virtual crazy gang, part II

[Varley]

Should E-S be right I will send any I find back to you whence, more probably than saintlhoodery, they will have come.

[Engine Serang]

Bloody camshaft lub oil pump has cut out and the donkeyman tells me that Lecky is on the arse end cutting his toe nails. Just thinking of it is boke forming. Harry Tate will need water on deck to hose down the shrapnel.
Billy Boy we're good to go, she's all yours. No sudden movements, mind. Not a great name for the day that's in it.
Tmax British Steel, is Malcolm one of us? I think we should be told.

[Varley]

You cannot, then, be ready to go. Firstly I tested all the proper (as in electrical) trips before I started my pedicure. Secondly we have one of them camshaftless jobs.

(So Sir W will be scrutinising the portage bill for any cash claimed for overtime associated with such a contraption. Excluding mine. If there's a spare distribution slot for one it has to be meggered like any other - and that's a bloody good excuse).

[Malcolm G]

Me? I just came on for a trip as guest speaker on some subject or other, can't remember what it was now.

Something (small) needs fixing, something needs to be 'borrowed', I'm your man.

[billyboy]

[I]sorry not up to speed on the thread. scoliosis and miss aligned pelvis has slowed me down a lot. Off to the Physical torture man this arvo)

Welcome aboard Pilot, Slow ahead you say, right I'll just push these sticks forward a little then. Cut out quatermaster on the wheel!
Ah here comes the steward with your docking bottle Pilot.
Quater master! follow that small pilot boat.

[Engine Serang]

Billy, speed is relative. You may think you've shed a knot or two but you are still fleeter of foot than Mr V, sharper of thought than Tmax and far more tuneful of diggerdoo than YM. Malc is a bit of an unknown but he understands the term "Borrowing" so he is sound.
Relax and let the Pilot earn his few $$$$$$$ and we will have a Nippy-Sweety after double up fore and aft.
Isn't life just dandy.

[billyboy]

Thank you ES. A small libation would go down very well after this afternoons PT session. Think I might take Mr Varley with me next time as I am not too sure about the electrics they use. Could even take Malcome so he can give a talk on it later.

[YM-Mundrabilla]

'... far more tuneful of diggerdoo than YM ...'

Naturally!
I am still experimenting with differing steam pressures to produce the correct note. It all takes time. You won't catch me putting some dirty old white ant infested bit of wood in my mouth.

[Varley]

I will see if dodgerydoings are covered in the Brook Motors little red book. If so I will send you a copy (I have had rather an Ebay blitz looking for a first edition). Otherwise you will have to give my a day or two to bone up on the electric version. I have a mind that we should stick to the steam version until we have some plumbers who did their tickets in post Fleming era.

The Mississippi steamers did the musik adequately with a calliope but I can barely imagine the ire of Chief suffering from condenseritis when the pipes were 'struck up' (to coin jargon).

(Or were they puffers and cared not for feedwater consumption?)

[Engine Serang]

I was always of the opinion that condensers were the weak link in a modern steam plant and should be replaced by an integrated, digital electronic, PLC controlled, germanium driven Apple Mac Book obviously with an appropriate IP rating.
Remember the Vital Spark and the Mallard operated very successfully without a condenser.

[Engine Serang]

Watched a programme on tv last night, a guy called Henry Cole motor biked across the Nullabor Plain. 2000 km of nothing, desolation all around, red dust and a bit of scrub.
Well shiver me timbers if he didn't roll into Mundribilla, I nearly fell of the couch. It exists. I was sure YM made it up.
Back to Henry Cole, he stayed the night in Mundrabilla and got totally carried away by the night life and bright lights, it is believed the Mundribilla Strip is second only to Las Vegas for its colour and debauchery. I've booked a week in August and hope YM can join me for a bit of crack. Yee-Ha.

[YM-Mundrabilla]

'... Well shiver me timbers if he didn't roll into Mundrabilla, I nearly fell of the couch. It exists. I was sure YM made it up. ... '.

Oh ye of little faith ES do you really think that I would set out to deceive you? (Don't answer that!)

YM stands for Yardmaster and I will have you believe that I lived at Mundrabilla for almost a fortnight 20 odd years ago. The only bright lights that I saw were the stars - millions of them in the dark cloudless sky unpolluted by stray light sources.

Not having experienced it myself but I imagine that something similar can be experienced at sea. Not that we see much sky from the ER of the GD.

I suggest that you defer your booking until September as there will be more wildflowers. Are you into wildflowers? Only trouble is my accommodation there has turned into scrap.


Here is my proof.

[Tmac1720]

Originally Posted by Engine Serang

I was always of the opinion that condensers were the weak link in a modern steam plant and should be replaced by an integrated, digital electronic, PLC controlled, germanium driven Apple Mac Book obviously with an appropriate IP rating.
Remember the Vital Spark and the Mallard operated very successfully without a condenser.

Yes but they had the patented Harland and Bluff horizontal steam trap, like wot you wuz an apprentice on until you failed the exam Personally I get more satisfaction from a nice four stroke rather than a wheezy two stroke, the length of the shaft makes all the difference.

I am currently domiciled in my palatial funnel suite equipped with lots of A4 and a big box of crayons devising many modifications and enhancements to the thing wot make us go and sends sparks up the chimney thing. I know Varley hates heights but up the chimney is the best place for him as idle hands make light work. I presume this idle hands chappie is suitably qualified in the wire pulling department.

[Varley]

Having invented the virtual condenser I suspect a virtual tour of Mundrabilla would suit E-S better. He is quite used to wild flowers, a measure of any quantity in enemy occupied Hibernia remains wild (possibly wilder than it started) but I don't see how there can be any in the tourist Mecca of Mundrabilla Sands. It seems to have lost its one means of providing the necessary manure.

[Varley]

Just because you're and old hand at stroking it doesn't mean you can snipe at an old hot fog merchant. I might add that it is no longer appropriate to mention orientation when discussing how you obtain satisfaction.

[Engine Serang]

Not a big fan of wild flowers, as the Serang Estate shows but I'm a sucker for Dead Flowers by the Rolling Stones. (Varl explain Rolling Stones to Old Mr T British Steel) Be a good chap.

[billyboy]

I was'nt a great fan of Flowers Bitter either. Much preferred Ansels of Brew x1 as normal tipple. Hated Brickwoods ales too!

[Farmer John]

Originally Posted by billyboy

I was'nt a great fan of Flowers Bitter either. Much preferred Ansels of Brew x1 as normal tipple. Hated Brickwoods ales too!

I find it is wise to stay away from subjects such as politics and religion.

[Varley]

Anything to oblige Chief.

A rolling stone is a fortuitously shaped piece of rock that is used for the making of pastry and for a myriad of other galley uses. If left unused for any length of time in a damp place (difficult to avoid here) they can become host to solarphilic microbial and vegetable growth (much like a shower curtain).

I understand that a well known skiffle band chose its name because their rolling stone gathered a crop that gave off a soothing aroma when accidentally set afire.

It is believed that Dr. Rudolph was attempting to design an oil burning machine to artificially shape raw rock into the cylindrical ideal but ended up with a contraption that was overly prone to crushing the feedstock instead. Attempts to perfect the late doctor's invention continue to this day but environmental heath concerns limit these experiments to seaborne platforms.

[PatriciaAnnT]

OMG! You're all still here! Where are we?????

[Engine Serang]

Originally Posted by PatriciaAnnT

OMG! You're all still here! Where are we?????

Long time no sea.

Red 17 is also "Girl Overboard" and things are terribly quiet.

[YM-Mundrabilla]

Originally Posted by PatriciaAnnT

OMG! You're all still here! Where are we?????

Welcome back. P.A.T.
Yes most of us are still here. Where else is there to go?
Where are we? We departed Fremantle a week or so ago as we had to replenish our stock of Vegemite but beyond that - no idea.
I keep asking 'are we there yet?' but never get a straight answer (which might be just as well!).

[Varley]

Goody-goody. Take that 'Platsicos' sign off the ladies loo and start using table cloths again. Cocktails at 1800?

(E-S? Would you please take your boiler water test kit back to the control room please. Juts because Sir W likes to eat in his funnel suite doesn't mean you can play with your chemistry set in the dining saloon).

[Tmac1720]

Originally Posted by Varley

Goody-goody.

(E-S? Would you please take your boiler water test kit back to the control room please. Juts because Sir W likes to eat in his funnel suite doesn't mean you can play with your chemistry set in the dining saloon).

Sir W --- funnel suite ????? We only have one chimney and therefore the funnel site is MINE !!!! Of course Sir W has a standing invitation to dine there if he wishes, standing as we don't have any chairs only beds, however it is strictly off limits to deckie type persons. ES is granted access once per week to carry out necessary maintenance and service duties.

Funnel suite...HA! jealousy is a terrible thing rank does have its privileges.

[billyboy]

welcome back Pat, your suite is already prepared. fresh linen and towels and batteries for your electric toothbrush. we are fully fuelled and stores are complete. we are now under way to Sydney towing a jack up barge. after that who knows where we be heading.