I think the mass pile of magical unicorn coal is tribute to our election interfering overlords as opposed to being used for more domestic purposes. I guess we do get it back in the guise of cheap crap from Walmart. Besides, the evil carbon emissions will stay on their side of the international...
Youāre not wrong. I felt we were earning our pay rather than sponging off the tax payer š.
Being on the NBP and fixing stoker stuff, the time flew by.
Exactly. Thirty plus years ago, finding someone sober alongside in 3 mess after 10 oāclock stand easy was a rarity. But you know what? It didnāt matter. The MS ran the show. Those same C&POs would go to sea and a few would carry on as above, but most wouldnāt and were consummate...
It does seem like FRP by other means.
Trudy mentions above that this is a gut punch to those with 8-15 in whether in Qās or on the economy. Couldnāt agree more.
When stokers were offered FRP in ā94, the intent, other than the peace dividend malarkey, was to reduce the bloat within those years...
I was at a pub night last night with retired shipmates and one still serving. Didnāt know the latter personally, but with hair halfway down his neck and over his ears, easy to mistake for the former. The retirees had shorter hair or none.
He had a long face to go with his hair ( this being...
In ā89 or ā90 as a young killick Cert 2, I visited Fundyās bridge before going on watch. It was a cold and blustery day. Sandy Bellows was the CO and archetypical āOld man and the Seaā while the OOW was a young Brian Santarpia who was five shades of green and puking over the side.
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