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Forum: Mess Deck 1st February 2025, 07:57
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Posted By Engine Serang
A drink! A small pub would be more appropriate,...

A drink!
A small pub would be more appropriate, with a cash sweetener to recognise all the overtime.

I'll give you a quick rundown of my journey through the strange world of shipping...
Forum: Mess Deck 31st January 2025, 22:41
Replies: 9,595
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Posted By Engine Serang
My dear Harris, the Merchant Navy never really...

My dear Harris, the Merchant Navy never really existed as an organisation. It consisted of:-

P&O and the rest
BI and the rest
Blue Flu and the rest
Cunard and..............
Take your pick and...
Forum: Mess Deck 30th January 2025, 08:27
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Posted By Engine Serang
"Pop", Sarsperilla disguised as a pun, full marks...

"Pop", Sarsperilla disguised as a pun, full marks Harris.
Forum: Mess Deck 29th January 2025, 21:58
Replies: 9,595
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Posted By Engine Serang
The Gilly-Gilly man is in the Smokeroom turning...

The Gilly-Gilly man is in the Smokeroom turning Tawny Port into a popular drink. All welcome.
Forum: Mess Deck 28th January 2025, 08:21
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
For many years, nay decades, my skiddies were...

For many years, nay decades, my skiddies were known only to myself and the Memsahib, now the entire Merchant Navy speak of little else.
Such is showbiz.
Forum: Mess Deck 26th January 2025, 22:41
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Posted By Engine Serang
" I'll wear anything that stops my willie...

" I'll wear anything that stops my willie falling out.".
Falling from where to where?
Forum: Mess Deck 23rd January 2025, 07:54
Replies: 9,595
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Posted By Engine Serang
Jandals or Crocks? Jesus give my head peace. ...

Jandals or Crocks? Jesus give my head peace.
Lets compare and contrast something useful and fulfilling like Boxers or Y Fronts?
Forum: Mess Deck 21st January 2025, 07:54
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
I abandoned Norway because I could drink 6 pints,...

I abandoned Norway because I could drink 6 pints, 4 G&T's and 2 Jameson and Soda without pissing my pants and vomiting all over the footpath. Landlords thought their premises could get a bad name....
Forum: Mess Deck 20th January 2025, 21:32
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
My GP emails my Script to a Pharmacy of my...

My GP emails my Script to a Pharmacy of my choice, usually for 6 months. No whinging or signs of biliousness here.
Forum: Mess Deck 20th January 2025, 21:25
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
Just googled Rangitopuni Desert Road. It appears...

Just googled Rangitopuni Desert Road. It appears to be in the foothills of Mount Fuji.
Forum: Mess Deck 19th January 2025, 21:59
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
I really miss Lord Varley arriving home around...

I really miss Lord Varley arriving home around midnight on a Saturday night full of cheap fortified wine and then sitting down to entertain us with his Way of the World postings.
Has he signed the...
Forum: Mess Deck 16th January 2025, 09:21
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
Put TweedleDee in the Meat Room for half an hour,...

Put TweedleDee in the Meat Room for half an hour, the heat has got to him. If we had ladies on board he would be letting us down.
Forum: Mess Deck 14th January 2025, 09:02
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
Following a major gearbox failure on sea-trials I...

Following a major gearbox failure on sea-trials I spent a week in Volda observing the rebuild and I enjoyed everything about Norway except fish at every meal and the price of drink.
By extrapolation...
Forum: Mess Deck 10th January 2025, 09:02
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
Ireland also has interconnector with UK and I...

Ireland also has interconnector with UK and I hope the naval authorities are keeping an eye on traffic on the Irish Sea. But the Irish Navy has about half its ships tied up due to shortage of...
Forum: Mess Deck 9th January 2025, 09:04
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
The electrical grid people in UK and Ireland are...

The electrical grid people in UK and Ireland are concerned that demand is approaching peak supply. This is because wind power is delivering nothing, or paltry amounts to the grid. (Thank you Green...
Forum: Mess Deck 5th January 2025, 22:27
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
Have you worked out where you are or where you'd...

Have you worked out where you are or where you'd rather be yet?
No.

I'm a man of the world, in every sense of the word. Similar to Varley who is my mentor. Betimes I think I am Devilling, and my...
Forum: Mess Deck 4th January 2025, 23:04
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Posted By Engine Serang
In this short season of goodwill ought we invite...

In this short season of goodwill ought we invite Oldgit77 back?

I think the thread needs an Aunt Sally, I'm fed picking on His Lordship and YM.
Forum: Mess Deck 29th December 2024, 08:46
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
The Lewis Structure, takes me back to 1970 "A"...

The Lewis Structure, takes me back to 1970 "A" Level Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, only for swots and boffins. But if you can drink it; lets not be judgemental.
Forum: Mess Deck 26th December 2024, 08:01
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
Merry Christmas, if that's appropriate. Vague...

Merry Christmas, if that's appropriate. Vague feeling I've lost a day or two somewhere in the run in to the big day, Memsahib strangely quiet.
After a month of the Food Channel having Jamie, Roux,...
Forum: Mess Deck 20th December 2024, 10:25
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
No, but then I had a British Thornton slide rule....

No, but then I had a British Thornton slide rule. No foreign rubbish in my pencil box.
Forum: Mess Deck 20th December 2024, 10:23
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
If you don't know who RT is going to shoot it is...

If you don't know who RT is going to shoot it is probably you. Beware.
Forum: Mess Deck 19th December 2024, 09:36
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
Right lads gather around because Twiki will...

Right lads gather around because Twiki will educate us on uses of the catenary. Bit of a boffin.
Forum: Mess Deck 18th December 2024, 08:48
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
Does it look like a hedgehog? If so light the...

Does it look like a hedgehog? If so light the blue touch paper and retire to a safe distance. I would advise the ForeCastle.
Forum: Mess Deck 15th December 2024, 22:47
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
We passed a Port Health inspection in Eastham...

We passed a Port Health inspection in Eastham less than 5 years ago. And we have a Certificate to prove it. Keep out of the fridges, my friend and stop putting things on paper. Ask yourself "Am I a...
Forum: Mess Deck 14th December 2024, 21:45
Replies: 9,595
Views: 2,941,025
Posted By Engine Serang
On a lighter note; I've had a sewage farm load...

On a lighter note;
I've had a sewage farm load dumped on me.

We hope this is not the alternative to dumping in Belfast Lough.
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