
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 )
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16th October 2013, 11:44 AM
#25
Re: Memories
Anybody remember after several months at sea, trying to walk in a straight line along the road,
often accused of having a drink when I hadn't touched a drop. !!!!
Fred.
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16th October 2013, 12:21 PM
#26
Re: Memories
Originally Posted by
Frederick Lacey
Anybody remember after several months at sea, trying to walk in a straight line along the road,
often accused of having a drink when I hadn't touched a drop. !!!!
Fred.
I've noticed evidence of this after docking in Capetown on a Castle boat and observing the passage of certain tourist class waiters as they make their painful way ashore.
gilly ( ex FIRST class ucl waiter)
R635733
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16th October 2013, 12:23 PM
#27
Re: Memories
I'll take your word for that John I never observed their passage
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 )
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16th October 2013, 03:01 PM
#28
Re: Memories
Originally Posted by
robpage
I'll take your word for that John I never observed their passage
Many who shared a shower with them did!
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17th October 2013, 05:50 AM
#29
Re: Memories
Originally Posted by
Ivan Cloherty
Many who shared a shower with them did!
The soap, the soap my rear end for some soap was the cry I believe.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller
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