Dear life

[Brian Charles Williams]

A friend of mine is a funeral director ,his hand shake is so strong a grip you have to try real hard to get him to let go ! Why is that I ask myself ?

[Doc Vernon]

Sure he is alive! Riga Mortis sets in ! Sorry! Just had to! LOL

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Joe.
I now have a hard time shaking hands although I think it is still a firm grip. My little finger is curled up as according to hoil, my ancestors were Viking , it might have been the result of all that raping and pillaging by the family, so be aware.
Cheers Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Weak handshakes from some on UCL was the norm, though some did declare that when it came to it they could hold on very firm.

[Brian Charles Williams]

He is very much alive unlike his clients who he finds dead boring Doc.

[j.sabourn]

According to Des #13, his ancestors were rapers and pillagers, so at the next womens march expect to see his effigy alongside Donald Trumps. Should have kept quite on that one Des. Although they do reckon that rape is impossible as confucious say women with skirt up can run faster than man with pants down, although most of those on the march wear trousers, notice the last march there were a lot of men in the march, are they expecting browny points for being there. A woman spokeswoman said last night they were going to hold back on all sexual favours. Looking at some of them makes one wonder whose doing the favours. Pillaging whats left to pillage? Cheers JS

[j.sabourn]

#5 Marian whenever anyone presses my hand hard whether male or female, I always look at my hand when have got back and make sure they haven't given me the Black Spot, otherwise may finish up in the apple barrel with Cappy. Cheers JS

[j.sabourn]

#8... Cappy my first trip 3rd. mate I had a brand new second mates certificate and the old man was a bloke called Watson. he would of only been in his early fourties. A big fat bombastic basket. He did nothing for me or the mate either who he tried to ridicule at times. Wanting calling every light I saw even in the middle of the ocean by jumping 3 times on the deck above his cabin. I sized him up pretty quick, going into port he would be as quite as a mouse with the pilot on board as soon as had a rope and a spring out each end then he would take over with his electric megaphone. Most masters would have left the mates and crowd to finish tying up not him he had to be the centre of attraction bellowing and shouting obvious things that didn't need all the showmanship. After shipping went down the gurgler I heard he went master on an offshore supply vessel in West Africa, believe he lasted 2 trips , one out and one in. Was incapable of doing his own pilotage and berthing without pilots, which I was told and believed. He did nothing for my self esteem as a young 20 year old third mate. Would sail with the likes of Roberts or Hogg and Lamb any day of the week. Cheers John S

[Ivan Cloherty]

Only ever sailed with one like that John, all the rest were only too happy to pass on their expertise and experience to a young man, the sooner they had you up and running the better they could sleep when off watch, I was very fortunate with the Masters with whom I sailed, on reflection I had two non-entities but the second one is now just a blur and I can forgive him because the owners/ship/food were crap but he could have had a little more understanding of the crew's gripes

[Louis the Amigo]

Hi shipmates, As part of an interview for a well know chain of super-markets, was the strong hand shake,{ contest } if you beat him? the M.D. you were NOT employed , I beat him !!! I was a stong lad back then? this test was only for his managers... I was told he still does it?