Women at sea

[j.sabourn]

Yes how times have changed Johnny , some may think it was for the better but to me it has been a cause for the lowering of standards as regards family life. I was brought up to believe and carry out those beliefs that it was the man’s job to support his wife and family , and carry out his marriage vows to the bitter end. Today you have female rugby teams would you like your young wife to take part in scrums and physical harm on the rugby pitch ?.Whatever one believes in men and women are built differently physically, maybe this artificial intelligence may have one redeeming feature and that’s to keep females away from the rigours of certain occupations. Maybe good for some of the men as well. Cheers JS.

[Johnny Kieran]

I like women, but there's nothing like the real thing.

[Johnny Kieran]

Another thing that get's me, is the number of trans persons on some of these cruises lately, especially the Princess boats. It's usually easy to see them, because many just dress that way, no wriggling along, no close shaving, just blokes dressed as women.
I don't really have a problem with it, but when I'm in the lift on my own and one gets in, then I do feel a bit awkward to say the least. My Mrs reckons I'm old fashioned and should be more accepting of these things, but I just can't. Maybe it's after being on boats that had some predatory queens on board?

[James Curry]

I was on a BP tanker and the 4th Engineer was female. It was rather amusing as she moved into the Chief Engineers cabin after a week. The Chief paid off so she ended up moving in with the oldman. As regards her ability down the engine room the 2/eng told her not to bother turning up, useless. Heard on the grapevine the Chief Engineers wife kicked him out. He ended up getting a divorce as did the Oldman. Madam 4th had been popular with the Filipino crew. Half the ship ended up with a sexually transmitted disease. I wonder did madam 4th give the top boys a present to take home.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

We don't watch women's rugby, my wife says wait until they are a little older then they will be sorry for all those tackles. But not just the women, this thing of mainly Rugby league players leaping in the air and slamming themselves into the turf when scoring a try puts me right off, looks so childish.
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Can only recall seeing one obvious pretend female on Princess Ships and that was an officer from Cape Town.

Mate of mine had a reli go into hospital for treatment.
He is 80 years old and was asked for his gender.
After a few choice words with the person who asked he said,


'Well for the last 850 years when i looked i had a dick so I must be male!!!!!

Nothing more was saiod.

[j.sabourn]

I sailed with a chief steward once and was quite a good bloke however he was a definite and lifelong member of that fraternity , he was an ex army officers Batman and a close friend of Danny LaRue and both of them were in the Revue after the war of Soldiers in Skirts at the Empire Theatre in Newcastle on Tyne . This was an ordinary Cargo vessel and the whole catering staff apart from the cook were that way inclined. I was mate at the time and coming off watch at 2000 hrs was usual to find the cook in my cabin with half a dozen beers to sit and chat whilst the rest of the catering staff did all their dressing up among themselves and the cook said it drove him up the wall. The chief steward had even altered his age in his discharge book so how old he really was never did find out , his business. But the picture he showed me of himself and Danny LaRue if it wasn’t for the Adam’s Apple would have been hard to differentiate. Put some of them down Bugi street in Singapore to shame. JS…..

[j.sabourn]

#52 just like that song Johnny ? “ she’s a braw lass , she’s a Bonny lass, and she likes hor beer, and her name is
Cushy Butterfield and I wish she wor here…” JS…

[Michael Charles Johnson]

Don't know if anyone has already posted this, but Catherine Schmuck is on Facebook as "Ship to Shore Chef" https://www.facebook.com/ShipToShoreChef. She works the Great Lakes boats as a relief Cook. She gives an interesting perspective on taking care of a crew food-wise. Also gets some good photos.

Michael