Where ships go to die

[j.sabourn]

I get huge build ups of wax frequently in my ears causing deafness. I cant figure out who to blame as suspect it is my brains going mushy. Thought I maybe have a chance on suing them due to the strenuous exposure they put on me regarding the restriction of overtime, but thought any smart talking lawyer would get them out of that one. Seriously though I think it is laughable how people are coming back on things that happened 50 years ago and suing. I have very reserved feelings when it goes back 50 years to acts of supposedly sexual transgressions. Just think of any girl 50 years ago coming back at you today and accusing you of rough handling all those years ago, when it was probably just the ham fistedness of youthful exuberance. Pleased I was at sea mostly so no one can point a finger. Cheers John S

[Doc Vernon]

Must agree with JS on the past!
Gees 50 Years is a long time!
Its the Money most of the time ,some will sue for just about anything!
Pure greed!

As for deafness,also as said in out days we were (well we thought) immune to all these things that are now happening to us over the past Years!
Me working in the Gold Mines in South Africa, being a Stoper and having to sit in Stopes no higher than 3 Feet all day long, with those Pneumatic Drills going full tilt for 8 hours on end!
Amazing I never lost hearing in both Ears, luckily for me only in the Left Ear!
Don't know now what the actual level of deafness is, but boy its hard to hear when someone talks a bit low,and especially when that person is on my left side!
I also have that horrible Tinnitus with constant ringing in that ear and at night when its really quiet(as it gets here in the Mountains) makes that ringing even louder!
Did I ever claim for all this ! Absolutely NOT!
Possibly I should have,but then at the time I was not aware of all the inns and outs!
That's why I am poor Today ! LOL!
Cheers

[happy daze john in oz]

I viewed the video and it brought to mind comments by some of the members of the Australian Labor Party and their and the insistance of 'Equality for all'. This story made me realise there will never ever be equality in this world for anyone. There ere those who have and those who do not, and very often it is those who do not who do the work as seen in the clip. They are trying to better their lifes and who can blame them, if the ships were not sent there what else would there be for them? Love or hate the conditions in which they work, they atre no different to the rest of us with asperations of a better life.

[j.sabourn]

John most countries live on different planes of existance. Beleive it is legal in certain parts of the world for young girls to marry at 12 years of age. Where are all these loud mouthed do gooders when this is happening everyday. We have no right to interfere in their rites and ways, and they are not willing to change in any case, this is just one of the obvious differences in cultures which are unacceoptable to our standards. The so called multi-culturism or living together, might be alright in some tiny mind of some politician, but is never ever going to work, and why they ever went to try and make it so beats me. Perhaps they ate too many faggots whilst at Eton. Cheers John S

[Ivan Cloherty]

. Perhaps they ate too many faggots whilst at Eton. Cheers John S

Think it was the other way round John, too many faggots eating them, makes them think we are all c*cksuckers

[j.sabourn]

Could be Ivan, being gentlemen and supposedly honourable ones at that, must have been taught it is bad manners to speak with your mouth full, and being proficient and proverbial speakers you are probably right, seeing any pollie speaking to an audience have you ever noticed how they are always making their hands work, maybe this is a sign to bring more faggots. Cheers John S

[Jim Brady]

Some time ago i met an old friend of mine he was currrently working as chf.engr.on a deep sea tug.The job he had just come back from was towing a ship that had ran aground and was damaged from the Azores to Lisbon tobe patched up then taken to Italy tobe scrapped.Genertors were placed on deck on the ship to keep the pumps going to keep the ship pumped out.Something went wrong and the ship sank.He said standing on deck on the tug watching the ship going down brought a lump to the throat and a feeling of sadness throughout the tug.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[cappy]

no john cant remember the apprentice or the mates name but can sea faces clearly ......they were hard ships but character building ....setting us ready for life .......best education a young man could have had ......nobody would believe it these days we bloody had it all regards cappy

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Some time ago i met an old friend of mine he was currrently working as chf.engr.on a deep sea tug.The job he had just come back from was towing a ship that had ran aground and was damaged from the Azores to Lisbon tobe patched up then taken to Italy tobe scrapped.Genertors were placed on deck on the ship to keep the pumps going to keep the ship pumped out.Something went wrong and the ship sank.He said standing on deck on the tug watching the ship going down brought a lump to the throat and a feeling of sadness throughout the tug.
Regards.
Jim.B.

its like when you saw a ship you had been on it made you a bit sad and glad at the same time

[j.sabourn]

The usual practice Jim on purpose built ocean going tugs, was the chief Engineer worked the Big Towing winch, as every 4 hours or so the tow line was paid out or shortened a couple of feet to freshen up the wire from working on the tow bar or whatever, these were big hydraulic winches with big 35/40 mm dia. wire on. They fortuanetly must have had time to let go the tow, before she went down or would probably have lost a very expensive tow line going down with her, and the chief would have been scrambling to get the winch out of gear and let the wire run with the ship. If also they were working on a Lloyds open form would have been monetary worse off. Is always sad to see a ship go, worse when there are people on it. Cheers John S