I should stick to sippers, it is very potent stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KgB-sI2H-c

I never watched the Sopranos but am now intrigued as to how they would have used this song in the Soundtrack. Off course none of us live in chicken town, do we?

You wouldn't happen to have a bottle or two of Pussers Black Label Gunpowder proof around would you?? Mind you, any port in a storm, Eh? :pint:

Possible. So much stored and piled up on there. I will have to make an inventory sometime. Theres some real old vintage stuff in there somewhere.

Sir William, I am prepared to assist you in your discoveries and investigations if you have a glass to spare.

My corkscrew is at your command.

I'll bet you say that to all the lassies :chuckle:

I might be quiet sometimes but I'm still keeping a watching brief on you scurvy lot, :( Just attending to some other affairs for a while..... NO !! NOT the female kind :supercool:

Here we go then Farmer John.....lets see now.....shift a few cases around and,,,,,,wow look at these bottles here mate. If my memory serves me well these came up from a wreck we were diving on a few years back. The only clue due the labels being washed off in the colour. Too dark for scotch, too dark for brandy, must be scotch,
Sip!...ahhhh theres a fine drop of stuff! here grab a bottle and see what you think FJ.

Our shipment of Burlap, all in nice tight rolls with silk ties and sealed with wax has just arrived on the quay. Mr. McCloggie, could you get a couple of cutouts to bring them aboard and put them in the bonded store? The bullion in the armoured car comes aboard as well, and is to be stored in the secret doubhle bottom in the tonnage hatch. :supercool::supercool:

whe......Bullion! heh heh heh going to be a profitable trip this one.
Cut outs 6 and 7 come with me we have work to do. fetch a few of my 9 carat bars up from down there and swap them for some of these 24 crat bars heh heh

Steward! Hagis neeps and tatties washed down with fine malt whisky tonight....its Burns night!

Woah!

The Cutouts come under my responsibility (I believe) in my role as MAA. I want this tricky, special cargo loaded securely please.

Never mind the burlap bundles, what about the bullion?

Sorry, but all burlap and bullion will be loaded under strict observation and will be properly registered on the manifest.

I can not deal with (say) the CE accusing us of not loading enough Bushmills only to find that a case or three has gone missing! Nobody wants that.

As for bullion, extra inspections will still be needed when the armoured cars draw up. All cargo will be loaded and checked on-board correctly.

Now, if we were to lose some due to extraneous factors during the voyage that is one thing but we do not know what we have got unless it is all on-board.

Gentlemen - and indeed lady - you must trust me that I have your best interests at heart hear.

Please let me load this special cargo properly with the cut-outs under my control and we can ensure a "satisfactory outcome".

McC

However, as we are having a Burns Night do I will be there fully kilted and sporrand.

McC

I shall be there in my cutty sark.

I think investigating Sir William's bottles has made me a little giddy, but it's not that cutty, it's more cuttish.

Ooh, Farmer John, you have peeked my interest. :big_tongue:

Whenever I hear those words, 'you must trust me', I know that I am going to be in for a bumpy ride. Careful McCloggie, I will be watching you. :smoking:

Shhh, shhh, keep it quiet or there won't be a worn sark in the whole of the ship. I am not sure if I want you peeking, I am a modest man.

Ah! The Cutty Sark, Here we go -- The ship under all plain sail, and then the Figure head with Nannie grasping Meg's tail.

For the whole story go, but all you lusty seamen, pay attention to the last verse!!!

http://www.robertburns.org.uk/Assets...amoshanter.htm

All I can say, is that the Admiral and I had Haggis for supper tonight. (Had saved some from the Haggis hunt we had when in Lerwick over Christmas!) :jump::jump:

Ah, the haggis hunt. How well I remember when I joined the Goodies in their hunt for the haggis. Devilish little creature, with appendages like the bag pipes, skittering here there and everywhere and all the time that mournful sound coming from those pipes. I still have nightmares about them. :eek:

Farmer John, you may well be a modest man but why are you peeking my interest. :wink:

Oh billyboy, you are such a rogue. Are you sure you were not a privateer in a previous lifetime? I sometimes wonder about the crew I have signed up with????? Oh, woe is me!

Madam, he is a privateer in this lifetime, but we don't shout about it.
Woe will only be you if you holler Nay!

A lady of WOE eh....time for soft lights and sweet music with lots of tender hugs then.

All I can say is that the GD has letters of marque from various governments to cover our collective asses in any international confrontation. All is utter hush hush -- completely covered when ramming a Northumbrian Spokeshaver's Coracle, or any other such minicule eccentricity.

(Plus all I can say to Red is "Have some Madeira, my dear." :pint:

Tom, you are right, we are even covered for retrieving balls from the River Severn if the coracle at Shrewsbury has been sunk (which wasn't us).

I can report that all burlap and bullion has been loaded and verified.

I am can also report that the extra security and verification was worthwhile as indeed there were discrepancies between the manifesto, what was delivered and what we actually have.

I am however happy to report that these discrepancies were in our favour (I cannot imagine how) so we now have a surplus of bullion and burlap!

It is interesting to note that as the burlap unrolled, we seem to have loaded some Scapa Single Malt - which just happens to me my favourite malt - so although most is safely stored, a couple of loose bottles have found their way to my team.

As the cutouts are Rechabites and do not drink, I propose to put the bottles on the bar tonight - if anyone wants a taste!

McC

I misunderstood RED-17. I thought she wanted somebody to woe her awound the harbour. I had just launched the jolly boat and was searching for the oars when I wealised what she actually said. :o

HA!!!! you think you have problems, try being an Injuneer :( Thankless, abused, derided, put upon, overworked, underpaid and generally berated by all and sundry. :(

I'm going back down the pit and if anybody wants me the answer is NO !!!!!!!!!!

Could I tempt you out o the pit with a nice 12 year old Scapa Tmac?

McC

For an offer like that I will put my trews back on!

Awwwwww go on then.... you are not a bad lad after all :chuckle:

Mr. McCloggie -- now all our contra-- Oh! er cargo has now been safely loaded and stored, perhaps you would be so kind as to hoist the Blue Peter so we can officially be on our way in the morning. (I strongly suspect with the weather here in Gdansk at this time of year, there are many Blue Peters aboard, but you will find the one to be hoisted in the flag locker on the bridge.) :D

You want me to pull an A2 Pacific locomotive up the mast and I am to use the biggest one on the bridge? I know the GD is special but I never knew there was a loco shed onboard!!!

Ah well I will try my best!

McC

Something is amiss - we do not normally announce our departure in advance and usually sneak out of port at full speed in the dead of night.
Why are publicising our departure on this occasion? Is it, perhaps, to allow any friends that we have made in Gdansk time to sneak aboard?:bye:
Or is Red still shopping ashore? We cannot afford to sail without her in case in case someone breaks a nail.

I will give you a hand, we always keep steam up on a suitable locomotive. Basset & Lowke made the very best ones, many a hearth rug has been sacrificed at the firebox door of their infernal machines. The trick is to use separate halliards for the tender and not to spill the coal.

Ah! Mr. McCloggie, we have not just a shed, but a roundhouse, complete with turntable, etc.. We also have a fine collection of Merchant Navy Class loco's with which, I believe Sir William is very familiar. :)

Sometimes boldness is the best approach (OR DEPARTURE) All the head honchos ashore will be so flabergasted at such blatant behaviour, they will not suspect that we are engaged in any nefarious pursuits. Perhaps Mr. McCloggie will also hoist the "H" flag when we embark the pilot. (Providing he brings the usual case of fine spirits as an oblation) :pint::

Got it. Offence is always the best method of defence.:bye:

I believe that apart from the Basset Lowke A2 hoisted up the mast I should fly Flag "G" initially. When we have our Pilot onboard Flag "H" will of course be flown.

I may be wrong with this - but in my time I normally did my own coastal pilotage.

Whatever, we will check, the correct signals will be shown and there will be some Scapa for the Pilot!

McC

Ah, Mr McC, Master at Arms.

Just to clarify, (as you have already found out, there are lots of things on the GDII just lurking to trip up the unwary,) when the Pilot steps aboard, you need to make sure that he isn't actually the Pilot of that whirlybird-noisy-thingy stowed below on the ice-hockey rink.

No, I still don't know why we have the Pittsburgh Penguins facing off against the Philly Fliers either. Something to do with a chap by the name of Stanley, I believe.