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Elders & Fyffes
15th October 2017, 07:37
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I left deep sea quite a bit before containers...
I left deep sea quite a bit before containers came to the fore. But there was one episode which still befuddles me to this day. We finished facing off the stow in the #2 hatch port upper 'tween decks...
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14th October 2017, 07:50
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You betcha! It was strange though, when loading...
You betcha! It was strange though, when loading in Glasgow it was only the wooden cases that got broken against the hatch coamings - that way the whisky didn't taste of cardboard when it was strained...
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13th October 2017, 07:49
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No - Furness Withy on the ss "Pacific Northwest"....
No - Furness Withy on the ss "Pacific Northwest". Part of the Pacific Fortune, Unity, Reliance, Northwest, Enterprise, Stronghold group - named after the letters in "Furness". The Last "S" was never...
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12th October 2017, 07:59
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No! I didn't know that, John. I knew of the...
No! I didn't know that, John. I knew of the boats, but spent a lot of my time runing the whisky boats from Glasgow to the U.S. and Canadian West Coasts. :pint:
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11th October 2017, 07:17
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If I could get a better sun tan, I would be Jack...
If I could get a better sun tan, I would be Jack Benny's Rochester. Mind you, he was brilliant in his own right as well. :bounce:
Don't worry, John; I've always said "If you can't take it...
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Elders & Fyffes
10th October 2017, 06:26
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What kind of skin flint are you??? (Guess I'd...
What kind of skin flint are you??? (Guess I'd better peel off outa here now.) :bounce:
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