What was it you didn't want to see come out of your cabin mates kitbag !!!

[Les Woodard]

The one thing I did not ever want to see come out of the kitbag was a photo of the family. Sure sign that you had drawn the short straw for sad stories when the amber fluid started to take affect. Did one trip with a couple of dedicated paddy's and till this day do not want to hear another Irish ballad. They where not in a cabin that close either.

[Red Lead Ted]

You must admit mate the worse music you had to put up with was Country and bloody Western, Especially when it was someone you had never heard of. That blurt i shared with i cant remember the singers name thank god. Every song bloody hell the dog was dead/ he was down to his last string on his guitar/ the crops had failed/ his misses had done one/ he was left with his 6 kids/ the roof was leaking/ he didn't have enough money to buy a bottle of booze/ no boots/ his whittling knife was blunt/ and to top if off his misses left on the only horse he had. It was a shame the vinyl melted once we entered the Persian gulf or was it my zippo either that or myself Regards TERRY.

[Captain Kong]

I was on a tanker in Fawley, 1975 and one of the lads came from Southampton, placed a photo of his wife on his unit.
We were having a few drinks in his cabin when new a lad from Belfast joined. we called him into the cabin for a bevy and an introduction. He had a can in his hand when he noticed the Photo of the other fellas wife,
He says, "Do you know Sandra then?",
Mush says How do you know my wife is called Sandra?"
Paddy says "cos that is the Chief Stewards wife on the Tidepool, I was with her a couple of weeks ago on a trip from Leith to Hamburg and back then she went home."
Mush then goes berserk, "The Steward, was it Charlie Onions,"
[ names changed to protect them]
"The Bastard he has been sniffing round the wife for a long time he lives near me, and the wife said she was going to Edinburgh to look after her sick uncle she must have gone with him."
He started to go mad and ripping his bunk out etc, we had to hold him down for a while til he calmed down a bit. Then he packed his bag and walked down the gangway, he was going home to Kill his wife. Never saw him or heard anything again.
So when you put a photo of the girl friend or the family out in your cabin someone could recognise her.
Cheers
Brian.

[Les Woodard]

Got one for you that you might know but I certainly do not want to get. That particular trip I was on about the bugger had a Bob Dylan LP that was just one song long. Do not know if anyone else has tried to listen to it and doubt if there are any left in the world. Just imagine it going on and on and on and on. Funny though it disappeared as well Terry.

[Red Lead Ted]

I joined the M,V, PIAKO here in Lpool in 1975 or thereabouts. Signed on she was going to be in Lpool for a week or so discharging and loading so working bye suited me fine. After signing the mate told me there was only 3 other seaman signed go and pick your cabin went below into the seaman's alley opened a few doors and found a single cabin , Happy days. Only thing was there was someone under the sheets on the bunk, Threw them back and here was a young lady who i new very well from my area no names to protect my integrity. Come on i said this is my room lets just have you out. Her reply Terry you wont tell any of the family please promise especially my mother promise. OK just leave i need to unpack. As she was walking out the door i dragged the mattress of the bunk to go and swap it with the second or third mates which i did very often as i was heading for the ladder to go up the accommodation......... I walked straight into her mother coming down the whole family where well known on the Lpool docks so it wasn't a shock there is proberbly a few on this site that wined and dined them. Terry.

[Red Lead Ted]

TRE BOAT HAINS, 1971. We had a record player we would set up on hatch 5 and one record {Love grows were my rosemary goes} Edison Lighthouse.................. If that bloody song ever gets played on the radio even now i am peeved writing this i feel like putting a bloody hammer through it. It belonged to a queen we had in the galley and he would play it dancing with himself around the deck over @ over @over. Thing was he was the 2nd cook ? wasn't going to upset him for obvious reasons

[Red Lead Ted]

Remember the condoms the steward would hand out when you were having a run ashore i think they must have been made by Dunlop, Bloody hell they were solid, we saved about 10 for the day we paid off fully inflated they were better than any fender you would find hanging over the ships side. We hung all ten of them over the stern. I remember the second mates face as we came along side asking what the shore gang found funny happy days lads Terry.

[Les Woodard]

That reminded of how we used to use them condoms. Would fill the bugger up with water on someone's matress. Have you ever tried to pick one of them up when filled with water near bursting point. Must have held about two gallons of water. That was about the extent of there use as who wants to go in wearing a bloody raincoat but seems that it is the norm today. Know some tight wads used to re use them by turning them inside out and shaking the feck out of them. I know I have said that one before but some oldies are still good.

[Ivan Cloherty]

You must admit mate the worse music you had to put up with was Country and bloody Western, ..................

That's one thing you'll never hear Ted 'The Happy Cowboy Song' when his dog comes home, he don't have to shoot his horse, he gets his jawb back and the little woman comes home.

How many remember "Cup o' caffee Mr Dillon, thaat mizz Kitty shure iz prutty" and "why thankye Chester"

[Red Lead Ted]

T.V. Comedy show without doubt involved the infamous Hillbillies from Beverly Hills the Clampets, Ged Bodeen, Granny, Jethro, and Elly May. Now that i could put up with { WELL DOG} Granny with her fiddles, Jethro 2 boxes of cornflakes for his breakfast, Old Ged whittling his twigs { WELL DOG} brilliant entertainment, And of course Elly Mays boy friends getting a bloody good hiding off her every week, {WELL DOG} Not to forget MR Milburn there bank manager and his secretary Miss Hatherway, {WELL DOG} 274 Episodes over a 9yr span with the main cast consisting mainly of 6 hilarious characters. Pure Genius {WELL DOG} And they made an Album of songs i have a copy { WELL DOG} Brilliant t.v. Regards Terry.