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Forum: Mess Deck 27th October 2024, 07:01
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Just tweediekiwi. From Berwick-upon-Tweed. Live...

Just tweediekiwi. From Berwick-upon-Tweed. Live in NZ. No tweedling involved.
Thanks for the link to the other site. All the same crew I guess? Who's Neville/
Cheers,
Doug.
Forum: Mess Deck 26th October 2024, 00:27
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I'm still enjoying reading some of the earlier...

I'm still enjoying reading some of the earlier posts. It should really be edited into a book and published. I only read between deck swabbing sessions though and they are becoming quite dangerous. I...
Forum: Mess Deck 16th October 2024, 06:42
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Posted By tweediekiwi
I'm glad someone is in charge. Don't take any...

I'm glad someone is in charge. Don't take any resistance from Varley. Tell 'im to go ohm.
I don't even know where Mindanao is so better get into the chartroom and look it up. It sounds like ...
Forum: Mess Deck 15th October 2024, 00:22
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Posted By tweediekiwi
We're supposed to be in Samoa recovering the...

We're supposed to be in Samoa recovering the HMNZS Manawanui ... but, actually, nobody agreed to come and help. We'll leave it to the Navy I think. If you guys all turned up with your years of...
Forum: Mess Deck 8th October 2024, 07:03
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Posted By tweediekiwi
We need the GD and your crews expertese down...

We need the GD and your crews expertese down here. The NZ Navy's Manawanui research ship has hit a reef in Samoa and sunk!
...
Forum: Mess Deck 3rd October 2024, 00:21
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Those memsahibs like the shiny things, don't...

Those memsahibs like the shiny things, don't they? Did you tell her to enjoy the cutlery because you were going to get her a diamond ring? That'd make the cutlery distasteful ...
Anyway, Es and I...
Forum: Mess Deck 2nd October 2024, 00:19
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Now now. None of this doom and gloom. I've just...

Now now. None of this doom and gloom. I've just won Lotto, a free ticket and $23NZ, so you can all come to the bar and I'll shout you a round.
""YOU AROUND!!""
Better now?
Forum: Mess Deck 1st October 2024, 03:32
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Posted By tweediekiwi
That Pogues song has a great rhythm and beat to...

That Pogues song has a great rhythm and beat to it but I can barely hear the lyrics through their Irish brogue. I can imagine dancing around drunk to it though. Who needs lyrics when your teeth are...
Forum: Mess Deck 30th September 2024, 01:16
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Well then RT, sing us the song then! Some of us...

Well then RT, sing us the song then! Some of us haven't heard it.
Forum: Mess Deck 26th September 2024, 05:09
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Can't do that without causing more pollution than...

Can't do that without causing more pollution than the GD emits anyway. I think I'll just capsize it. That seemed to work for a billionair's yacht recently. Ok, make fast everything loose on board,...
Forum: Mess Deck 26th September 2024, 00:21
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Posted By tweediekiwi
So, I was right, the Golden 'Marie Celeste'...

So, I was right, the Golden 'Marie Celeste' Dreamer is uncontrolled in it's random voyage. I'll just stick to Royal Navy rules - If it moves, Salute it, if it stands still, paint it. I'm having...
Forum: Mess Deck 25th September 2024, 00:34
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Oh, and any IT/PC problems you have that I may be...

Oh, and any IT/PC problems you have that I may be able to help with, I'm more than willing.
Forum: Mess Deck 25th September 2024, 00:32
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Posted By tweediekiwi
YM, I could undo crankcase door bolts, I could...

YM, I could undo crankcase door bolts, I could standby with the next tool you need and have an oily rag to wipe your fevered brow with. I can pull the chain on a come-along and help pull pistons too....
Forum: Mess Deck 24th September 2024, 01:18
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Maybe it's just me, being a datacomm engineer,...

Maybe it's just me, being a datacomm engineer, but my login is working fine with the 'remember me' turned on.
I feel like a kid here with you octogenarian gentlemen as I just turned 71 today.
I can...
Forum: Mess Deck 23rd September 2024, 01:40
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Posted By tweediekiwi
BillyBoy, it sounds like you have a problem with...

BillyBoy, it sounds like you have a problem with the saved passwords in yout browser ...
In your browser screen (I'm presuming Google or similar), go to the the three vertical dots on the top right...
Forum: Mess Deck 15th September 2024, 05:18
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Can we please borrow Israels Iron Dome system if...

Can we please borrow Israels Iron Dome system if we have to pass them hamas and hooteys. I was bombed once and don't want it to happen again.
Billy Boy, I've just applied for the position of Fools...
Forum: Mess Deck 14th September 2024, 00:16
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Yes. Green, Yellow and Red. They keep genetically...

Yes. Green, Yellow and Red. They keep genetically modifying them to suit different nations tastes.
Great little fruit, three of them give you a good run for your money. Prune juice is cheaper...
Forum: Mess Deck 13th September 2024, 05:06
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Posted By tweediekiwi
I suppose TK Red is the equivalent of Irn-Bru in...

I suppose TK Red is the equivalent of Irn-Bru in Scotland? Not available when I was a lad back there.
I used to get Maltexo in the winter and cod liver oil if I was malingering. I don't get many...
Forum: Mess Deck 12th September 2024, 01:41
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Ooooh! Sails. I can help you YM. I have a yard...

Ooooh! Sails. I can help you YM. I have a yard arm. The other one is 35 inches though.
Forum: Mess Deck 8th September 2024, 00:34
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Whats that? A chess move whilst playing a sax...

Whats that? A chess move whilst playing a sax with no teeth?
Forum: Mess Deck 7th September 2024, 05:35
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Posted By tweediekiwi
My daughter used to have one when she was a kid....

My daughter used to have one when she was a kid. Woolly Nelson was its name. Died unexpectedly in the back yard so I buried it and planted Kumara (sweet potato) over it. It worked well and I was...
Forum: Mess Deck 6th September 2024, 00:21
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Posted By tweediekiwi
I have some bricks in my back yard they can have...

I have some bricks in my back yard they can have for free. If they ship out here with the Merchant Navy, by the time they get back they'll have a more rounded education than either Parkhurst or Etn...
Forum: Mess Deck 3rd September 2024, 09:54
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Posted By tweediekiwi
I heard that when Boy George has a bad throat he...

I heard that when Boy George has a bad throat he sucks a Fishermans Friend.
So, ES, are implying that he and those other gentlemen are on board the GD?
And what does Fynoderee gin taste like...
Forum: Mess Deck 3rd September 2024, 02:15
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Ah, well the Fynoderee that I sopke of was - ...

Ah, well the Fynoderee that I sopke of was -

https://britishfairies.wordpress.com/2020/01/29/fairy-lore-in-the-books-of-alan-garner/

- and as kid in Aberdeen I used to listen to the book being...
Forum: Mess Deck 2nd September 2024, 01:02
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Life! Aboard this Marie Celeste of a Golden...

Life! Aboard this Marie Celeste of a Golden Dreamer! I hear drifting words like Fynoderee ... could it be that the utterer knows of Durathror too? Has he read The Weirdststone of Brisingamen? The...
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