TV

[vic mcclymont]

Watching a Movie on Movies for Men titled Final Voyage.
The engine room is massive, I mean really massive, you could have football match in it.
The engine room platform is concrete and the supporting girders are concreted in.
Amazing what you learn watching TV.
Regards
Vic

[Chris Allman]

The ship used in the film was the SS Ile de France - sad end to beautiful ship.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Vic.
When I lived in NZ the go there was ferro cement yachts, they were flat out building them, even backyard handymen were at it, but haven't heard of them for a long time now, wonder if they are still going, probably replaced by fiberglass years ago.
Cheers Des
PS wish we had some of your programs out here, Manuel from Faulty Towers has just crossed the bar, no good comedians coming up to replace them, our TV is full of American cheap trash, even the ABC has talk show crap on.
Cheers des

[j.sabourn]

Hi Vic, from what I am told on ships nowadays with large E.R.s, different areas of such have to wear different designated ear muffs. When you think back there never used to be such things, you either put your fingers in your ears or a piece of cotton wool. Ear muffs to be of any use have to have their inserts replaced at short intervals and unless used correctly are no better than your fingers or cotton wool, but they do look efficient as regards the Safety Inspector. If you meet a stranger and he says he is an ex ships engineer and has good hearing, then he is one of a very few. Cheers JS

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi John.
I have two hearing aids, got the deafness from not wearing anything in my ears; no muffs in those days and cotton wool used to drop out so I didn't bother, while using a ramset gun a lot in the building industry, on one job I spent six months firing hundreds of rounds a day putting brick ties into steel columns. Now when ever I hear the church bells ringing I think I'm back at work.
Cheers Des

[j.sabourn]

You weren't an altar boy then. ? Cheers JS

[happy daze john in oz]

Hi John.
I have two hearing aids, got the deafness from not wearing anything in my ears; no muffs in those days and cotton wool used to drop out so I didn't bother, while using a ramset gun a lot in the building industry, on one job I spent six months firing hundreds of rounds a day putting brick ties into steel columns. Now when ever I hear the church bells ringing I think I'm back at work.
Cheers Des

Supporting the Vicar no doubt!!