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Forum: The Pig & Whistle Today, 12:34
Replies: 1
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Posted By Engine Serang
Interesting enough with replicas of the grand...

Interesting enough with replicas of the grand staircase, first class and third class cabins plus a heap of broken china and corroded bits and pieces. Not nearly as opulent as I expected.

I'm not...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 25th March 2024, 22:30
Replies: 15
Views: 405
Posted By Engine Serang
I'm pretty sure the Second and Third wondered how...

I'm pretty sure the Second and Third wondered how the hell this dude (you) made it to Fourth but a quiet word over a can or two of Tennants re-educated you.
Listening to such advice and keeping well...
Forum: Mess Deck 24th March 2024, 10:56
Replies: 8,971
Views: 1,653,742
Posted By Engine Serang
Bewildered here in the wheelhouse because the...

Bewildered here in the wheelhouse because the Noble Lord headed back to Crooked Mona to greet Queen Camilla (me neither) but she has a twinkle in her eye that could lead our old buffer astray. Jilly...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 19th March 2024, 16:07
Replies: 15
Views: 405
Posted By Engine Serang
Or 66.67% correct to two decimal places. ...

Or 66.67% correct to two decimal places.

Spent half my time in college pouring over Steam Tables, Entropy and Enthalpy, great stuff. Sailed on 4 steamships and if the plant was a wee bit giddy I...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 19th March 2024, 10:00
Replies: 15
Views: 405
Posted By Engine Serang
Iron Sea…. Currently on Amazon, £10 for hardback,...

Iron Sea…. Currently on Amazon, £10 for hardback, seems a bargain.

It certainly is, Amazon is offering me the hardback for £19.91. What have I done to upset Amazon?
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 19th March 2024, 08:11
Replies: 15
Views: 405
Posted By Engine Serang
The last time I read a book with a view to...

The last time I read a book with a view to précising it was 1968. It was for "O" Level English Literature and the book was Pride and Prejudice.

I can see now why I dropped English, German, Art...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 18th March 2024, 22:45
Replies: 15
Views: 405
Posted By Engine Serang
In Dixieland Jazz circles anyone who could read...

In Dixieland Jazz circles anyone who could read music was called Professor, and rightly so. Professor Dartskipper sounds so much better than Bruce Dartskipper. Hope you agree. And anyways a half...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 18th March 2024, 09:20
Replies: 15
Views: 405
Posted By Engine Serang
Haven't read it but reviews very positive. I can...

Haven't read it but reviews very positive. I can read about 8% of it on Kindle, and will do so, and report back.

When we come across an Australian who tells us he can read we will do all we can to...
Forum: Mess Deck 8th March 2024, 07:43
Replies: 8,971
Views: 1,653,742
Posted By Engine Serang
BB if I had your afflictions I would send Tiffy...

BB if I had your afflictions I would send Tiffy packing and engage Lady Cynthia, from Saf London, who would give you a right going over. Back pruning the lobelia or pineapples within 48.

Good...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 7th March 2024, 07:23
Replies: 1,836
Views: 583,821
Posted By Engine Serang
It might very well be YM but how do you know? ...

It might very well be YM but how do you know?
Is it smooth bore or rifled? Gotcha!
Forum: Mess Deck 7th March 2024, 07:18
Replies: 8,971
Views: 1,653,742
Posted By Engine Serang
Varley needs you for his Rugby League team.

Varley needs you for his Rugby League team.
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 2nd March 2024, 08:34
Replies: 1,836
Views: 583,821
Posted By Engine Serang
Always attach your 5 point safety harness to the...

Always attach your 5 point safety harness to the top rung of the ladder.
Just a little H&S advice.
Forum: Say Hello 29th February 2024, 08:19
Replies: 11
Views: 435
Posted By Engine Serang
Old Stocks, I thought the pair of youse were...

Old Stocks, I thought the pair of youse were retired R.O.'s, living on a pitiful Marconi pension c/w pipe, cardigan and comfy slippers when all along youse were a pair of Spooks inhabiting the shady...
Forum: Say Hello 28th February 2024, 20:44
Replies: 11
Views: 435
Posted By Engine Serang
I'm even more confused now.

I'm even more confused now.
Forum: Say Hello 28th February 2024, 08:11
Replies: 11
Views: 435
Posted By Engine Serang
It's just dawned on me, "R8*****", that R58484957...

It's just dawned on me, "R8*****", that R58484957 has two extra digits; why? I think we should be told.
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 28th February 2024, 08:04
Replies: 1,836
Views: 583,821
Posted By Engine Serang
Mundaracula one presumes.

Mundaracula one presumes.
Forum: Mess Deck 27th February 2024, 07:42
Replies: 8,971
Views: 1,653,742
Posted By Engine Serang
Good flannel pan-jammases is needed in Dublin...

Good flannel pan-jammases is needed in Dublin these nights, Sam Fox just ain't sufficient. If I wore yours His Lordship and The Honourable T would call me Muffin.
I may swap Sam for May McFettridge...
Forum: Mess Deck 26th February 2024, 07:59
Replies: 8,971
Views: 1,653,742
Posted By Engine Serang
For gods sake don't turn around.

For gods sake don't turn around.
Forum: Stormy Weather 23rd February 2024, 13:09
Replies: 9
Views: 963
Posted By Engine Serang
A murky old world out there and one I had no...

A murky old world out there and one I had no hand, act or part in.
Forum: Mess Deck 20th February 2024, 13:39
Replies: 8,971
Views: 1,653,742
Posted By Engine Serang
In Hull and Southampton we salaried Cadets had...

In Hull and Southampton we salaried Cadets had the attitude that drink was cheap at any price.

Then things changed.
Forum: Mess Deck 20th February 2024, 10:52
Replies: 8,971
Views: 1,653,742
Posted By Engine Serang
In my local in the green leafy suburbs of south...

In my local in the green leafy suburbs of south county Dublin;

Guinness Euro 6.30

Guinness 00 Euro 5.70

In town, Temple Bar etc, much more and price also increases the later it gets. Total...
Forum: Mess Deck 20th February 2024, 09:32
Replies: 8,971
Views: 1,653,742
Posted By Engine Serang
If we wanted to do this to every politician we...

If we wanted to do this to every politician we would need a cargo of bricks for the grand City Hall in New York.
Forum: Mess Deck 20th February 2024, 09:24
Replies: 8,971
Views: 1,653,742
Posted By Engine Serang
What's that evocative smell in the air? Its...

What's that evocative smell in the air?
Its Palm Oil Chop, Is there an ED boat on the horizon or are we abeam Freetown?
Forum: Mess Deck 18th February 2024, 08:37
Replies: 8,971
Views: 1,653,742
Posted By Engine Serang
Ah the GIUK Gap, as was, coming up then its a...

Ah the GIUK Gap, as was, coming up then its a long oul haul to Cape Town for scran and the Daily Mail and a quick gallop to Oz.
Forum: Books, Magazines, TV, Video & Publications 17th February 2024, 09:20
Replies: 7
Views: 5,641
Posted By Engine Serang
Always leave a space on the mantlepiece for the...

Always leave a space on the mantlepiece for the Booker Prize.
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