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Old 14th August 2020, 00:05
Makko Mexico Makko is offline
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Originally Posted by Tim Gibbs View Post
Was at sea for 12 years and C/E at 28 - it was rapid promotion when National Service ended Then came ashore and had various jobs with shipping companies and shipyards and "retired" in 2005 but that only lasted a few weeks as a lot of consultancy work kept turning up. The last proper job did was in 2012 but I still hanker after the world of ships and shipping so in a sense I have never left the sea. The sea got in my blood but I couldn't see where it got in so I couldn't let it out
Hey Tim! I still haven't got all the oil out of my underpants after taking leads etc. in the crankcase!!!

Nah, just joking there - I used to save up the bad and the ugly shreddies, socks and boiler suits to do crankcase work. They were never washed, just given the deep six. Then, there was a time when I cleaned a purifier in whites while on UMS!! Again, they were donated to Davy Jones' slop chest, sorry locker!

Rgds.
Dave
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