I'm just glad that Tmac used the rest of the Ouzo to remove the excess grease off of his reciprocating whatjamacallit!! :egg:

Tmac, we are now clear of the harbour, but we do humbly request Warp Drive so we can make our dry dock date in Sydney. Have to hurry as those antipodean heathen are always a day ahead of the civilised world. Black Bush header tank now pressed up for your delectation. :) :)

Welcome back aboard Jeffers. Make a list of anything short in your Cocktail Cabinet and give it to FJ he will replenish any shortages.
Bring your Geetar to the Pax lounge later we will have a sing song. You can sing us that one about Nell the Eskimo.

Nelly the Eskimo packed her trunk
and said goodbye to the circus...……


Perhaps that ought to be Nellie the Inuit, please advise. FJ tells me on the QT that one of the crew did a night class in anthropology in the Tech in Douglas, bingo.

I don't remember having any Retsina in there... I wonder what had gone off???
I'm thinking of re-stocking with a range of Gins and Rums, there are some very nice ones about.
My latest acquisition is Old J Tiki Fire Spiced Rum, very tasty but also 75% alcohol!
Might just have a tasting evening in the forward lounge. Anyone interested?

always interested in Tasters Jeffers. In fact I could go for as rater large Manhatton if you can spare the time.

I prefer Lambs Gravy myself but with that firewater I'd better double check all the Ex d fittings are closed up. Wouldn't want any accidents. Then I'll ask chief of plasticos if tab-nabs are in order.

By the way, if we are going to visit Nellie in the far North I think we need an Inuit in case we need to shoot a Polar Bear. Kindly ensure he or she is eyesight tested. Some of us of ample build and perhaps something of white fur about a fleshy chin go about their duty in a white boiler suit and do not take kindly to being shot at.

While the bribe of a suitable libation is always welcome the Warp Drive is at your disposal, you only had to ask.

I know it is the season of good will to all men (and plastico's) but would the smart arse who placed the fat bearded twat together with his assorted menagerie atop my funnel suite kindly remove same before it is inserted into the culprits orifice.

Injuneers don't "DO" Christmas, suffice to say the decorated Xmas tree duct taped to the bridge front should be sufficient celebrations, crew for the enjoyment off :)

However not being entirely bereft of the seasonal cheer there will be a crew party, free bar and nibbles (that is NOT the ship's cat) for all in my funnel suite. It's the least I could do, and I mean the LEAST in the biblical sense :chuckle:

Merry Christmas and a Happy and Peaceful New Year to you all.:king:

Thank you Chief! Most kind of you I'm sure. However, Like your good self I also have a cloud over Christmas. Distant relative decided to pop off at 47 years of age. Resulting in a Boxing day funural for us all.
Cheers Tmac. All the best to you Chief!

Don't know about spiced rum. Think I'll stick with my Lambs 151 proof --flavoured with either ice cubes, or Coca cola & lime. (Cuba Libre.) Mind you, I suppose the end result is the same? :pint:

Thank you Tmac for your confidence. We are now safely ensconced in our dry dock in Sydney with the necessary privacy shrouds covering the top secret underwater appendages and screws (Obviously of Canadian design as they have a square slot - Robertson - in the end)

I will be overjoyed, exuberantly, to join you in your funnel suite -- will bring some smoked B.C. salmon along as my contribution to the "nibbles". :pint: if you please!

Nellie the Esquimalt is actually Indian, not Inuit. They even named a City on Vancouver Island after her "Nation". The Government of Nunavut selected the term Inuktut to represent all of the Inuit dialects spoken in Nunavut, including Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun.

I believe the Inuktitut is the most common dialect so you'd better brush up on that.
(By the way -- Inuit is actually plural -- if you have an "an" that would be the singular "inu" or man.)

Mind you the songs are in English (unless you are "throat singing" ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yo2YFUxBwo

After we have celebrated our annual arrival at dry dock, all crew are free to travel afar to visit with their kith and kin, to celebrate this holiday season. Plans for the New Year will commence on January 3rd. (If I remember?)

Best wishes to all the crew for a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year from myself and the admiral. :)

I will as usual be staying aboard (most of the time) Because I have to pay so muxh to get them to work over Christmas I need to make sure they do it right. My Stewars will be staying aboard also.
Whats that Farmer John
Ah shore cable hooked up eh...jolly good.

Engine room...we haver
shore suply hooked up. You can knock it all off down there.

https://youtu.be/TVGSiE-A7SQ

For the over eighteens only. Not for our cutouts or plastico's.

If the Chief tries to use that mince pie as a suppository he'd better make sure that is Father Christmas and not me at my aerial weak link. Otherwise you'll see sparks coming from the funnel alright and Chiefy can expect all the gifts of the twelve days stuffed up sidey ways.

Oh, Varley, making free with the mince-pies now the cache has been revealed.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur...f-man-46638212

"attending a naval radar training school on the island"?

All radar technicians are heading for Gatwick to tune their radars to pick up non existent drones.


Where's the drone
Its behind you
Yes it is
No its not


A Christmas Panto starring Kenneth Williams and Little and Large.

As are many of our finest shots. Cries of "Woodcock over" and a steady rain of shattered blackbirds is to be anticipated. A pack of labradors has been specially convened to retrieve any 'planes downed but not killed.

Rather Wood cock-up. Lord Varley and his Man are in-situ but His Lordship has overindulged in the stirrup cup. Del Boy and Rodney are on the M23 heading for Gatwick. SNAFU

Well we did have a radar establishment here and I used to drink with an old RN 'Teach' who had worked there. He never offered me a mince pie, though. My speedie-mincers look far more appetising.


I am minded of a certain Chief's wife. "You all think the Chief is sober don't you"? (obviously no one said "No, ratarsed you stupid cow") She then proceeded to demonstrate precisely how not sober he was by knocking away the hand that had been clutching the bar to hold himself onto the barstool. The story ends on the deck.

So. You think I have over indulged in stirrup I cup do you? I can stay mounted for much longer than this and it is nothing to do with a wooden anything up anywhere!

Maybe it was not Drones at Gatwick. Perhaps it was circling Reindeer due to Rudolphs GPS being faulty.
Mince pies? Oh I could die for one (not available here, nor is the mince meat) Just had my early morning coffee to fire up the brain, A nice shower and shave. Ready for the day now. No Santa visit for us out here as we have no chimneys.

I have heard of this "Drones" problem, how Bingo Little has become involved with aeroplanes is a complete mystery to me.

The Honourable Frederick Threepwood, over a liquid lunch in the Drones Club, bet him he could not cause a commotion at Gatwick Aerodrome. Bingo wanting to stay on the right side of the ledger took him on and won.


James Bigglesworth was mightily peed-off.

Merry Christmas to all and all that stuff....
The bar will be open shortly, we've fully restocked so we should be able to cater for all tastes.
I've even got some Sanatogen for Billy.