Salary cheques? Now, that's an original concept. Beats passing the Skipper's cap around the deck gang and any stray passengers. Anyway, the standard of helmsmanship on the GDII is top class. Who else can write their autograph in the sea at 27 knots? After all, there is no point in having a steering engine if the CE doesn't want the lads in the wheelhouse to put it to good use. I did hear a rumour that the lower ranking members of the "black gang" had already started their "Let's welcome the New Year" pranks by substituting laundry powder for dishwashing machine powder in the Galley. The results will be similar to that occasion when the plasticos emptied bottles of Fairy Liquid in the fountain in Trafalgar Square at the Millenium celebrations.(Some of them may have been West Ham United supporters, I believe. They were heard singing "I'm forever blowing bubbles." Unless Bubbles was one of their contingent. Hehehe.)

Happy New Year to all hands.

Poor Tmac, so misunderstood and neglected. :very_sad: However, you can choose to come up on deck and enjoy the sunshine and the company of your fellow crew members, without the bribery of copious amounts of Black Bush. They aren't a bad lot and they know that they would be going nowhere without your expertise. I don't know how you survive down in the bowels of the ship with all that noise and grease. Yuk! Perhaps I could come down sometime and do some basic housework for you. :flowers: I promise not to go anywhere near your injuns.

Here Steward take this whoopee cusion, stick some gravy in it and put it on an apropriate chair in the Pax lounge will you.

tannoy: good morning fellow crew members, free bar in The Pax lounge on my tab. welcome to 2018 on me.

Oh. That's what it was. I've been hiding the results for two days from very shame.

Cruel, very cruel.

Why does the name StTrinnians keep popping into my head? :huh:

Harking back to your schooldays, perhaps, Red?:wave:
Good to see you back aboard.

ha ha ha Jolly Gymslips and suspenders....
Stop it Red you will get me going again....LOL

Gymslips and suspenders and lilly white --- Ohhhhh!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF7MiZ5UxDg :thumb:

Haven't seen the whole series but there was one of the 'later episodes' on TV here in Oz the other day. Just reconfirmed my view that the original was by far the best of those that I have seen.:jump:

I can confirm that we have snuck out of Lerwick and are on our way to Copenhagen. Should be a nice visit according to the tourist ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE9eSOH4AMs :)

it was nice last time I was there, all those ild houses made to look more pretty with red light bulbs.

No one is to interfere with the Little Mermaid.

Spoilsport, I was hoping to unbolt her and then mount her on the wheelhouse top :chuckle:

Mount her at your peril, she is quite heavy and will crush your ... desires. I know.

Why on top of the Wheelhouse? We don't want to see your shenanigans.

Put me off my breakfast, so it did.

Copenhagen? My old stomping ground!

McC

Well, don't stomp too loudly. Our Chief Injuneer doesn't take kindly to unexplained noises above his Pit. I would hate to see you suffer the dire consequences of his senior hand zooming up your trouser leg to explore the origins of the noises. :sweat:

Oh! A resident expert, Eh? Perhaps you would be so kind, if we hire a tour bus you could be our guide on a mobile bar crawl? Need a bus with lots of seats to hold any young ladies who wish to participate along the way? :supercool::supercool:

And just what will Sir William be organising for this young lady who may not wish to do a bus tour? :huh: What about me? :very_sad: Hmmm, that could be the title of a song. Oh, think it already is.

No doubt you could find a push bike (or even a tandem if you can find someone to pedal it for you). You could follow the bus but somehow I don't think that this would be to your taste.

You could, of course, pose with the Little Mermaid for the 1,000s of Chinese tourists. I am sure that this would be a profitable enterprise. :wave:

oh you can sit next to me Red 17 (window seat so you can enjoy the sights.

I have always tried to avoid stomping on the upper decks and I would certainly not want to disturb TMac and his crew.

As for a trip round Copenhagen - no problems!

We can start in the Esplanaden/Nyhaven area. I have organised some international friends of the female variety from a certain Danish shipping company to join us. Once settled, we can head on to Cristian's before going on to Vesterbegoden.

An alternative shopping and eating trip can also be arranged for those of a nervous desposition!

McC

Hey Sir Wilhelm... guess who.. in Copenhagen, eh?? I've got some friends who can get us some really top grade hootch for the lounge.. gonna take Budgie 4.0 to get us some.

Take them this case of Scotch as a sweetener Jim with my compliments.

Why you evil, scurrilous, thoughtless noncomepoop -- would you purposely raise our center of gravity, decreasing our transverse metacentric height and increase the period of roll and the resulting angle of heel ????? Any comparatively new crew members would probably be feeding the fish!! :chuckle::chuckle: