those were the days

[alf corbyn]

I nhate to mention this grey marion, but gentian violet was used by the chief steward on board ship if you had crabs

[gray_marian]

I'll "bare" that in mind! Alf

[leratty]

Ye gods crabs, who was told that what we thought was a myth that if you sprayed insect spray there right around the whole, ha ha area you would be Ok? Well I as with more than one or two others did, talk about sting as well as burn but it sure worked. You remember those old tin pump sprays with wooden handle? Sure was hard to do the job & one handed too after priming the spray then rushing it to the area with the repellent squirting out all over the place (: In hindsight it is amazing we are alive after some of the encounters we had how we did not get atomic drop I do not know.

[Keith Tindell]

As posted before, best cure i ever heard, glass of whisky and a handfull of sand, they get pi**ed up and stone each other to death,, KT

[Louis the Amigo]

Hi shipmates " CRABS" are on the endanger species list, you will be glad to know, according to the doctors on embarrassing bodies A t. v program due to todays female fashion. they are now very very rare. So no more Flit spray needed !!!

[cappy]

join the save crabs society our little friends need to be saved for posterity

[Keith Tindell]

Also known as mobile dandruft, as the little blighters shift anchorage at night, itch like mad KT

[Red Lead Ted]

First job , After signing on for me was to switch my mattress with one of the mates up top, I wasn't to know the second was being accompanied by his misses on one occasion for the full 5 months i wonder to this day who ended up with which mattress. And did it all end in tears. Sorry lads every ship i sailed on ,, Who was number one { ME } Terry.

[John Albert Evans]

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[Peter F Chard]

As a youngster of about 6 years in the early 1940's meat was getting hard to get and not much to choose from. Then some bright spark in the street who had access to some very young geese ( I think he had relatives in the countryside outside of town) thought it a good idea if everyone in the street bought one and fatten it for Xmas. So we finished up with about 15 to 20 of these birds, they were fed on table scraps and had the freedom of the street, in fact they used to play with us kids - soccer, knock and run, all the kids games. They were part of the family. As Xmas approached the question rose as to who would dispatch these birds and dress them for the table -- there was not a single volunteer and every family said that they could just not bring themselves to eat their pet goose anyway ! So, they were sold to a local butcher and every one had chicken instead ! Regards Peter in Auckland NZ.