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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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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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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 -

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- 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...
Forum: Mess Deck 26th August 2024, 23:31
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Posted By tweediekiwi
So, the voyage of the Golden Dreamer is over? All...

So, the voyage of the Golden Dreamer is over? All the crew have signed off? Haven't heard a word from anyone for a while. In the meantime, and as I have all this polish, I'll do the propellers (since...
Forum: Mess Deck 16th August 2024, 02:42
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Varley - Like I say, you are such hives of...

Varley - Like I say, you are such hives of knowledge - I didn't even know gourmets used such liquids except on the cutlery!

ES - who is Ed China mate?

YM - I'll remember that, hand polishing...
Forum: Mess Deck 14th August 2024, 00:42
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Posted By tweediekiwi
It's an honour to be associated with you fine...

It's an honour to be associated with you fine learned men of the sea.
Tell what and where the right polish is? I know of Brasso, Silvo and Goddards. I asked the cutouts but I might as well talk to a...
Forum: Mess Deck 13th August 2024, 03:49
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Posted By tweediekiwi
No cannon balls on the GD is there? I'm in...

No cannon balls on the GD is there?
I'm in Auckland at the moment, looking after my 87 year old Mum whose just had a knee replacement, so we're basking in 13C here with sunshine, whereas it's 9C at...
Forum: Mess Deck 13th August 2024, 00:47
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Not mine. I haven't been out of NZ since 1966 and...

Not mine. I haven't been out of NZ since 1966 and been firing blanks for the past 25 years!
Interesting though, Dad was accused of a random act of casual fatherhood whilst he was away down at South...
Forum: Mess Deck 12th August 2024, 02:52
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Hey, I was 9, and a new shiny propelling pencil...

Hey, I was 9, and a new shiny propelling pencil was a big deal in 1963! I still have it! I guess that was the price of child labour back then. The Walkers man, Gilbert Penrice, used to come round to...
Forum: Mess Deck 11th August 2024, 02:13
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Dear ES, I'm sorry, I won't play around with...

Dear ES, I'm sorry, I won't play around with things again. I did sit beside my Dad, in the bowels of a trawler (in Dry Dock), holding a lead-lamp on the job whilst he stuffed Walkers Lion Packing...
Forum: Mess Deck 10th August 2024, 06:04
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Posted By tweediekiwi
You all have an amazing amount of interesting...

You all have an amazing amount of interesting info' about shipping history. You should organise yourselves and write a book about it all, chapters on each dept on the ships, the pranks, the...
Forum: Mess Deck 9th August 2024, 00:26
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Yes Rusty, she was one of the Orange Roughy...

Yes Rusty, she was one of the Orange Roughy boats, deep trawling and scraping the bottom clean. We still get roughy now, but it's expensive as they are harder to catch. They are a long living fish...
Forum: Mess Deck 8th August 2024, 08:18
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Being an NZ inland isolated ex-Northern...

Being an NZ inland isolated ex-Northern Hemisphere person, all this talk of the fish of my homeland is making me drool. Halibut cooked in milk, Ruskolene crumbed lemon sole, haddock and chips, oh how...
Forum: Mess Deck 7th August 2024, 00:53
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Red Horse - roan isn't it? Tanduay - you got...

Red Horse - roan isn't it?
Tanduay - you got brown out in the sun ...
Bulad - a cheeky boy who keeps scaring you.
Why are the scuppers awash with Tawny Port? Even the starboard ones!
Forum: Mess Deck 3rd August 2024, 01:51
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Cripes! Expensive kiss isn't it? Lucky they...

Cripes! Expensive kiss isn't it? Lucky they weren't full of LNG.
Forum: Mess Deck 2nd August 2024, 04:03
Replies: 9,251
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Posted By tweediekiwi
https://x.com/i/status/1818609648984895511 I...

https://x.com/i/status/1818609648984895511

I thought the ships wheel was there to prevent this?
Forum: Mess Deck 2nd August 2024, 01:16
Replies: 9,251
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Posted By tweediekiwi
So, I've been standing here for 24 hours holding...

So, I've been standing here for 24 hours holding an ornament? Very funny. I'll use some of these finish lines to make a macrame (good old Ashley knot book) cover for the wheel and we can use it as an...
Forum: Mess Deck 1st August 2024, 01:26
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Posted By tweediekiwi
I donate to each bar two cases of Glenfyddich,...

I donate to each bar two cases of Glenfyddich, two cases of Highland Park (my Dads usual drop), two cases of Black Bush, two of Jamiesons, and two of Kahlua for the ladies. There are ladies aren't...
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