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Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends? Yesterday, 18:32
Replies: 4
Views: 15,889
Posted By Malcolm G
It appears that he takes suggestions and advice...

It appears that he takes suggestions and advice as personal criticism, so he threw his toys out of the pram and signed off.
Shame really.
...
Forum: Mess Deck 28th October 2024, 09:33
Replies: 9,347
Views: 2,655,563
Posted By Malcolm G
Yes ES, I see you made a visit. Didn’t say much...

Yes ES, I see you made a visit. Didn’t say much though.:confused:
The Gallery, or Media as they call it, is now intact(ish) but not nearly as user friendly as it is hereabouts.
Forum: Mess Deck 27th October 2024, 09:39
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Views: 2,655,563
Posted By Malcolm G
Yes, Playing with a chap’s screen name was...

Yes, Playing with a chap’s screen name was unfunny, sorry. Consider wrist slapped.
I’ll just leave that sort of thing to others… A couple of whom come to mind…:jump:
Forum: Mess Deck 26th October 2024, 10:38
Replies: 9,347
Views: 2,655,563
Posted By Malcolm G
Tweedledee, or is is Tweedledum? With your...

Tweedledee, or is is Tweedledum?
With your interest in matters historic, you may care to note the this is actually the THIRD incarnation of the Golden Dreamer, although, to be more accurate, number...
Forum: Mess Deck 14th October 2024, 23:24
Replies: 9,347
Views: 2,655,563
Posted By Malcolm G
Sounds like a search pattern to me. Perhaps we...

Sounds like a search pattern to me.
Perhaps we are looking for something… ?
Forum: Computers and The Internet 10th October 2024, 20:36
Replies: 13
Views: 2,535
Posted By Malcolm G
Gonna have to build a new PC - that runs Win...

Gonna have to build a new PC - that runs Win 11.:huh:
Forum: Computers and The Internet 9th October 2024, 10:47
Replies: 13
Views: 2,535
Posted By Malcolm G
I gave up with Norton and other subscription anti...

I gave up with Norton and other subscription anti virus years ago.
On my Windows PCs I use Free Avast and Free C Cleaner - they both keep offering a paid for version but I just ignore them.
My...
Forum: Mess Deck 8th October 2024, 08:46
Replies: 9,347
Views: 2,655,563
Posted By Malcolm G
Does the Lady driver know that you can just look...

Does the Lady driver know that you can just look at a reef, you don’t have to go up close and give it a poke to see what it is?
Forum: Mess Deck 6th October 2024, 10:32
Replies: 9,347
Views: 2,655,563
Posted By Malcolm G
OBE = Other Bugger’s Efforts.

OBE = Other Bugger’s Efforts.
Forum: Mess Deck 3rd October 2024, 16:35
Replies: 9,347
Views: 2,655,563
Posted By Malcolm G
I bet Jess took a dim view of that.

I bet Jess took a dim view of that.
Forum: Mess Deck 1st October 2024, 11:11
Replies: 9,347
Views: 2,655,563
Posted By Malcolm G
To which the classic response; Oo asked you?...

To which the classic response;
Oo asked you? :cloud:
Forum: Mess Deck 28th September 2024, 10:39
Replies: 9,347
Views: 2,655,563
Posted By Malcolm G
Ah yes, smoking - I stopped some years since but...

Ah yes, smoking - I stopped some years since but I was the type of smoker who created a firestorm when I inhaled. Cigarettes, cigars, pipes…
I ceased for the usual reasons;
Health and wellbeing...
Forum: Mess Deck 23rd September 2024, 08:40
Replies: 9,347
Views: 2,655,563
Posted By Malcolm G
Similar problem encountered last week but only on...

Similar problem encountered last week but only on one of my devices and cleared as per my suggestion above - all OK since.
Forum: Mess Deck 19th September 2024, 21:21
Replies: 9,347
Views: 2,655,563
Posted By Malcolm G
When you tick ‘stay logged in’ and it doesn’t,...

When you tick ‘stay logged in’ and it doesn’t, just clear your search history particularly cookies if an option, log in again and it should work ok.
Forum: Mess Deck 14th September 2024, 10:48
Replies: 9,347
Views: 2,655,563
Posted By Malcolm G
If you want to emulate the people of Donald’s...

If you want to emulate the people of Donald’s imagination then you need to be second generation immigrants with mental health issues and the pet needs to be freshly killed with the fur still on. ...
Forum: Places, People & Events of Maritime Interest 3rd September 2024, 11:36
Replies: 16
Views: 12,106
Posted By Malcolm G
Totally agree Roy. As I said, mine was just...

Totally agree Roy.
As I said, mine was just personal speculation expressed openly.
We will have to wait until the wreck is raised and inspected.

To clarify the mention of the tender by the...
Forum: Places, People & Events of Maritime Interest 2nd September 2024, 19:28
Replies: 16
Views: 12,106
Posted By Malcolm G
Further to my #2 above, if I may: The ship...

Further to my #2 above, if I may:

The ship did have an engineer, His name is Tim Parker Eaton and he is British.
Apparently what he told the Italian Authorities has been 'leaked' to Italian...
Forum: Tall Ships 30th August 2024, 14:01
Replies: 1
Views: 3,137
Posted By Malcolm G
More here; ...

More here;
https://splash247.com/maersk-vessel-takes-out-tall-ship-and-hits-museum-while-entering-fremantle/...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 29th August 2024, 17:25
Replies: 1,844
Views: 858,333
Posted By Malcolm G
Seems like a good idea

Seems like a good idea
Forum: Places, People & Events of Maritime Interest 26th August 2024, 11:08
Replies: 16
Views: 12,106
Posted By Malcolm G
As I said elsewhere; The ‘Rich and Famous’ was...

As I said elsewhere;
The ‘Rich and Famous’ was likely unknown to most people before this casualty. The media having to call him ‘the British Bill Gates’ just so that we are aware that he was Rich...
Forum: Easy/Hard Jig/puzzle 24th August 2024, 08:32
Replies: 15,917
Views: 4,781,334
Posted By Malcolm G
I am quite slow with jigsaw puzzles, hence I tend...

I am quite slow with jigsaw puzzles, hence I tend not to attempt them, but two years seems a long time.

Reminds of the ‘blond’ lady who said “ Well, it says over three years on the box”.
Forum: Places, People & Events of Maritime Interest 23rd August 2024, 21:15
Replies: 16
Views: 12,106
Posted By Malcolm G
Meanwhile - the Reverend Thomas Bayes is turning...

Meanwhile - the Reverend Thomas Bayes is turning in his grave…
Forum: Places, People & Events of Maritime Interest 23rd August 2024, 20:29
Replies: 16
Views: 12,106
Posted By Malcolm G
The thought of watertight bulkheads also occured...

The thought of watertight bulkheads also occured to me. I have to say that I made the same assumption that they were probably fore and aft of the passenger stateroom accommodation.
I have now had a...
Forum: Mess Deck 23rd August 2024, 08:33
Replies: 15
Views: 5,308
Posted By Malcolm G
That would be Ferdinand de Lesseps, a slightly...

That would be Ferdinand de Lesseps, a slightly older Froggy, who was a diplomat not an engineer.
Back to Eiffel - one piece of his work that people hardly ever see is the framework inside the Statue...
Forum: Mess Deck 22nd August 2024, 08:34
Replies: 15
Views: 5,308
Posted By Malcolm G
FWIW - Eiffel also designed the bridge over the...

FWIW - Eiffel also designed the bridge over the river at Chinon where my eldest sister now lives.
Quite a prodigious and varied output from that man.:thumb:
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