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Forum: The Bridge 30th September 2018, 15:25
Replies: 31
Views: 21,858
Posted By janmike
janmike, After reading the above, my worst job...

janmike, After reading the above, my worst job was cement washing the main fresh water tanks, coming out looking like a statue! the next one was spray painting the flying bridges from the focsle to...
Forum: Health Issues 17th September 2018, 11:48
Replies: 40
Views: 24,225
Posted By janmike
janmike My wife and I have had the flu jab since...

janmike My wife and I have had the flu jab since it was available. Those that had the injection and had a bout of flu would they be alive if they had NOT had the injection.
I am lucky in that...
Forum: Life After The Sea 8th September 2018, 20:43
Replies: 50
Views: 58,307
Posted By janmike
janmike, Had a few goes at swallowing the anchor....

janmike, Had a few goes at swallowing the anchor. After seving with British Tanker Co. Came ashore and worked for Britsh European Airways in the crew room at LHR. Rapidly got fed up with commuting so...
Forum: BP Shipping 8th September 2018, 20:20
Replies: 5
Views: 16,027
Posted By janmike
British tanker Company

First trip to sea was on the British Holly from January 1955, sailed from Isle of Grain with a cargo of black oil to a couple of ports in the Baltic which in that year were ice bound. An adventure...
Forum: Tugs 8th September 2018, 20:08
Replies: 1
Views: 6,886
Posted By janmike
Janmike, I had the opportunity to work on the...

Janmike, I had the opportunity to work on the tugs at the Anglo Iranian refinery at Abadan.
Single boiler, three legged steamer with a crew of about twenty. No I do not know where they all slept.But...
Forum: Shell 7th July 2018, 13:02
Replies: 2
Views: 15,328
Posted By janmike
janmike I think you will find my name in many...

janmike I think you will find my name in many entries on that site. I was relief mate on the shell mex fleet along with a few bp coasters in the 1960's. Also quite a few years on the Shell deep sea...
Forum: Life After The Sea 29th June 2018, 11:32
Replies: 50
Views: 58,307
Posted By janmike
janmike I just found out I have been retired...

janmike
I just found out I have been retired longer than working. The time just passes along at breakneck speed.
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