We did this

[Keith at Tregenna]

Interesting both Dave and
Peter. Regards Keith.

[Doc Vernon]

And the Trail of Silverware from Cape Town to Southampton , when all that lovely Silverware was just tossed what a shame and we did it! Sorry for it now though, silly young Lads . Wish one could get all that back what a treasure that woud be.!!
Cheers

[Malcolm Lawrence]

But where have all the flip flop's gone?

[Lewis McColl]

Gender now is almost a thing of the past with the new WOKE lot getting their way.
We will soon all be just a number or a non identity with no such thing as male or female, no doubt will be in trouble with the WOKE police for using those terms.

Bit in the paper the other day.
Man said thank you Mr, James for that only to be told by the female behind him in the queue that you are no longer allowed to use the term Mr, or Mrs.

Is there a desert island for sale anywhere as I need to find somewhere to hide from these people, I assume that is what they are and not autonomons.

I think if it had been me in the queue I would have told her to mind her own business and to stop eavesdropping in a conversation that had nothing to do with her.

[James Domleo]

I

I remember tank cleaning in the 1950 s it all went over the side.not proud of that,but all the tankers were doing it.all the sludge from the tanks was just dumped in the ocean.

In the early 60ies I remember cleaning all of our tanks overnight of crude oil sludge on the UK coast before loading aviation fuel on tanker on charter to Shell.It all went over the side.Jim Domleo R610307.

[John Gill]

As I recall, pollution was seldom an issue aboard one or two early Harrison Boats out of Liverpool. They justified their nickname Two of Fat One of Lean which described the Funnel livery. Not a lot went over the side every morsel of food was consumed although always still hungry.
Nowadays, satellites monitor all vessels and can detect and identify any vessel in an act of pollution.

[Peter Gill]

Pollution is not new, it does not get solved, it only gets different, taking on different guises.
In my youth, there was an awful lot of tar, mostly in small balls on the beach. You could hardly avoid getting it on your clothes. These days, there's next to none. Whoopee , thanks largely to Marpol Annex 1. Assuming Annex 2 is equally well embedded, chemicals are equally sorted -but ehre I feel less sure. Plastics are beginning to be addressed, but what about heavy fuel oil bunkers? Current answer - Reduced sulphur content - fine in theory, but whilst scrubbing flue gas is permitted, we are only diverting the pollutant from the atmosphere to the sea, in effect only hiding the problem. It will slowly but inexorably affect the whole acidity of the oceans. In time, this will be recognised by IMO who, at best, are slow and cumbersome in delivering change for good. It's rather depressing.

[happy daze john in oz]

And the Trail of Silverware from Cape Town to Southampton , when all that lovely Silverware was just tossed what a shame and we did it! Sorry for it now though, silly young Lads . Wish one could get all that back what a treasure that would be.!!
Cheers

Oh yes Vernon, Board of Trade wash up.
On reflection it must have cost the UCL a fortune to keep replacing it each voyage.
I wonder if they ever though where it went, most likely thought the bloods took it as souveniers.

There was one story of a UCL head office guy taking a holiday in Las Palmas, on his return asked how long the company had ben selling old silver to the hotel he stayed in.

[Ivan Cloherty]

#26 Ivan mentioned the Womens institute in another thread! ( Covid vacs)The one where you suggested to close the thread only to continue it on. Can't have it both ways. )

Victoria my Dear, please do get your facts right, quite simple to do, it was Lewis who asked for the thread to be closed (post 161) and continued on it, not myself, and I thought it was only us oldies who got it wrong

[Michael J Turner]

We are all guilty of this, but I would bet my last £1.00 we are all socially aware today and look with disgust at sights like these. But I am convinced this crap comes from shore side and not from todays seafarers.Attachment 32229

Mid 60's late at night KG V dock convoy of trucks pulled up 20 blocks of steel encased concrete loaded onto the ships purpose built wooden wedge, and secured port side No.2 .skull and cross bones markings on the blocks after securing them we departed immediately still trying to replaced the guard rails going through the lock. Over the continental shelf rails removed snatch block aft runner through the snatch block round the steel encasd blocks then shackled to the deck forward of the steel encased blocks copious amounts of grease and oil and heave. We then dumped the wedge in the water. Replacing the guard rails was a breeze.