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Forum: Computers and The Internet 10th October 2024, 07:53
Replies: 13
Views: 2,535
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
Four years and umpteen Win10 updates and my nifty...

Four years and umpteen Win10 updates and my nifty laptop slowed from a canter to a crawl. I used - still use on its replacement - ESET's NOD32, backed up with a weekly check with "Superantispyware"...
Forum: Mess Deck 21st August 2024, 11:16
Replies: 15
Views: 5,308
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
I never got to LM but sailed with a few lads on...

I never got to LM but sailed with a few lads on Moss Tanker's Luminetta and Lucerna who had previously been on Lumiere on the South African charter. Lumiere regularly took oil to LM and those lads...
Forum: Health Issues 29th May 2024, 10:51
Replies: 21
Views: 26,614
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
My surgeon strongly suggested giving me reading...

My surgeon strongly suggested giving me reading strength lenses which would require me to wear distance glasses for anything else. That would have made sense for the month between eyes as I had...
Forum: Health Issues 29th May 2024, 08:05
Replies: 21
Views: 26,614
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
A chap I worked with had his cataracts dealt...

A chap I worked with had his cataracts dealt with. He e-mailed me to say he "Could now see things again in glorious technicolour". When mine were done some years later I noticed the dirty blue...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 19th May 2024, 08:37
Replies: 19
Views: 10,540
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
And I thought Luddites were consigned to history...

And I thought Luddites were consigned to history !!!

Seriously though, some people were asymptomatic with Covid whilst others died - and some like Kate Garraway's husband took a long time to die....
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 18th May 2024, 17:44
Replies: 19
Views: 10,540
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
I vividly recall the horrific scenes in 2020. I...

I vividly recall the horrific scenes in 2020. I would always opt for a day or two of physical grief over weeks of intubation.

The worst reaction I had was yellow fever; I had to pull over on the...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 17th May 2024, 09:49
Replies: 19
Views: 10,540
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
Had my 8th jab about three weeks ago. Actually...

Had my 8th jab about three weeks ago. Actually felt my arm for a couple of days afterwards, a bit like the Cholera jabs we used to get every six months. It's the first time I've felt a reaction to...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 1st March 2024, 08:46
Replies: 1,844
Views: 858,333
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
Not British Airways; He would still be wearing...

Not British Airways; He would still be wearing trousers so soon after takeoff!
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 15th February 2024, 08:20
Replies: 1,844
Views: 858,333
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
It was one of the "standards" at the Boy Scouts....

It was one of the "standards" at the Boy Scouts. Late 50s til I went to sea in '64.
The Quartermaster's Store
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 16th December 2023, 11:22
Replies: 1,844
Views: 858,333
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
Answer the Question

I gave a truthful answer!
Forum: Vintage Vehicles, classic cars etc... 3rd September 2023, 10:19
Replies: 8
Views: 3,490
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
a.k.a. "tin worm"

a.k.a. "tin worm"
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 31st August 2023, 20:09
Replies: 22
Views: 15,093
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
It was a trip up to South Shields for me. ...

It was a trip up to South Shields for me. Mercantile Marine Office for my Discharge Book and Wm Wood & Son for uniform and kit - 1st October 1964
Forum: Health Issues 2nd August 2023, 14:31
Replies: 21
Views: 26,614
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
A chap I worked with had the cataracts surgery...

A chap I worked with had the cataracts surgery and reported back "I can now see things in full glorious technicolor again". I had mine done a few years later and noticed that a grey-blue label had...
Forum: Computers and The Internet 12th June 2023, 10:16
Replies: 39
Views: 12,415
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
There are too many factors to give a simple...

There are too many factors to give a simple answer. Firstly how big is your hard disc and, more importantly, how much free space remains. The age of the PC and the processor always work against...
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 11th May 2023, 21:42
Replies: 34
Views: 12,449
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
Not (or never) in a month of Sundays.

Not (or never) in a month of Sundays.
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 1st May 2023, 07:30
Replies: 34
Views: 12,449
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
When in a dishevelled state Mother-in-Law would...

When in a dishevelled state Mother-in-Law would observe: you look like the wreck of the Hesperus; or: You look like you've been dragged through a winnie bush backwards.
Forum: Ship & Port Webcams 14th April 2023, 07:17
Replies: 15
Views: 31,664
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
They don't look so bad three or four miles away...

They don't look so bad three or four miles away as you pass them in the dark - as I see them off the coast of the Canaries when I'm on holiday: but close up they are just plug ugly! They don't seem...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 25th March 2023, 23:21
Replies: 1,844
Views: 858,333
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
Just done the Second Mate's job and changed the...

Just done the Second Mate's job and changed the clocks straight after the evening meal!
Forum: Stormy Weather 26th October 2022, 19:25
Replies: 14
Views: 6,318
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
I got most but not all of it. There was one...

I got most but not all of it. There was one occasion when my dad wrote to me at sea as my mother was in hospital (I think for a bunion or similar operation). I had to read the letter five times...
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 21st October 2022, 07:43
Replies: 29
Views: 30,289
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
Did the Straits of Bab el Mandeb perhaps a dozen...

Did the Straits of Bab el Mandeb perhaps a dozen times each way on Brock ships; then on Lumen and then Luminetta every two to three weeks each way on the Raz to Jaz - Ras Tannurah to Jeddah charter....
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 21st October 2022, 07:33
Replies: 29
Views: 30,289
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
Try Oscar Brand - he recorded Good Ship Venus and...

Try Oscar Brand - he recorded Good Ship Venus and a lot more - Rugby Songs?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsOQq09g4vQ
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 7th September 2022, 16:21
Replies: 1,844
Views: 858,333
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
I'll stick with Chapatis and Parathas; Chapatis...

I'll stick with Chapatis and Parathas; Chapatis fresh from the Bhandary, Parathas wrapped round Jalfrezi!
Forum: Port Line 10th August 2022, 07:32
Replies: 0
Views: 9,040
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
Captain John Oscroft

I spotted this on the SN site; no doubt of interest to some members

email from Tim Oscroft (johns son)

I'm sorry but I have some sad news regarding my Dad - he passed away on 28th July in the...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 9th August 2022, 12:06
Replies: 1,844
Views: 858,333
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
Hmmmmmmm!!!! Don't get me started! I seem to...

Hmmmmmmm!!!! Don't get me started! I seem to remember being taught to use "Inverted Commas" to enclose speech; these days - may be a transatlantic thing, they seem to be called "Quote marks"! Have...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 9th August 2022, 10:39
Replies: 1,844
Views: 858,333
Posted By Hugh Shuttleworth
Not forgetting the "aberrant apostrophe"

Not forgetting the "aberrant apostrophe"
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