How old are you

[thomas michael]

hi john #15
good afternoon, no wonder the ausies call us the whinging poms,
ps went to a mates house in kennington three story same type council terrace 1850s,from the front door you had to leave your shoes, and then onwards was the most beautifully and exquisite chinese and oriental decor together with rugs carpets chinese and persian, house then i believe over a million god knows what it is worth now, he was paying nominal rent,
tom

[Lewis McColl]

#19 It’s surprising how clear underwater telephones are Vernon. No joking have communicated that way with people underwater. No doubt someone is going to ask doesn’t the water get in your ear when you hold the receiver there . JS

One of the old Blue flu jobs I was on or it might have been a Glen boat there was a speaking tube from the bridge to the engine room. You certainly got water in your ear with that, It was part of a Junior/Cadets engineers welcome onboard package.

[Keith Tindell]

I was bridge boy on the Stirling Castle, and just to give you something to do every half hour, was to go and check the smoke box, and thats what it was, a large box in the corner of the bridge, with tubes for various parts of the ship, and labelled, and obviously report if you saw smoke coming from the tube and what area, The SC was built pre war 2 i think, kt

[Keith Tindell]

I believe that it was known as the aspirating fire detection system, but it was the only time i saw that box system, kt

[j.sabourn]

#23 I’ve got memory’s of that basic instrument in a glass cabinet keith .would never have remembered if you hadn’t mentioned . Going back to the days of voice pipes for communication on ships . Cheers JS.

[Lewis McColl]

Sailed with a few on Blue flu & ED's smoke detection system. Samples drawn from the various sample points from the holds . Think they operated by passing the sample between a beam of light? and if smoke was detected it set the fire alarm on the bridge first.

[Fouro]

Hellow to everyone,

My answer to the question How Old are You is, I am exactly 86 years and 1 month today.

Regards from, Fouro.

[Denis O'Shea]

Belated birthday greetings Fouro, I nearly put you on AWOL last evening then thought leave it until today, are we getting thought transference? anyway good to hear from you again. Den

[cappy]

nice to hear from you fouro .....the spring is here summer coming .......even seen some swallows ....nothing happening much on the site ....some good laughs some bickering some politicians ....just like being at sea lol regards cappy

[Doc Vernon]

Tine differences again here but a very Happy Belated Birthday from me Fouro and good to see you on site again! Hope you had a grand day!
Cheers