Forum: The Quiz Forum
21st April 2025, 17:41
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Replies: 46
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Forum: The Quiz Forum
16th April 2025, 22:04
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Replies: 46
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Forum: The Quiz Forum
8th April 2025, 20:24
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Replies: 46
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Forum: The Quiz Forum
5th April 2025, 15:21
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Replies: 46
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Forum: The Quiz Forum
2nd April 2025, 18:23
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Replies: 46
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Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends?
25th February 2025, 18:27
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,964
Hi LNWRS, welcome aboard.
At the risk of...
Hi LNWRS, welcome aboard.
At the risk of being shot down in flames, I think that the barge in the middle foreground is a Mersey or Weaver Flat. While the Thames had their well-known sailing...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
23rd February 2025, 15:16
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Replies: 551
Views: 256,425
As an idle thought, check out the history of...
As an idle thought, check out the history of silent letters in the English language........ All invented to "conform"! One quarter of the way through 1st year (Comprehensive, year 3), Miss Bolger...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
8th December 2024, 17:09
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Replies: 1,879
Views: 971,679
Roy,
The thing "resembling a cigarette" -...
Roy,
The thing "resembling a cigarette" - Reminds me of the Panama Canal Deckies, onboard to tether the ship to the mules. Whenever you walked by one, they would say,"Wanna meet my cousin Mary...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
6th November 2024, 16:56
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,121
My Grandmother, uncle and aunt all emigrated to...
My Grandmother, uncle and aunt all emigrated to Oz. It could be said that, for many years, I had more family in OZ than ENG!
Anyway, my grandmother was quite a character, a skilled card player for...
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Forum: Computers and The Internet
10th October 2024, 20:21
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Replies: 13
Views: 13,387
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Forum: Computers and The Internet
10th October 2024, 00:13
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Replies: 13
Views: 13,387
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Forum: Computers and The Internet
10th October 2024, 00:12
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Replies: 13
Views: 13,387
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Forum: Shipbuilding 1900 -1960
20th September 2024, 18:11
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Replies: 8
Views: 23,206
I am not an expert, Roy! Nowadays, I am never...
I am not an expert, Roy! Nowadays, I am never dismayed, on a daily basis, at the "accurate" news reports and "Youtubers" et al, disseminating blatantly false information. We live in a world of smoke...
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Forum: Shipbuilding 1900 -1960
19th September 2024, 21:13
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Replies: 8
Views: 23,206
Roy,
Generally, the iron produced in the...
Roy,
Generally, the iron produced in the blast furnace is used in the electric induction furnaces to produce the certified slabs for onward processing. An alternate method is the HYLSA process to...
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Forum: Say Hello
14th September 2024, 19:20
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Replies: 4
Views: 23,027
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Forum: Places, People & Events of Maritime Interest
29th August 2024, 19:59
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Replies: 16
Views: 22,935
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Forum: Mess Deck
22nd August 2024, 20:18
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Replies: 15
Views: 9,653
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Forum: Mess Deck
22nd August 2024, 00:23
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Replies: 15
Views: 9,653
There is an Eiffel cast-iron church in Santa...
There is an Eiffel cast-iron church in Santa Rosalia, Baja California. It was fabricated in Brasil. Santa Rosalia grew up around a lead mine, exploited by a French company. The original buildings are...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
19th June 2024, 00:28
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,342
The roundy roundy thing rings a bell.
I...
The roundy roundy thing rings a bell.
I don't know if in anyone else's experience they came across the same thing, but in Blue Funnel, when taking over the watch, we never asked how the Main...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
14th June 2024, 23:11
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Replies: 1,879
Views: 971,679
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Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye
19th May 2024, 23:13
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Replies: 16
Views: 39,095
I had to return a rental car to Luton. I could...
I had to return a rental car to Luton. I could never find a gas station. I remember one long street where cars were in various stages of "repair" and many of the parts, even engines, doors, etcetera,...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
18th May 2024, 19:44
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Replies: 19
Views: 14,488
Makko is jab free - I had COVID, no big deal. I...
Makko is jab free - I had COVID, no big deal. I caught it at the company christmas dinner, however, all attendees were screened before entering and I languished on the terrace for good order.
I do...
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Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye
17th May 2024, 23:04
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Replies: 16
Views: 39,095
When joining Barber Blue Sea vessels in Newark...
When joining Barber Blue Sea vessels in Newark (Port Elizabeth), we were put up in a Howard Johnson. A strange place that had a notice in the room to use the security chain at all times and NEVER...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
6th March 2024, 23:44
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Replies: 1,879
Views: 971,679
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