Forum: The Pig & Whistle
16th May 2024, 08:38
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That's a vivid story, Dave. What flag did she...
That's a vivid story, Dave. What flag did she fly? And, I wonder why the vessel sank - how far to reach shore would the cattle need to swim... the stuff of nightmares.
Today, going for the covid jab...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
15th May 2024, 13:07
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,399
I'm still tapping away at this keyboard. The...
I'm still tapping away at this keyboard. The latest chapter of unpublished book4 is a 'creative' recall of a few hours at the Eritrean port of Assab. I've posted it here, just in case any of you...
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Forum: The Radio Room
27th April 2024, 13:19
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Replies: 21
Views: 14,868
Today is Morse Code day, and the birthday of...
Today is Morse Code day, and the birthday of Samuel Morse one of the inventors of the telegraph code. I passed the Morse test at South Shields Merchant Navy College in 1955. It was the second...
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Forum: Mess Deck
24th April 2024, 19:45
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Replies: 0
Views: 920
Greek Shipping museum online
I stumbled across this... a virtual museum of Greek shipping:https://greekshippingmiracle.org/en/about-us/
It may interest some who recall the days of Aristotle, Stavros, and their ilk.
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Forum: Mess Deck
6th April 2024, 09:06
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Replies: 2
Views: 917
Ice Fields
This would get stuck in the English Channel:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-f4de435a-d215-4a7c-86e9-9b838701c993
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Forum: Books, Magazines, TV, Video & Publications
16th February 2024, 09:04
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,398
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
5th February 2024, 19:47
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,399
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
4th February 2024, 16:42
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,399
One Year On
To mark the publication anniversary of "When Are You Going Back?" Here's part of the first chapter (in which I hope to remind us of the atmosphere of those days):
From “When Are You Going Back?”...
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Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum
28th December 2023, 22:47
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Replies: 29
Views: 8,857
CHRISTMAS AT SEA
Robert Louis Stevenson...
CHRISTMAS AT SEA
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand;
The decks were like a slide, where a seaman could hardly stand;
The wind was a...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
16th December 2023, 19:08
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Replies: 1,837
Views: 622,215
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
5th October 2023, 12:45
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,234
Low sea-level south of India
https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/indian-ocean-gravity-hole/?fbclid=IwAR1gSyVVG940GxF-1imjTG8x6bxxT35s2CnIZgJbsshI46oeGBLXxyuxuC4
We sailed down the slope, and then climbed out of the basin....
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Forum: Historic Shipping Lines & Ships
4th October 2023, 10:02
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Forum: Mess Deck
29th September 2023, 23:14
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,420
rabbit verse
During the last war my dad's rabbits kept meat on the table. I wrote this in honour of their sacrifice:
A Rabbit's Part in Hitler's Downfall
We did our bit as well, you know
– me and my...
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Forum: Wartime Memories
6th September 2023, 09:11
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,658
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Forum: Health Issues
1st August 2023, 20:29
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,283
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Forum: Health Issues
1st August 2023, 15:02
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,283
Yesterday I had my first cataract removed and...
Yesterday I had my first cataract removed and the lens replaced with with an artificial (I'm having trouble typing this as I recover).
The new lens shows me that I've been missing the shorter...
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Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum
15th May 2023, 14:44
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,335
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Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum
13th May 2023, 17:58
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,335
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Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum
11th May 2023, 09:48
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,335
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
7th May 2023, 20:44
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Replies: 500
Views: 241,043
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Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum
1st May 2023, 15:20
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,335
1956. On a draughty West Hartlepool railway...
1956. On a draughty West Hartlepool railway station, Dad saw me off to my first ship (aged 17) with the words: 'Don't play cards on railway trains, son - and don't go with women who want your money.'...
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Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum
1st May 2023, 08:06
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,335
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Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum
30th April 2023, 16:11
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,335
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Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum
30th April 2023, 15:35
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,335
Mother's sayings
I've ridged the potatoes and cleared out the mess under the potting bench. Then took it easy and brought to mind Mam's sayings (she was born 1899).
If I walked back from the dance on a wild night,...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
26th March 2023, 14:48
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Replies: 1,837
Views: 622,215
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