Whatd'yamean, you want a huge dish of seconds???? :huh:

What?...Someone going to chop our 2nd up! Not having it... no way. Injuniers are a priceless commodity aboard here. If they can catch a flying shifter from 20 paces they are good enough for me.
Burrrrrrrrrrp!...

Ferret....FERRET !!!!!!!!! Dear God Tom do you have a death wish.... ferret indeed... I'll have you know Squeek (note correct spelling) is a fully paid up member of the RAT family. :smoking:

It has taken me several hours to placate him and prevent him from running up your trouser leg and exacting revenge for such a monstrous slight :really_mad: :really_mad:

You are a lucky man young sir but for your own safety I would sleep with one eye open for a week or so :jester:

How can Tom's how's-your-father's be both slight and monstrous at the same time? There may well be some occasional swelling occasioned by over excitement but I doubt that he could have a grower that could be described in such language.

If the rat in question had ferreted up Tom's trouser leg to inflict some just revenge for his cruel accusation, then said member might become rather swollen, if not an angry red in hue, to match the owner's disposition after such painful retribution.:jester:

If Squeek runs up my trouser leg and wants to sharpen his teeth on my steel jockstrap that's OK. Just as long as there are no little "droppings" in my Four Bells.

:):)

Chittagong tomorrow. I see there are about 70 vessels anchored offshore with another 20 already in port. Nothing showing up as wating for the breakers at Bhatiari -- I suppose we could send Varley ashore there with his super sensitive ultra sonic metal detector to see if he can find anything of value, like gold teeth, mercury, etc. Most vessels on the beach are in a completely unfloatable condition.

Mind you, we could always anchor off -- need a good anchor watch as the holding conditions are not brilliant -- but a quick run ashore in Sir William's launch, (The one with the Rolls-Royce V32 engine) for a cold beer, or three is feasible ?? :pint:

Doesn't sound worth the candle Tom. Do you mind if I just potter for surplus master clocks (a Magneta a la Titanic would be nice) and possibly a 'windicator' before they appear on Ebay and I have to fork out readies for them (not to mention the bulkhead space I haven't got on which to erect them!)

OK by me Tom, Just be careful with my launch eh! she can make 10 knots on Idle.

Always look on the bright side of life...

carefull when you give her a kick astern to check her. dont want spilt booze all over the fitted carpets.

David, my good man, potter away. Should your collection of time pieces attain magnificent proportions, I'm sure we can find a suitable space for the collection. Like in a special museum certified UV protective glass case with controlled internal atmosperic pressure, humddity, etc. Something not too ostentatious, say about 100 feet long and 10 feet high behind the bar in the pax lounge. We might even create the position of Clockswain to attend to the daily wind-up. :bounce:

Yup! And that's before you put her into gear!! Sweet!!:jump:

I currently wind eight timepieces, all but two of them every day. I like the sound of Clockswain.

Alas. A ship as both Harrison and Maskelyne knew well is not a place for the pendulum which figure in the majority of my specimens. Only the ship's masters would work and I have only two of those. And, equally alas I have no slot for a Windwain or Clockswain. The pendulums are all electrically reset gravity arm or Hipp toggle movements and the ship's masters are electronic or mainly so.

Anyway thanks for the shore pass and ditty bag I'm off to see what I can find.

I'm sure there's a pendulum clock on the bulkhead above the snooker table in the crews' mess.

Snooker and pendulum clocks just need some faith. I have a photo somewhere of a set of 9 spot dominoes balanced on two dominoes, and that was on a Laser.

Chittagong, so good they named it twice.

Oh! Ye of little faith -- I'm sure that Tmac can knock up a very reliable gyroscopically stabilised, inertia controlled device to maintain the required gravitational stability required by your pendulums? We could even fit in a couple of bunks to afford absolute peace and quiet for those who have over imbibed., Hic! :pint:

Oh yes he can knock anything off for you. seen him knock off three barmaids in the same night before now.

I can't afford that amount of that filthy hooch of which he is too fond. You also have the sleeping comfort all wrong. I am thinking of a seagoing bunk simulator for more comfortable shoreside sleeping with long deep rolling necessitating the wedging in of sleeper with lifejacket.

How much more comfortable for the wrinkly than a PLC operated pneumatic anti-bedsore matress with a natural movement to keep the body turned (probably still need a few of the former for the seasick wrinklies).

No money required, Varley. Unbeknownst to many, there are two wing tanks in way of #4 refrigerator access hatch, (like so many other things not shown on the official plans), These are maintained in pressed-up condition with Black Bush so we can keep his Royal Oiliness happy for eons.

From the sound of your preparedness, you probably also wear your oilskins, sea boots, and sou'wester in the shower so you don't get wet?? :jester:

No point in that Tom. Quite wet enough inside already to bother with such a strange sartorial perversion (I did, however turn my pipe upside down to prevent it sogging the dottle).

you stick with the gripetine Varley!...your the only man aboard who can drink it by the pint. Way too strong for little old me.

One clock/crinom...crenome....creinom...bloody time keeping thinmgy mounted on fluid gimbals as requested courtesy of your "friendly" injuneering staff (+ rat and squirrel) :jester:

If I find anybody pressing up my tanks there will be swift and terrible retribution extracted from the presser or pressee .:really_mad:

Now I'd pay money to see that :jester:

His "Royal Oiliness" can make "Good Morning" sound like a threat and in my case it probably will be... :shock::jester: