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Forum: Mess Deck Yesterday, 09:21
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I've seen flying fish from the deck of the TSS...

I've seen flying fish from the deck of the TSS Northern Star, a long time ago now, but I've never eaten one. Are they nice?
I think we should all chip in to get some pussy for Varley. Anyone in...
Forum: Mess Deck 16th April 2025, 06:08
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Gods Nipples! I have been on board this for 3...

Gods Nipples! I have been on board this for 3 years? It's so much fun that it feels like weeks.
I never played rugby. I played hockey, cricket and badminton and never wore a helmet ever.
Next...
Forum: Mess Deck 15th April 2025, 00:56
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Posted By tweediekiwi
I've wandered about this ship for days, Stuck...

I've wandered about this ship for days,
Stuck in an alcoholic haze,
Constant sunshine it would seem,
Is this all there is to The Golden Dream?

Anon.
Forum: Mess Deck 4th April 2025, 23:03
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Well, we went to Wellington yesterday, in the...

Well, we went to Wellington yesterday, in the pouring rain, to visit my battered and broken grandson. I've never seen a man in so much pain. Nothing to do with his accident injuries but because of...
Forum: Mess Deck 1st April 2025, 09:22
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Yes and we get the world rally champs every 4...

Yes and we get the world rally champs every 4 years or so. They from Cape Reinga in the North to Bluff in the south, mostly on gravel roads, but venture onto the highway for short heavily policed...
Forum: Mess Deck 1st April 2025, 00:30
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Thanks for the kind wishes YM. He'll be right in...

Thanks for the kind wishes YM. He'll be right in about 5 or 6 months after skingrafts and physio is completed. At least he's proved that he's not 20 feet tall and bulletproof or "The man they...
Forum: Mess Deck 30th March 2025, 22:47
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Crewmates! I've missed you you. Talking of...

Crewmates! I've missed you you. Talking of collisions, I've been dealing with problems around my grandson (28) who was t-boned on his motorbike by a lady in a car. Lucky to be alive, broken femur in...
Forum: Mess Deck 7th March 2025, 00:56
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Posted By tweediekiwi
What about men who can't drink because of all the...

What about men who can't drink because of all the crap the doctors have them take? That's me. I'd love to still drink but I'd probably flip my wig (which I haven't got.) Someone get BB a nice bottle...
Forum: Mess Deck 1st March 2025, 01:22
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Ok. At least the weather at your place will be...

Ok. At least the weather at your place will be nice and free paint is always good to apply - you don't have to worry about how much each brushful is costing.
Forum: Mess Deck 28th February 2025, 21:06
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Seance time - Is there anybody there? Has the GD...

Seance time - Is there anybody there? Has the GD crew been struck dumb by Trumps awful handling of the reins of government? Right, as it rough weather, I'm going to paint the beam ends whilst they're...
Forum: Mess Deck 19th February 2025, 20:51
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Teeth!!? I wouldn't wish teeth pain on anyone....

Teeth!!? I wouldn't wish teeth pain on anyone. Every time I go to the mouth mechanic he just wants to take teeth out. When I smile I look like a broken xylophone and it doesn't help that I'm...
Forum: Mess Deck 14th February 2025, 03:29
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Beecham - wasn't he the guy who stuffed up the...

Beecham - wasn't he the guy who stuffed up the trains? Nice to have good memories, but not bad ones.
Forum: Mess Deck 13th February 2025, 00:50
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Posted By tweediekiwi
I was hoping for a ripping yarn about Drydock...

I was hoping for a ripping yarn about Drydock '77. It's been a long time since then, so you whatever you did must be out of the statute of liabilities by now.
Rugby used to be a great game in NZ,...
Forum: Mess Deck 12th February 2025, 00:28
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Ok, Marsaxlokk, looks fine. I'll get my...

Ok, Marsaxlokk, looks fine. I'll get my watercolours out. The flag looks nice, St Andrew, patron saint of fisherman.
ES - what happened in the drydock in '77? You didn't flush the heads did you? Or...
Forum: Mess Deck 11th February 2025, 03:11
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Valetta. Never been there but it sounds like a...

Valetta. Never been there but it sounds like a nice historic place to visit.
Forum: Mess Deck 10th February 2025, 01:58
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Posted By tweediekiwi
She fared better than the Wahine after her tangle...

She fared better than the Wahine after her tangle with Barrets Reef -
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/liner-wanganella-refloated-barrett-reef
That photo that Malcy put up is when she was being used...
Forum: Mess Deck 9th February 2025, 00:24
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Tourists make the place more vibrant. In Paris...

Tourists make the place more vibrant. In Paris they've started hating them as there's too may. Tell them to come to NZ, we need the people as there's hardly anyone here. No grave robbing for me. I'll...
Forum: Mess Deck 8th February 2025, 05:12
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Santorini, a novel by Alistair Maclean, quite a...

Santorini, a novel by Alistair Maclean, quite a good yarn. Excellent for reading whilst supping wine in Santorini, with it's blue domed roofs and whitewashed walls, as the ground crumbles away...
Forum: Mess Deck 2nd February 2025, 05:53
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Varley, my lips are sealed, no more taboo...

Varley, my lips are sealed, no more taboo subjects for me.
Forum: Mess Deck 2nd February 2025, 05:51
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Nicely coiled, sinuous layers of bureaucracy back...

Nicely coiled, sinuous layers of bureaucracy back then eh? Dad just turned up at Leith and signed on with Salvesen, as 7th Engineer I think it was, and the company did the rest for him. He signed the...
Forum: Mess Deck 1st February 2025, 02:24
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Thank You ES. Interesting. How did the MN uniform...

Thank You ES. Interesting. How did the MN uniform come about? I remember the old boy getting dressed up in his when joining ships etc., and he was on Salvesen vessels. We have an organisation here...
Forum: Mess Deck 31st January 2025, 21:27
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Posted By tweediekiwi
What sort of shorts do leckies wear? Or have the...

What sort of shorts do leckies wear? Or have the gone all H&S and just wear an anti-static strap?
Forum: Mess Deck 30th January 2025, 00:51
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Posted By tweediekiwi
I'll pop down and ask him about the MN then. He...

I'll pop down and ask him about the MN then. He probably knows as he has lots of knowledge to pass on and it's Ever Given - Hard a port, full astern, pump out the bilge water that I'm talking before...
Forum: Mess Deck 29th January 2025, 02:15
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Does the Merchant Navy still exist as an...

Does the Merchant Navy still exist as an organisation? That's a pretty ignorant question from a crew member but there are still a few things I'm ignorant of. But, if the MN is still going I'd better...
Forum: Mess Deck 27th January 2025, 04:10
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Posted By tweediekiwi
Well, use your imagination! From underwear to...

Well, use your imagination! From underwear to underunderwear. Now YM is going to tell us that's an aborigine word for somewhere in the big red country.
Any response to our bunting display?
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